Preparation for a Revolution

M. Sukru (Professor, Near Eastern Studies Department, Professor, Near Eastern Studies Department, Princeton University) Hanioglu

ISBN: 9780195134636 | Hardcover

This book is a challenging re-evaluation of the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, a seminal event in the late Ottoman Empire and in the emergence of the ... Meer informatie

The Koran: A Very Short Introduction

Michael (Cleveland E. Dodge Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Princeton) Cook

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192853448 | Paperback

The Koran has constituted a remarkably strong core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. This Ver... Meer informatie

The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction

Eric H. (Chair and Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Chair and Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, George Washington University) Cline

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199760275 | Paperback

Homer's tale of the abduction of Helen to Troy and the ten-year war to bring her back to Greece has fascinated mankind for centuries since he related ... Meer informatie

Pan-Arabism before Nasser

Michael (Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University) Doran

ISBN: 9780195160086 | Paperback

This book aims to alter profoundly the accepted version of the history of post-World War II Egyptian foreign policy. To this end, Doran convincingly d... Meer informatie

Pan-Arabism Before Nasser

Michael (Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University) Doran

Reeks: Studies in Middle Eastern History

ISBN: 9780195123616 | Hardcover

Aiming to alter the accepted history of post-World War II Pan-Arabic foreign policy, the author demonstrates the absence of any true pan-Arabic front ... Meer informatie

Blasphemy: A Very Short Introduction

Yvonne (Professor of Religious Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Kent) Sherwood

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198797579 | Paperback

This book considers the steady presence of blasphemy in our world today, even as society grows increasingly secular. Discussing some of the most famou... Meer informatie

Cross-Cultural Encounters and Conflicts

Charles (Bayard Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Bayard Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University) Issawi

Reeks: Studies in Middle Eastern History

ISBN: 9780195118131 | Hardcover

This collection of essays has been written in the belief that a study of past encounters and conflicts between the world's major cultures can shed lig... Meer informatie

The Young Turks in Opposition

M. Sukru (Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University; Associate Professor, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University; Associate Professor, Istanbul University) Hanioglu

Reeks: Studies in Middle Eastern History

ISBN: 9780195091151 | Hardcover

A detailed study of the Turkish secret society known as CUP (Committee of Union and Progress), a movement which continues to influence the thinking of... Meer informatie

Spinoza, Life and Legacy

Prof Jonathan I. (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) Israel

ISBN: 9780198857488 | Hardcover

A biography of the boldest and most unsettling of the early modern philosophers, Spinoza, which examines the man's life, relationships, writings, and ... Meer informatie

Drugs: A Very Short Introduction

Les (Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University) Iversen

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198745792 | Paperback

In this second edition, Les Iversen presents an introductory account of what drugs are, how they work, and the advances made over the past 100 years i... Meer informatie

Village Life in Ancient Egypt

A. G. (formerly Assistant Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, formerly Assistant Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University) McDowell

ISBN: 9780198149989 | Hardcover

This beautifully illustrated book is the first to include translations of over 200 of the texts recovered from the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina... Meer informatie

A Slave Between Empires

M'hamed (assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies and History) Oualdi

ISBN: 9780231191869 | Hardcover

In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a lif... Meer informatie

Faith and Power

Bernard (Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University) Lewis

ISBN: 9780195144215 | Hardcover

Short collection of previously unpublished in English works by the doyen of Middle Eastern history.... Meer informatie

Who Rules the Synagogue?

Zev (Instructor, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Instructor, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University) Eleff

ISBN: 9780190490270 | Hardcover

Who Rules the Synagogue? explores how American Jewry in the nineteenth century transformed from a lay dominated community to one whose leading religio... Meer informatie

Cultures in Conflict

Bernard (Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University) Lewis

ISBN: 9780195102833 | Paperback

Bernard Lewis uses the year 1492, a year laden with epic events and riven by political debate, to explore the clash between the Jews, Christendom, and... Meer informatie

Centennials

Professor Professor Alex Hill

ISBN: 9781847942821 | Paperback

Start-ups rarely survive their second birthday. Even established firms in the UK and the US average a life of only fifteen years. So how can your comp... Meer informatie

The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

Louis P. (Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Rutgers University) Masur

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780197513668 | Paperback

More than one hundred and fifty years after the Civil War began, its hold on the American imagination has not abated. This Very Short Introduction off... Meer informatie

A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire

M. Sukru Hanioglu

ISBN: 9780691146171 | Paperback

At the turn of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman Empire straddled three continents and encompassed extraordinary ethnic and cultural diversity among... Meer informatie

Marx: A Very Short Introduction

Peter (Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University & Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne) Singer

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198821076 | Paperback

Marx is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, whose theories about society, economics, and politics have shaped and directed political... Meer informatie

Arabs in History

Bernard (, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus, Princeton University) Lewis

ISBN: 9780192803108 | Paperback

`Whoever lives in our country, speaks our language, is brought up in our culture and takes pride in our glory is one of us.' Thus ran a declaration of... Meer informatie