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The Shaping Of 'Abbasid Rule

de Jacob Lassner

186,56€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In order to understand the transition between the revolutionary movement that propelled the Abbasids to power and the imperial government that later took root, Jacob Lassner studies those elements that served to shape the political attitudes and institutions of the emerging regime during its formative years. Originally published in 1980. The Prin
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Handlist Of Arabic Manuscripts (New Series) In The Princeton University Library

de Eric Linn Ormsby e Rudolf Mach

83,82€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This catalogue describes over 2,000 Arabic manuscripts acquired by the Princeton University Library since the 1950s, providing information on an important collection of Arabic works, many of which were previously unknown or unrecorded. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again m
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The Making Of An Arab Nationalist - Ottomanism And Arabism In The Life And Thought Of Sati' Al-Husri

de William L. Cleveland

114,91€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 A loyal servant of the Ottoman Empire in his early career, Sati' al-Husri (1880-1968) became one of Arab nationalism's most articulate and influential spokesmen. His shift from Ottomanism, based on religion and the multi-national empire, to Arabism, defined by secular loyalties and the concept of an Arab nation, is the theme of William Cleveland's
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The History Of The Maghrib - An Interpretive Essay

de Abdallah Laroui

225,76€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This survey of North African history challenges both conventional attitudes toward North Africa and previously published histories written from the point of view of Western scholarship. The book aims, in Professor Laroui's words, "to give from within a decolonized vision of North African history just as the present leaders of the Maghrib are trying
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The Transmission Of Knowledge In Medieval Cairo - A Social History Of Islamic Education

de Jonathan Porter Berkey

128,43€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In rich detail Jonathan Berkey interprets the social and cultural consequences of Islam's regard for knowledge, showing how education in the Middle Ages played a central part in the religious experience of nearly all Muslims. Focusing on Cairo, which under Mamluk rule (1250-1517) was a vital intellectual center with a complex social system, the aut
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Ottoman Civil Officialdom - A Social History

de Carter Vaughn Findley

214,95€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In this sequel to his highly acclaimed Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire, Carter Findley shifts focus from the organizational aspects of administrative reform and development to the officials themselves. A study in social history and its cultural and economic ramifications, Findley's new book critically reassesses Ottoman accomplishments an
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Political Elite Of Iran

de Marvin Zonis

214,95€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In interviews with 170 politically active Iranians, the author reveals that politics in Iran are based on interpersonal relationships marked by insecurity, cynicism, and mistrust. He then assesses the significance of these characteristics for Iran's future development. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest pri
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Social Change In A Hostile Environment - The Crusaders' Kingdom Of Jerusalem

de Aharon Ben-Ami

108,15€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Through a comprehensive case study of the twelfth-century Crusaders' Kingdom of Jerusalem, the author shows how a changing international system encourages or retards the development of social structures, thereby relating the Crusaders' experience to contemporary affairs. The Kingdom's social structure was influenced by intensive lslamic pressure on
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Peter The Venerable And Islam

de James Aloysius Kritzeck

155,47€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 For over four centuries the principal source of Christian European knowledge of Islam stemmed from a project sponsored by Peter the Venerable, ninth abbot of Cluny, in 1142. This consisted of Latin translations of five Arabic works, including the first translation of the Koran in a western language. Known as the Toledan Collection, it was eventuall
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The Ottoman Slave Trade And Its Suppression - 1840-1890

de Ehud R. Toledano

175,74€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book is a historical account of the slave trading system of the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the nineteenth century and of the attempts, which were eventually successful, to suppress it. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-prin
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The Early Islamic Conquests

de Fred Mcgraw Donner

259,56€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In this contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature and causes of the Islamic conquests in Syria and Iraq during the sixth and seventh centuries, Fred Donner argues for a necessary distinction between the causes of the conquests, the causes of their success, and the causes of the subsequent Arab migrations to the Fertile Crescent. Originally
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Challenging Colonialism - Bank Misr And Egyptian Industrialization, 1920-1941

de Eric Davis

135,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Eric Davis challenges classic theories of dependency and imperialism and explains the history of the Bank Misr by interrelating world market forces, Egyptian class structure, and the Egyptian nationalist movement and state apparatus. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again mak
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Rabat - Urban Apartheid In Morocco

de Janet L. Abu-Lughod

214,95€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Making provocative use of the term apartheid," Janet Abu-Lughod argues that French colonial policies in Moroccan cities effectively segregated Moroccans from Europeans. Focusing on Rabat and drawing upon unpublished data from the 1971 census of Morocco, she documents the results of this segregation. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Leg
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Jewish Self-Government In Medieval Egypt - The Origins Of The Office Of The Head Of The Jews, Ca. 1065-1126

de Mark R. Cohen

214,95€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Under three successive Islamic dynasties--the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks--the Egyptian Office of the Head of the Jews (also known as the Nagid) became the most powerful representative of medieval Jewish autonomy in the Islamic world. To determine the origins of this institution, Mark Cohen concentrates on the complex web of internal an
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Social Change In A Hostile Environment - The Crusaders' Kingdom Of Jerusalem

de Aharon Ben-Ami

43,26€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Through a comprehensive case study of the twelfth-century Crusaders' Kingdom of Jerusalem, the author shows how a changing international system encourages or retards the development of social structures, thereby relating the Crusaders' experience to contemporary affairs. The Kingdom's social structure was influenced by intensive lslamic pressure on
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Political Elite Of Iran

de Marvin Zonis

87,87€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In interviews with 170 politically active Iranians, the author reveals that politics in Iran are based on interpersonal relationships marked by insecurity, cynicism, and mistrust. He then assesses the significance of these characteristics for Iran's future development. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest pri
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The Tunisia Of Ahmad Bey, 1837-1855

de L. Carl Brown

83,82€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Under the energetic but confused prodding of the activist ruler Ahmad Bey, Tunisia made its first effort to institute European-inspired political and military reforms. L. Carl Brown's book on the reign of Ahmad Bey is thus a case study in modernization as well as a historical survey of Tunisia in the mid-nineteenth century. Professor Brown explains
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The Ottoman Slave Trade And Its Suppression - 1840-1890

de Ehud R. Toledano

64,89€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book is a historical account of the slave trading system of the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the nineteenth century and of the attempts, which were eventually successful, to suppress it. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-prin
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Ottoman Rule In Damascus, 1708-1758

de Karl K. Barbir

47,32€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 On the basis of new evidence from the Ottoman archives in Istanbul, Karl Barbir challenges the current interpretation of Ottoman rule in Damascus during the eighteenth century. He argues that the prevailing themes of decline and stagnation--usually applied to the entire century--in fact apply only to the latter half of the century. This discovery,
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The Egypt Of Nasser And Sadat - The Political Economy Of Two Regimes

de John Waterbury

105,45€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 A balance sheet of thirty years of revolutionary experiment, this work is a comprehensive analysis of the failure of the socialist transformation of Egypt during the regimes of Nasser and Sadat. Testing recent theories of the nature of the developing states and their relation both to indigenous class forces and to external pressures from advanced i
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Rabat - Urban Apartheid In Morocco

de Janet L. Abu-Lughod

83,82€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Making provocative use of the term apartheid," Janet Abu-Lughod argues that French colonial policies in Moroccan cities effectively segregated Moroccans from Europeans. Focusing on Rabat and drawing upon unpublished data from the 1971 census of Morocco, she documents the results of this segregation. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Leg
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Ottoman Civil Officialdom - A Social History

de Carter Vaughn Findley

87,87€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 In this sequel to his highly acclaimed Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire, Carter Findley shifts focus from the organizational aspects of administrative reform and development to the officials themselves. A study in social history and its cultural and economic ramifications, Findley's new book critically reassesses Ottoman accomplishments an
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The Transmission Of Knowledge In Medieval Cairo - A Social History Of Islamic Education

de Jonathan Porter Berkey

54,08€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 In rich detail Jonathan Berkey interprets the social and cultural consequences of Islam's regard for knowledge, showing how education in the Middle Ages played a central part in the religious experience of nearly all Muslims. Focusing on Cairo, which under Mamluk rule (1250-1517) was a vital intellectual center with a complex social system, the aut
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Living Together Separately - Arabs And Jews In Contemporary Jerusalem

de Alex Weingrod e Michael Romann

60,83€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 "Written under the aspices of the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies."
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