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  • The Jamaat Question in Bangladesh The Jamaat Question in Bangladesh
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    The Jamaat Question in Bangladesh

    The Jamaat Question in Bangladesh addresses the complex intersection of global politics and local dynamics in Bangladesh, particularly in relation to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (Jamaat).
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  • Comptes-rendus De L'athénée Louisianais... Comptes-rendus De L'athénée Louisianais...
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    Comptes-rendus De L'athénée Louisianais...

    Les Comptes-rendus de l'Athénée Louisianais sont une collection de travaux intellectuels des membres de la société. Les travaux présentés couvrent des sujets variés tels que l'expérience humaine et l'histoire de l'art. Cette collection est un témoignage...
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  • I tempi che corrono I tempi che corrono
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    I tempi che corrono

    Un saggio sulle attuali problematiche sociali ed economiche dell'Italia contemporanea. Il libro esamina anche le radici storiche e culturali dell'Italia e suggerisce soluzioni per le problematiche del presente.This work has been selected by scholars as...
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  • Shoguns City Shoguns City
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    Shoguns City

    First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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  • A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia
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    A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia

    Microcredit took the development world by storm as a tool for poverty alleviation in the 1980s. After being hailed as a panacea, a few decades on it started being forcefully criticised based on its practice. This book explores Akhuwat (literally...
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  • The History and Politics of the Bedouin The History and Politics of the Bedouin
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    The History and Politics of the Bedouin

    This book examines contending visions on nomadism in modern Palestine, with a special focus on the British Mandate period. Extending from the late Ottoman period to the founding of the State of Israel, it highlights both ruptures and continuities with...
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    Cuban Revelations

    "Marc Frank is the best foreign journalist reporting from Cuba today. We now have a behind-the-scenes look at the changes large and small taking place as the Cuban revolution molts from Fidel to Raúl to the next generation."--Julia Sweig, author of Cuba:...
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  • Adventures in Russian Historical Research Adventures in Russian Historical Research
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    Adventures in Russian Historical Research

    This work brings together the reflections of 20 specialists on Russian history representing four generations. They relate their experiences as historians and researchers in Russia from the first academic exchanges in the 1950s through the Cold War years,...
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  • The Jewish Exodus from Iraq, 1948-1951 The Jewish Exodus from Iraq, 1948-1951
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    The Jewish Exodus from Iraq, 1948-1951

    In this study, Moshe Gat details how the immigration of the Jews from Iraq in effect marked the eradication of one of the oldest and most deeply-rooted Diaspora communities. He provides a background to these events and argues that both Iraqi...
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  • Farmers and Village Life in Japan Farmers and Village Life in Japan
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    Farmers and Village Life in Japan

    Rural Japan during the twentieth century has been portrayed as a vast reservoir of conservatism in much of the literature on Japan's modern development, and Japanese agriculture since the 1960s has been treated as an artificial creation sustained only by...
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  • Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy
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    Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy

    The philosophy of religion and theology are related to the culture in which they have developed. These disciplines provide a source of values and vision to the cultures of which they are part, while at the same time they are delimited and defined by...
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  • Arab and Jewish Immigrants in Latin America Arab and Jewish Immigrants in Latin America
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    Arab and Jewish Immigrants in Latin America

    This collection of essays addresses various aspects of Arab and Jewish immigration and acculturation in Latin America. The volume examines how the Latin American elites who were keen to change their countries' ethnic mix felt threatened by the arrival of...
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  • Folklore and Folklife in the United Arab Emirates Folklore and Folklife in the United Arab Emirates
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    Folklore and Folklife in the United Arab Emirates

    A unique description and analysis of the domains and genres of UAE folklore, including folk customs and beliefs, traditional arts and crafts, folk dances, folk narratives and proverbs. Challenging the established meaning of folklife, this volume also...
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  • The Oracles of the Three Shrines The Oracles of the Three Shrines
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    The Oracles of the Three Shrines

    This is a richly-illustrated study of 'The Oracles of the Three Shrines', the name given to a hanging scroll depicting three important Japanese shrine-deities and their respective oracle texts. The scroll has evolved continuously in Japan for 600 years,...
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  • Nomads in the Sedentary World Nomads in the Sedentary World
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    Nomads in the Sedentary World

    Studies the role played by nomads in the political, linguistic, socio-economic and cultural development of the sedentary world around them. Spans regions from Hungary to Africa, India and China, and periods from the first millennium BC to early modern...
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  • Indian Logic Indian Logic
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    Indian Logic

    The articles in this volume are all landmarks in the evolution of modern studies in Indian logic. The book traces the development of modern studies in Indian logic from their beginnings right up to the latest work.
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  • Present Day Political Organization of China Present Day Political Organization of China
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    Present Day Political Organization of China

    Originally published in 1910, this work presents a fascinating insight into the government and administration of the China of the day. The period was one of immense change as China's leaders turned the nation towards modernity. As student interpreters to...
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  • East Asia 2000 and Beyond East Asia 2000 and Beyond
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    East Asia 2000 and Beyond

    This wide ranging survey uses the latest methodological apparatus including sophisticated computer modelling techniques to identify the key political, social and economic trends which are likely to shape the East Asian region at the millennium and beyond.
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  • Vietnam in a Changing World Vietnam in a Changing World
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    Vietnam in a Changing World

    The last two decades saw Vietnam largely isolated in the world, but during this time economic reform and development slowly gathered pace. Recent events have led to Vietnams rapid re-emergence into the world and an escalation of economic changes. A...
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  • Health Translation and Media Communication Health Translation and Media Communication
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    Health Translation and Media Communication

    Cross-sectoral interaction and cooperation in the communication of nutritional health risks represents a strategic research area among national governments and international health authorities. The key research question this book addresses is whether and...
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  • The Flourishing of Islamic Reformism in Iran The Flourishing of Islamic Reformism in Iran
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    The Flourishing of Islamic Reformism in Iran

    During the 1940s and 1950s, Islamic reformism flourished in Iran. This book examines how Iranian Islamic groups came to rethink traditional accounts of religion and nurture a politicized version of Islam. The author shows how similar social and political...
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  • Persian Documents Persian Documents
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    Persian Documents

    After the Mongol period, Persian was the official written language in Iran, Central Asia and India. A vast amount of documents relating to administration and social life were produced and yet, unlike Ottoman and Arabic documents, Persian historical...
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  • The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India
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    The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India

    One of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power or as a minority? This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons...
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  • Iran's Persian Gulf Policy Iran's Persian Gulf Policy
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    Iran's Persian Gulf Policy

    This book examines the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the states of the Persian Gulf from 1979 to 1998. It covers perceptions Iranians and Arabs have of each other, Islamic revolutionary ideology, the Iran/Iraq war, the Gulf...
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  • Iranian History and Politics Iranian History and Politics
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    Iranian History and Politics

    This book contains the most detailed and comprehensive statement of Homa Katouzian's theory of arbitrary state and society in Iran, and its applications to Iranian history and politics, both modern and traditional. Every chapter is a study of its own...
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  • Making Japanese Heritage Making Japanese Heritage
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    Making Japanese Heritage

    This book examines the making of heritage in contemporary Japan, investigating the ways in which particular objects, practices and institutions are ascribed public recognition and political significance. Through detailed ethnographic and historical case...
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  • Algeria in Transition Algeria in Transition
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    Algeria in Transition

    This book, by providing an up-to-date, systematic analytical account on transformations in Algeria, makes a valuable contribution to the literature on this country that has not yet received much attention in the Anglo-American academy. Its distinctive...
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  • Singapore Politics Under the People's Action Party Singapore Politics Under the People's Action Party
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    Singapore Politics Under the People's Action Party

    A comprehensive overview of politics in Singapore since self-governance. The authors examine how this tiny island has developed into a global financial centre and an economic and social success under the leadership of the People's Action Party which has...
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  • Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean
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    Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean

    Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture discusses the unicum manuscript of the Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd, the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived for more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arabic-speaking presence in present-day Spain. The...
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  • The Chinese Legal System The Chinese Legal System
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    The Chinese Legal System

    The legal system of the People's Republic of China has seen significant changes since legal reforms began in 1978. At the end of the second decade of legal reform, law-making and institution-building have reached impressive levels. Understanding the...
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  • Politics and the Press in Thailand Politics and the Press in Thailand
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    Politics and the Press in Thailand

    This is the first book in the English language to examine the tangled web of relationships linking newspaper owners, editors and reporters, with leading politicians and power-holders. Duncan McCargo has been granted unique access to the editorial...
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  • Consumption in Asia Consumption in Asia
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    Consumption in Asia

    The essays in this collection challenge conventional ideas about consumption and consumerism: they consider if the inundation of Western consumer goods have created identity confusions among the affluent in Asia, and if the expansion of consumer culture...
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  • Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia
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    Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia

    The Asian financial crisis has distracted attention from the realities of a growing affluent class in Asia. this latest volume in the New Rich in Asia series the authors examine the cultural reconfiguration, consumer behaviour, economic success and...
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  • Japanese-Soviet/Russian Relations since 1945 Japanese-Soviet/Russian Relations since 1945
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    Japanese-Soviet/Russian Relations since 1945

    An original book that reviews the problems of political rapprochement in terms of foreign policy decision-making between Japan and Russia since 1945, including the infamous 'Northern Territories' dispute. Uses four bilateral summits as case studies to...
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  • Korea versus Korea Korea versus Korea
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    Korea versus Korea

    This study traces the historic course of diplomatic competition between the rival Koreas within the context of a changing international system. This innovative analysis focuses on the dynamic interaction of domestic and international political economies...
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