The book is about the role of religious leadership in settling disputes of a legal nature within religious communities and the effects of this process on immigrant integration in Canada and the USA.
This book explores the transformation of the state in Wallachia, an Ottoman tributary principality, between 1740 and 1800, by focusing on three administrative techniques: regulations, paperwork (registers, identification certificates), and weights and measures.
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WINNER OF THE JOHN AVERY AWARD AT THE ANDR SIMON AWARDS If we can save the salmon, we can save the world Over the centuries, salmon have been a vital resource, a dietary staple and an irresistible catch.
A unique chronicle of the hundred-year period when the Jewish people changed the world and it changed them ';A riveting, gossipy, action-packed, seam-bursting blast through 100 years of (mainly) European history Impressively wide-ranging in scope and unflaggingly fascinating.
In 1942, five young German students and one professor at the University of Munich crossed the threshold of toleration to enter the realms of resistance, danger and death.
This concise book examines the decline and erosion of UMNO as a dominant political party of Malaysia through the perspective of Ibn Khaldun's theory of asabiyyah and umran.
This concise book examines the decline and erosion of UMNO as a dominant political party of Malaysia through the perspective of Ibn Khaldun's theory of asabiyyah and umran.
This examination of the formation of the Indonesian medical profession reveals the relationship between medicine and decolonisation, and its importance to understanding Asian history.
';Lucid, informed and persuasive' Evening Standard ';Thought-provoking' Daily Mail ';An extraordinary book' Nicholas Evans, author of The Horse Whisperer The history of humanity's relationship with other species is baffling.
This book features a global, historical analysis of the changes and continuities in one of society's basic functions: seeking to protect itself from disease.
'Fascinating' BBC History 'Remarkable and clever' New York Times 'Original and important' Sir David Cannadine When Queen Victoria died, two gentlemen were commissioned with the monumental task of editing her vast correspondence.
This book examines how the Embassy members approached, selected, and represented information, and how, in doing so, they helped to shape European perceptions of China.