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Religious division and social conflict Religious division and social conflict Peggy Froerer Study based on Oraons, Indic people; with reference to Mohanpur, a village in Korba District, India. OL11780553W
Syria's kurds Syria's kurds Jordi Tejel "This book is a decisive contribution to the study of Kurdish history in Syria since the mandatory period (1920-1946) up to nowadays. Avoiding an essentialist approach, Jordi Tejel provides fine, com… OL11826124W
The uses and abuses of history The uses and abuses of history Margaret Olwen Macmillan History can be a very useful tool in understanding why we and those we must deal with think and react in certain ways. But in the wrong hands it can be dangerous and used to foster a sense of grievan… OL12255208W
The Muslim Revolt The Muslim Revolt Roger Hardy This book ffers the reader a subtler grasp of today's Islamic societies and their discontents, explaining how the autocratic policies of many states in the Middle East inadvertently bolster the popul… OL15646378W
True patriot love True patriot love Michael Ignatieff In 1872, the author's great-grandfather George Monro Grant set out with Sandford Fleming to map out the railway line that would link Canada ocean to ocean. Michael Ignatieff recreates his journey, se… OL16666495W
The Bureaucracy of Beauty The Bureaucracy of Beauty Arindam Dutta Designing the Present is a wide-ranging work of cultural theory that connects literary studies, postcoloniality, the history of architecture and design, and the history and present of empire. Profess… OL1760509W
Enchantments of modernity Enchantments of modernity Saurabh Dube Contributed articles previously published in several journals. OL18629135W
My voice is my weapon My voice is my weapon David A McDonald,David A. McDonald,David A. McDonald The first of its kind, this book offers an in-depth ethnomusicological analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, contributing a performative perspective to the larger scholarly conversation about… OL19993079W
The European Union and the Regions The European Union and the Regions J. Barry Jones,Keating, Michael Is Europe witnessing the death of the nation-state? In this book, leading scholars examine how European integration and regional assertion threaten this once-mighty institution and are profoundly alt… OL20603969W
The Anthropology of Europe The Anthropology of Europe Cris Shore,Victoria A. Goddard,Josep R. Llobera An anthropological study of Europe post-1989. The contributors examine the social, cultural and political implications of European integration, with particular emphasis on changing European identitie… OL20619948W
Femmes politiques au Maroc Femmes politiques au Maroc Osire Glacier Osire Glacier, professeure dʹhistoire à lʹuniversité de Montréal, spécialiste du Maghreb procède dans cet essai à un travail de réhabilitation de la présence des femmes au sein des hautes sphères du … OL22894947W
The collapse of globalism The collapse of globalism John Ralston Saul The Collapse of Globalism Revised Edition And The Reinvention Of The World BY JOHN RALSTON SAUL Publisher: Penguin Canada In 1999, John Ralston Saul began predicting that globalism would collapse. In… OL24818047W
Fais ce que dois Fais ce que dois Henri Bourassa,Pierre Anctil,Pierrick Labbé Répartis sur vingt-deux ans, les éditoriaux du Devoir sous la direction d'Henri Bourassa reflètent une unité de pensée et d'action qui n'a guère d'équivalent dans l'histoire de la presse québécoise t… OL28216728W
Le retour des États Le retour des États Michel Guénaire Cet essai annonce la renaissance du phénomène étatique en réaction à la mondialisation. L'auteur explique que les peuples envisagent de défendre par le biais d'Etats forts et protecteurs leurs intérê… OL28945467W
Performing identities on the stages of Quebec Performing identities on the stages of Quebec Jill R. Mac Dougall "Performing Identities on the Stages of Quebec explores the poetics and politics of Quebecois identity. Considering the stage as a metaphor of virtual communities and performance as a privileged mome… OL2933130W
Les frères divorcés Les frères divorcés Pierre Godin Récit passionnant et sérieusement documenté de la rupture, au coeur de la Révolution tranquille, entre Robert Bourassa et René Lévesque. OL3046627W
State Crises, Globalisation and National Movements in North-East Africa State Crises, Globalisation and National Movements in North-East Africa Mario I. Aguilar,Asafa Jalata This book demonstrates that the crises of the Horn states stem from their political behaviour and structural forces. OL3898966W
The rise of nationalism in Central Africa The rise of nationalism in Central Africa Robert Rotberg,Robert I. Rotberg >This first comprehensive and thoroughly documented study of the political development of two of the newly formed nations of Central Africa presents the full story of the successful efforts of the pe… OL4617720W
Slave culture Slave culture Sterling Stuckey In this ground-breaking study, Sterling Stuckey, a leading cultural historian and authority on slavery, explains how different African peoples interacted on the plantations of the South to achieve a … OL5268241W
Nations Out of Empires Nations Out of Empires Harry G. Gelber "Harry Gelber examines centuries of colonial interaction and argues there is a close link between revolution in eighteenth-century Europe and the development of Asian nationalisms from the nineteenth… OL8400185W
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