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Great catastrophe
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Thomas De Waal |
"The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was a brutal mass crime that prefigured other genocides in the 20th century. By various estimates, more than a million Armenians wer… |
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Decorative textiles from Arab & Islamic cultures
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Jennifer Mary Wearden |
"The exceptional collection published here ranges widely in region, material and technique. There are textiles and garments from North Africa, Syria, Arabia, Iran, Turkey and the Indian subcontinent … |
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Reproducing class
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Henry J. Rutz |
"Middle classes are by definition ambiguous, raising all sorts of paradoxical questions, perceived and real, about their power and place relative to those above and below them in a class-structured s… |
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From the "Terror of the World" to the "Sick Man of Europe
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Asl Crakman |
"From the "Terror of the World" to the "Sick Man of Europe" sheds new light on the hotly debated issue of Orientalism by looking at the European images of the Ottoman Empire and society over three ce… |
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