Hardcover: 259 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (June 13, 1991) Language: English ISBN-10: 0195067282 This collection brings together sixteen previously unpublished essays about the history, organization, challenges, responses, outstanding thinkers, and future prospects of the Muslim community in the United States and Canada. Both Muslims and non-Muslims are represented among the contributors, who include such leading Islamic scholars [...]
Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 5, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0192805908 From subtle discrimination in everyday life and scandals in politics, to incidents like lynchings in the American South, cultural imperialism, and ‘ethnic cleansing’, racism exists in many different forms, in almost every facet of society. But what actually is race? How has racism come [...]
Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: For Dummies (August 24, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0470065443 Includes information on key archaeological discoveries Unravel over 3,000 years of fascinating history This lively guide walks you through the world of the ancient Egyptians and reveals intriguing insights into their history and culture along the way. Inside you′ll find stories of kings and their harems, epic buildings, [...]
Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Sybex (September 28, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0782143466 “A lot of people are starting to use the Internet to reconnect themselves to their neighborhood, their community, and the world. The Power of Many is a great survey of the way this is really being accomplished by many individuals working together.” Share This
Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Lawrence And Wishart Ltd (April 1, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0853159092 This comprehensive introduction to Karl Marx’s political economy includes extracts from The Communist Manifesto, Capital, The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, and The Poverty of Philosophy. This new selection from the writings of both Marx and Frederick Engels aims to enrich current discussions, [...]
Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Anchor; 1st Anchor Books Ed edition (February 1, 1996) Language: English ISBN-10: 0385418493 In this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known “hinge” of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the “island of saints and scholars,” the Ireland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells. Here, far from the barbarian despoliation of [...]
Library Binding: 3 pages Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 27, 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 0415145325 This important new work is the first comprehensive reference to the rapidly developing field of international political economy [IPE]. Featuring over 1200 A-Z entries, the coverage encompasses the full range of issues, concepts, and institutions associated with IPE in its various forms. Comprehensively cross-referenced [...]
Paperback: 408 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition (August 24, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 0192853716 In the introduction to the Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe, T.C.W. Blanning argues that, in many ways, the essence of modern man is that he is self-consciously dynamic. We are attracted to change–it captures the eye much more than stability. [...]
Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 16, 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 0192892592 Lloyd Gartner presents, in chronologically-arranged chapters, the story of the changing fortunes of the Jewish communities of the Old World (in Europe and the Middle East and beyond) and their gradual expansion into the New World of the Americas. The book starts in 1650, [...]
Paperback: 422 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition (September 7, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 0192853732 How has war shaped modern society and vice versa? How has it changed over the centuries between the introduction of firearms and the invention of the atom bomb? How is war waged today? This book examines the techniques, technology, and theory [...]
