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ISBN: 9781780760865 - Becoming Visible in Iran Becoming Visible in Iran
Mehri Honarbin-Holliday

ISBN10: 1780760868  ISBN13: 9781780760865
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Jun 2013
The state of women in Islamic societies is the subject of much interest and heated debate, even as representations in the media rely on inadequate information and misperceptions. This title disputes the widespread stereotypes about Muslim women... More

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ISBN: 9781409466529 - Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem (Volume 1) Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem (Volume 1)

ISBN10: 1409466523  ISBN13: 9781409466529
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group Ashgate Publishing Limited
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Jun 2013
Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem presents the story of the First Crusade (1095-1099) and the early history of the crusader states (1099-1119). Volume 1, The First Crusade, is a long and richly detailed account of events well... More

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ISBN: 9780199662265 - The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon
Stephanie Dalley

ISBN10: 0199662266  ISBN13: 9780199662265
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 23 May 2013
Where was the Hanging Garden of Babylon and what did it look? Why did the ancient Greeks and Romans consider it to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World? Renowned Babylonian expert Stephanie Dalley delves into the legends filled with myth and... More

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ISBN: 9781842174739 - Later Prehistory of the Badia (v. 2) Later Prehistory of the Badia (v. 2)
A V G Betts, D Cropper, L Martin, C McCartney

ISBN10: 1842174738  ISBN13: 9781842174739
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 May 2013

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ISBN: 9780822353935 - Impossible Citizens Impossible Citizens
Neha Vora

ISBN10: 0822353938  ISBN13: 9780822353935
Publisher: Duke University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 May 2013
In Impossible Citizens, Neha Vora draws on her ethnographic research in Dubai's Indian-dominated downtown to explore how Indians live suspended in a state of permanent temporariness. Indian communities have existed in the Gulf emirate of Dubai for... More

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ISBN: 9780674072336 - The Russian Origins of the First World War The Russian Origins of the First World War
Sean McMeekin

ISBN10: 0674072332  ISBN13: 9780674072336
Publisher: Harvard University Press The Belknap Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 May 2013
In a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the war's beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a miscalculation. The key to the outbreak of violence, he argues, lies in St. Petersburg. More

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ISBN: 9781780760797 - The Monetary History of Iran The Monetary History of Iran
Rudi Matthee, Willem Floor, Patrick L Clawson

ISBN10: 1780760795  ISBN13: 9781780760797
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Apr 2013
Suitable for researchers of Iranian and economic history, this title presents a study of Iran's monetary history from the advent of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 to the end of Qajar rule in 1925. The monetary history of a country provides important... More

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ISBN: 9781780763101 - Russia and Britain in Persia Russia and Britain in Persia
Firuz Kazemzadeh

ISBN10: 1780763107  ISBN13: 9781780763101
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Apr 2013
At the height of her imperial power Britain clashed with Russia at many points from Turkey to China. But it was only in Persia and Central Asia that these two expansionist empires met face to face. This work provides an history of Anglo... More

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ISBN: 9781848859227 - Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law
Lena Larsen, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Christian Moe, Kari Vogt

ISBN10: 1848859228  ISBN13: 9781848859227
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd I.B.Tauris
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Apr 2013
Gender equality is a modern ideal, which has only recently become inherent to generally accepted conceptions of justice. In Islam,the idea of equality between men and women was neither central to notions of justice nor part of the juristic... More

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ISBN: 9780393240122 - The Second Arab Awakening The Second Arab Awakening
Adeed Dawisha

ISBN10: 0393240126  ISBN13: 9780393240122
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 26 Apr 2013
An eye-opening survey of the recent Arab revolutions and their political consequences, comparing them to those of a previous generation. When, in early 2011, people poured onto the streets of Arab cities to demand freedom, it was not for the first... More