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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Muslim, Trader, Nomad, Spy: China's Cold War and
Book SynopsisIn 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Lhasa, leaving the People's Republic of China with a crisis on its Tibetan frontier. Sulmaan Wasif Khan tells the story of the PRC''s response to that crisis and, in doing so, brings to life an extraordinary cast of characters: Chinese diplomats appalled by sky burials, Guomindang spies working with Tibetans in Nepal, traders carrying salt across the Himalayas, and Tibetan Muslims rioting in Lhasa. What Chinese policymakers confronted in Tibet, Khan argues, was not a third world' but a fourth world' problem: Beijing was dealing with peoples whose ways were defined by statelessness. As it sought to tighten control over the restive borderlands, Mao's China moved from a lighter hand to a harder, heavier imperial structure. That change triggered long-lasting shifts in Chinese foreign policy.
£45.12
Manohar Publishers and Distributors History of the French in India
Book SynopsisThe volume talks about the emergence of the French as a colonial power in the Indian subcontinent, the governorship of La Bourdonnais and Dupleix, further inroads into the Carnatic regions, fall of Dupleix and his struggles with his adversaries.
£44.99
Manohar Publishers and Distributors European Travellers in India
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£23.28
Manohar Publishers and Distributors The Portuguese in India: Being a History of the
Book SynopsisThis two-volume series covers the history of Portuguese colonialism in India. It covers the background of Iberian history and the emergence of Portugal as a colonial power, controlling most parts of the world. Besides covering the expedition of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, and Afonso de Albuquerque in the Goa region, this book also covers the political conquests of Pedro Alvarez Cabral in the Brazilian mainland. This volume largely covers the political and military aspects, which include the relationship with the Zamorin king in the Malabar region, expeditions against the Adil Shahi Sultanate in Goa and Konkan region, and military confrontations with the Muzaffarid dynasty of Gujarat. This volume also covers the conquest of Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman, and Diu, and their expeditions held at Aden, Sri Lanka, Java, Sumatra, Macau, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and other Asian regions in a thematic manner.
£65.24
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Ancient History of Western Asia, India and Crete
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£49.88
D.K. Print World Ltd Early Indian Historical Tradition and
Book SynopsisSurveying the whole extent of Itihasa Purana and sifting facts from myths, the book reconstructs millennia of ancient India's political-cultural history (pre-Bharata war days to about AD 1200), with chronological details of all the kingdoms that ruled.
£20.24
Kitab Bhavan Muslim Contribution to Science and Culture
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£4.86
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Modern Nepal
Book SynopsisThe author has made use of English and Nepali sources in writing the book. A special feature of the book is the extensive use made by the author of the correspondence between London and British Embassy in Kathmandu preserved in Public Record Office at Kew Gardens, London not examined so far by other historians.
£49.14
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Mountbatten's Report on the Last Viceroyalty: 22
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£57.00
Cosmo Publications History of Anthropology
Book SynopsisThis book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections suchas marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
£24.38
Institute for Human Development Social and Economic Security in India
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£28.12
Roli Books Pvt Ltd Society Girl
Book SynopsisHe wasn't alone: Shahnaz Gul, a stunningly beautiful, married socialite, with whom Zaidi had been having an affair, was lying unconscious in the next room, seemingly drugged..
£22.79
Aleph Book Company ON CITIZENSHIP
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£13.49
Konark Publishers Pvt.Ltd The Raging Himalayas and a Warming Planet:
Book SynopsisIn the midst of this discussion, the author contemplates the wisdom and invaluable contributions made by a select few visionaries who dedicated their lives to safeguarding and preserving our natural habitats and environment. With 240 illustrations.
£13.49
Manohar Publishers and Distributors The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana
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£34.19
Archeobooks Lutoslawski - Music and Legacy
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£42.75
HISTORIAS DEL TOREO QUE NUNCA TE CONTARON
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£31.30
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp GuíaBurros
£10.98
HISTORIA DESCONOCIDA DE LA PASION DE CRISTO
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£21.12
ANATOMIA DE LA LEYENDA NEGRA
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£22.03
Edaf Antillas La historia perdida II
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£8.18
LA INQUISICION ESPAÑOLA
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£23.86
Laertes Militants
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£21.76
Alvarellos Editora APUNTES HISTÓRICOS SOBRE SANTIAGO
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£31.15
Marcial Pons PROSTITUCIÓN EN LA ESPAÑA CONTEMPORÁNEA LA
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£25.73
Ediciones Nowtilus Dioses Templos y Oraculos Historia Incognita
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£20.71
Nowtilus El mito de la revolución masónica
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£16.04
Aarhus University Press Short History of the English Language
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£11.21
University Press of Southern Denmark European Historiography of Technology
Book SynopsisThis is an anthology about technology''s role in the modernisation process. It is written by a European group of historians of technology. Technological modernisation is very much a question of transferring technology from an innovating culture to a culture aspiring to economic growth. But technology is not only a lever of riches. Sometimes it was not even that. Technology in this anthology is not defined as artefacts only, but as skills and culture, too. Technology transfer was, perhaps, the most important agent of modernisation. Consequently, modernisation must be understood as a complex internationalisation of technological competence. Technological artefacts will always be embedded in a cultural environment. During transfer the recipient culture is likely to be upset, because transfer of technology invariably means transfer of cultural values. Sometimes the recipient culture refuses the technology transfer, sometimes it manages to shape the technological artefact according to its own cultural values, but quite often the recipient cultures succumb. The modernisation process can be seen as technology transfer smoothing out divergencies between cultures of European nation states. Or a smelting pot of technological artefacts and skills. This volume is an attempt to study the relationship between technology as artefacts and skills and cultural environments, academies of science, education systems and ethical values in a comparative European perspective. The papers were given at a conference in Roskilde in 1992 attended by some 40 historians of technology from Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.
£23.18
Skira Photographs from the Ottoman Empire: Bernardino
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£22.50
Peeters Publishers History of Vatican II: English Version Edited by
Book SynopsisThis fourth volume of the "History of Vatican II" reconstructs the work of the Council during the third session, which was to produce two of the most significant texts, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church and the Decree on Ecumenism. As with previous volumes an international team of scholars tracks the daily progress of the assembly and its numerous assisting bodies. Using sources from all the Council's groups, as well as an unprecedented acquisition of previously unpublished documents, they provide the reader with a rich, multidimensional knowledge of the event that more than any other shaped the Roman Catholic Church.The enthusiasm of the two previous sessions had given way to a greater awareness of the enormity of the conciliar task. The general desire on the part of the bishops to conclude the Council with this third session added to the pressure from many sides to produce significant results. The agenda thus included many complex issues in various schemas, and none surrounded by more tension than the question of collegiality, which was the source of passionate debate in the previous session.Other issues to be taken up by the Council included discussions and votes on sections on eschatology and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the schema on the Church; on the care of souls in the schema on the pastoral role of bishops; an entirely new text on divine revelation; declarations on religious freedom and on the Jews in the schema on ecumenism, and two entirely new schemas on the lay apostolate and on the Church in the modern world. Many conciliar fathers were disappointed by events during the last days of this session (the "Black Week," some called it), and this created even greater interest in what would be the fourth and final session of Vatican II.
£86.32
Intersentia Publishers Universal Jurisdiction in Modern International
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£49.40
Stichting Kunstboek BVBA Orchid: the Fatal Attraction
Book SynopsisThe history of orchids teems with tales of temptation and passion. This stunning book combines the most luscious and tactile photographs with surprising and informative texts about orchids. The first part of the book tells the tale about the discovery of orchids through history and describes the way in which orchids are perceived. In the East the emphasis lies mainly on positive characteristics, grace and generosity. In the West orchids personify procreation and sex. Why are orchids the way they are? Why those amazing, complicated shapes? Why those incredible colours?In "Orchid: The Fatal Attraction", Anne Ronse discusses everything orchids have stood for in the course of history.
£31.88
Stolpe Publishing Man and Technology: How Innovation Forms Our
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£20.00
Juggernaut Publication The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur: How the Pulwama Case
Book SynopsisIn February 2019 one of the worst terror attacks on India takes place in Pulwama in Kashmir. Forty Indian soldiers are dead. But when the NIA probes the bombing they hit one dead end after another. Who were the actual masterminds of this audacious strike? It seemed impossible to find out. In this thrilling and deeply reported book, the award-winning author and journalist Rahul Pandita tells the story of how a team of extraordinary NIA sleuths cracks the case one jigsaw piece at a time. Against all odds, they manage to connect the dots between a seemingly routine troublemaker put in preventive detention at the time of the abrogation of Article 370, a mobile phone full of lustful messages recovered after an encounter that killed a terrorist and the Pulwama attack itself.
£16.62
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Bangladesh:: Writings on 1971, Across Borders
Book Synopsis1971 marked the birth of Bangladesh, challenging the lessons of 1947. This anthology explores diverse accounts and memories of the tumultuous period, showcasing literature's role in shaping historical narratives. It features voices from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India, offering insights into reconciliation and peace efforts post-conflict.
£25.17
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Imprints of the Populist Time
Book SynopsisThe crisis of liberal democracy in the neoliberal world marked by massive labour flows, migrations, and informal conditions of work has led to the emergence of new forms of claim-making and a new sense of rights even as governments try to garner popular support and legitimacy through strategies termed as populist gestures. Today, populism is integral to the daily discourse of politics and discussions of democracy, governance, and people. Imprints of the Populist Time investigates populism as a historical phenomenon, examining its dynamic nature and role as a set of specific political practices. Lending a postcolonial perspective to the global study of populism, Ranabir Samaddar examines the trajectory that West Bengal politics took following the end of Left Front rule in 2011. Through a fragmented narrative structure that builds on commentaries on contemporary events ,which highlight the recent history of populism in West Bengal, the volume explores how populism works around the crisis of representation in democracy by centring the subaltern and constructing a people ; the problematic figure of the citizen ; popular engagements with the Constitution; the city as a crucial site of contemporary populism; the role of gender in populist governance; and the counter-intuitive economic logic of the populists. The volume studies various modes of populism elections, the language of populist politics, and the rampant illegalism in populist conduct, and asks key questions: Has there ever been any democracy without populism, or any nationalism without its populist articulation? Can we think of the popular and the people without the populist? Is populism a form of subaltern resistance to neoliberal depredations? Scholars and students of Indian politics, political historians, journalists, policy makers, and informed readers will find this volume riveting.
£31.82
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd The Struggle for Narmada:: An Oral History of the
Book SynopsisThe Narmada Bachao Andolan was a powerful mass movement in India led by Adivasis fighting to save their land and river from the Sardar Sarovar Dam. This book shares their untold history and struggles, highlighting the importance of oral history and empowering marginalized communities in mass movements.
£26.59
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Gandhi’s Travels in Tamil Nadu
Book SynopsisThe volume also underscores the vital contribution of the Tamil people to the Indian freedom struggle, and draws our attention to the many Tamilian heirs to the Gandhian legacy who continued his work well after him.
£56.99
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd When the Kurinji Blooms
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£33.24
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Gandhi’s Travels in Tamil Nadu
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£57.59
Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited Cubbon Park: The Green Heart of Bengaluru
Book SynopsisOver 150 years ago, in 1870, a public park was inaugurated in Bangalore. Designed by British engineer Richard Sankey, it spread over 100 acres and encompassed features typical to the city granite outcrops, lush greenery, wide avenues and government buildings. Originally named Meade s Park, it has been known to generations of Bangaloreans as Cubbon Park sanctuary, lung space, thoroughfare, battlefield, picnic spot, repository of urban biodiversity, and public park. In this book, the first of its kind about Cubbon Park, author, columnist and true-blue Bangalorean Roopa Pai, attempts to decode the enduring appeal of the Park. Historical sketches trace the story of not just Cubbon Park, but that of Mysore state and the city itself. Her conversations with Bangaloreans of today show the Park in all its contested glory, even as she writes about the open music spaces it once hosted and its diverse flora and fauna, the powerful lurking at its fringes, waiting to gobble it up, and the citizen activists who tirelessly protect it. Heart-warming and meticulously researched, Cubbon Park is an enduring snapshot of a precious green space that is as much an idea as a physical entity, as fragile as it is powerful, as divisive and as it is unifying, and always central to the city s imagination.
£16.14
Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited The Broken Script: Delhi under the East India
Book SynopsisCombining immaculate scholarship with extraordinary storytelling, Swapna Liddle has produced an outstanding book of narrative historyâon a great city in transition, and on early modern Indiaâthat will be read and discussed for decades.
£25.64
HarperCollins India The Ahoms: A Reimagined History
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£20.42
HarperCollins India Kashmir: The Partition Trilogy
£13.49
Westland Publications Limited Rama of the Axe: The Epic Saga of Parashurama
Book SynopsisThe youngest son of Saptarishi Jamadagni, Ramabhadra has the weight of an immense prophecy on his shoulders. For not only is he the gifted son of a supremely revered rishi and his wife, he is also being quietly trained to fulfil his destiny as an avatar of Lord Vishnu. But the path to divinity is not one without trials. When his father and guru is suddenly snatched away from him, Ramabhadra knows he has to avenge his death, come what may. But before that he must master himself.
£13.12
Westland Books The Story of Hanuman
Book SynopsisIn a world where gods and mortals collide, the beloved monkey god, Hanuman, rises with boundless strength, unwavering courage and loyalty. This edgy graphic novel delves into the legendary tales of Hanuman, redefining his essence. From his miraculous birth to his boon of immortality, follow Hanuman on a journey filled with adventure, mischief and his loyalty to Lord Rama. Witness his daring escapades, quest for knowledge and undying devotion. As the gods' messenger, Hanuman embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue Sita, facing all odds. His ultimate act of braveryretrieving the life-giving Sanjeevani herb to save Lakshmanacements his place as a timeless symbol of devotion and strength.
£11.92
Tulika Capitalism, Colonialism & Globalization – Studies
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£14.39
