Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia, Paperback - Eric Schluessel

At the close of the nineteenth century, near the end of the Qing empire, Confucian revivalists from central China gained control of the Muslim-majo...

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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Joe KeohaneNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softb...

An engaging and unique study of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume's understanding of money and his role in the rise of capitalismIllustrations: ...

The definitive field guide to the birds of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

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DescriptionIn this critically acclaimed book, Christian Marek masterfully provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to...

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Aiming to connect a number of divergent perspectives on the current state of Afghanistan, this book outlines the country's past and present instabi...

Beginning with the history of Xinjiang and its unique population of Chinese Muslims, Gardner Bovingdon follows fifty years of Uyghur discontent, pa...

DescriptionA penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealt...

DescriptionPyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 3...

Contributor(s): Author: Scott C. LeviThis book analyzes how Central Asians actively engaged with the rapidly globalizing world of the eighteenth an...

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'Tis the season for surprises! In this The Christmas Project story, one night with Surgeon Sam Powell signaled a new-found freedom for freshly divo...

Negative views of the United States abound, but we know too little about how such views affect politics. Drawing on careful research on post-Soviet...

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In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central ...

Reducere. Transoxania, Khurasan, and ?ukharistan - which comprise large parts of today's Central Asia - have long been an important frontier zone. In the lat...

This edited volume engages with some of the most dynamic themes in current research on East Asian environmental history, including agricultural sci...

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DescriptionFinancial inclusion and financial education are becoming increasingly recognized as key requirements for sustainable and inclusive growt...

A tour d'horizon of the role Islam plays in politics and the private sphere in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Lan Wu analyzes how Tibetan Buddhists and the Qing imperial rulers interacted and negotiated as both sought strategies to extend their influence in...

Publisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): Maria NalivkinaIllustration(s): 1 Halftones, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and whiteTransla...

In this two-volume work, published in 1912, the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) describes his second expedition to the de...

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The central issues discussed in this new collected work in the highly successful ancient textiles series are the relationships between fiber resour...

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Publisher: The New PressAuthor(s): Arlie Russell HochschildNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2018Dimensions: 139 x 209 x 35Cover type: Paperbac...

Serpent And Siva Worship And Mythology, In Central America, Africa, And Asia. And The Origin Of Serpent Worship. Two Treatises has been considered ...

„Un autor desavirsit, care aminteste de Freya Stark si Patrick Leigh Fermor... Cu sensibilitate, compasiune si ironie, Thubron surprinde cele mai e...

This edited volume presents a trans-disciplinary and multifaceted assessment of the strategic and economic impacts of China's Belt and Road Initiat...

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Drawing on decolonial perspectives on peace, statehood and development, this illuminating book examines post-liberal statebuilding in Central Asia....

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Qing Dynasty, then keep reading...Succeeding the Ming dynasty in 1644, the Qing emperors man...

Reports that, in Europe and Central Asia, food security has improved substantially over the past two decades and the vast majority of the 50 or so ...

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An anthology of primary documents for the study of Central Asian history. It illustrates important aspects of the social, cultural, political, and ...

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