Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century, Paperback - Ira M. Lapidus

Reducere. DescriptionIra Lapidus' global history of Islamic societies, first published in 1988, has become a classic in the field. For over two decades, it h...

This third edition of Ira M. Lapidus's classic A History of Islamic Societies has been substantially revised to incorporate the new scholarship and...

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This book aims to intervene in current critical contexts for the study of nineteenth-century literature within the academy and beyond. Topics discu...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Paul W. RhodeIllustration(s): 13 line drawings, 132 tablesNumber of pages: 336Collection: Nati...

Publisher: Froglets Publications LtdAuthor(s): Bob OgleyIllustration(s): 250ill.(some col.).Number of pages: 256Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 2...

Reducere. Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to live in the nineteenth century? How would you have got a partner in a ballroom? What would y...

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Volume 1 surveys late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European intellectual history, focusing on the profound impact of the Enlightenment. It co...

Museums, Modernity and Conflict examines the history of the relationship between museums, collections and war, revealing how museums have responded...

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this engaging text provides a concise history of Korea from the beginning of human settlement in the re...

A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transiti...

This study explores the science and culture of nineteenth-century British arboretums, or tree collections. The development of arboretums was foster...

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Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of 'modernity' that took place in the Eas...

In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave...

Barbara Taylor's classic book, reissued with a new introduction.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Barbara TaylorNumber of pages: 432Pub...

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Reducere. A History of Biblical Interpretation provides detailed and extensive studies of the interpretation of the Scriptures by Jewish and Christian writer...

Movement-play encourages physical activity in a child-led manner for the benefit of children's health, learning and wellbeing. This book looks at t...

The fully updated third edition of Farewell, My Nation considers the complex and often tragic relationships between American Indians, white America...

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Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncAuthor(s): Horace O. RussellIllustration(s): 7 ill.Number of pages: 323Collection: Research in Religion and Fam...

Reducere. Pleasant Litchford and his family traveled as freed slaves from Virginia, who settled in Franklin County, Perry Township, Ohio, in the years betwee...

In March 1886 in the quiet town of Eatontown, New Jersey, a brutal beating and rape took place of a young white woman named Angelina Herbert. She i...

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This comprehensive study by leading scholars in an important new field the history of letters and letter writing is essential reading for anyone in...

Labyrinths of Deceit. Culture, Modernity and Identity in the Nineteenth century - Richard J. Walker

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