After the end of World War I, international pressures prevented the Allies from implementing direct colonial rule over the former Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Instead, the Allies created a system of mandates for the governance of the Middle East. France was assigned Lebanon and Syria, and Britain was assigned Iraq, Palestine, and Transjordan. First published in 1976, Britain in Iraq has long been recognized as the definitive history of the mandate period, providing a meticulous and engaging account of Britain's political involvement in Iraq as well as rare insights into...
After the end of World War I, international pressures prevented the Allies from implementing direct colonial rule over the former Arab provinces of th...
After the end of World War I, international pressures prevented the Allies from implementing direct colonial rule over the former Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Instead, the Allies created a system of mandates for the governance of the Middle East. France was assigned Lebanon and Syria, and Britain was assigned Iraq, Palestine, and Transjordan. First published in 1976, Britain in Iraq has long been recognized as the definitive history of the mandate period, providing a meticulous and engaging account of Britain's political involvement in Iraq as well as rare insights into...
After the end of World War I, international pressures prevented the Allies from implementing direct colonial rule over the former Arab provinces of th...
This collection of essays focuses on the relation between European and Islamic thought and culture from the late eighteenth to the twentieth century. Albert Hourani explores the development of ideas about Islam in European thought and discusses the individual writers who played an important part in informing and communicating an image of Islamic history and civilisation. He also examines some of the reactions of the Islamic world to the powerful new ideas of European civilization including the first Arabic encyclopedia and translation of Homer.
This collection of essays focuses on the relation between European and Islamic thought and culture from the late eighteenth to the twentieth century. ...
Peter Sluglett Konstancija Brazeniene Albert Hourani
The political history of late Imperial/early modern China and the relationship between China's traditional political culture and the rapidly changing political environment of China today are examined through this study of the iconic figure of Yang Jisheng. Born in 1516, Yang had a brief and traumatic career as a junior official in the middle Ming dynasty, before being executed in 1555 for criticising the politics of the imperial state. Over the ensuring 450 years, a variety of constituencies within China have appropriated and deployed Yang's memory in different ways to promote their...
The political history of late Imperial/early modern China and the relationship between China's traditional political culture and the rapidly changi...
A story of an American woman's life in Lebanon and the events that lead to her husband's assassination. Through her entries from her diaries and excerpts from his letters, Kerr examines her husband's ideals and goals to promote reconciliation in among the factions in Lebanese society.
A story of an American woman's life in Lebanon and the events that lead to her husband's assassination. Through her entries from her diaries and excer...
Revised from the Hungarian original, this edition of The History tracks the domestic and international evolution of military higher education during a crucial historical period. These years saw Hungary rapidly switch from a post World War II democracy to a single-party dictatorship, a carbon copy of the Soviet Bolshevik system. Internationally, an intense East European Cold War developed within the global Cold War. Preparation for war with Yugoslavia (1948-53) led to an increase in the number of Soviet captive nations' soldiers never seen during peacetime. Only after Stalin's death in 1953...
Revised from the Hungarian original, this edition of The History tracks the domestic and international evolution of military higher education during a...
In this second volume, Rusko Matulic continues to formulate a comprehensive bibliography of primarily published sources relating to the history, languages, literature, politics, government, religion, and social sciences of former Yugoslavia, including bibliographical materials on expatriates.
In this second volume, Rusko Matulic continues to formulate a comprehensive bibliography of primarily published sources relating to the history, langu...
Bernard Ivan Tamas lays out the history of the struggle for democracy in the early years of transition, addressing the problem of competence in party politics and democratization and the consequences of amateurism and inexperience.
Bernard Ivan Tamas lays out the history of the struggle for democracy in the early years of transition, addressing the problem of competence in party ...
This volume contains the letters of Konstancija Braženiene written in Lithuania, East Germany, and Siberia between 1944 and 1946. It reveals a remarkable portrait of survival during the Cold War and post-Cold War period and adaptation to changing political conditions in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Lithuania.
This volume contains the letters of Konstancija Braženiene written in Lithuania, East Germany, and Siberia between 1944 and 1946. It reveals a re...
Record of a Boat Trip to Wu (Wuchuan lu) is a travel journal written by Fan Chengda, the famous government official and writer of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). In it, Fan recounts his boat journey from Chengdu (Sichuan) to his home near Suzhou (Jiangsu) in the summer and fall of 1177. His trip covered a distance of approximately 1,700 miles and took 122 days to complete, and his journal provides a richly detailed, often fascinating account of the scenic and historic sites he visited during the trip, including the history, literature, art, and religion of the Song dynasty...
Record of a Boat Trip to Wu (Wuchuan lu) is a travel journal written by Fan Chengda, the famous government official and writer of the Southern ...
