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Indus Source Books Panipat: An Account of the Last Battle of Panipat
Book SynopsisCasi Raja Pundit, a mutasaddi or secretary in the service of Suja-ud-daula, Vazir of Oudh, was present at the third battle of Panipat and wrote an account of it in Persian. His account was translated into English in 1791 by Lt. Col. James Brown, Resident at Delhi from 1782 to 1785. The translated account was edited in 1926 with an Introduction, Notes, and Appendices by H. G. Rawlinson, Professor at The Deccan College, Poona. It is the most detailed account we possess of the battle, and is the impartial narrative of an eye-witness of what he saw and heard. The narrative of Casi Raja Pundit brings alive larger than life personalities from history Sadhashivrao Bhao, Ahmed Shah Abdali, and Ibrahim Gardi, among others. The Maratha Empire was the pre-eminent power in the subcontinent in the eighteenth century. In 1761, under the command of Sadashivrao Bhao in the third battle of Panipat, the Marathas lost to Abdali, and Sadashivrao Bhao was killed. However, as H.G. Rawlinson writes in his Introduction, A defeat is, under some circumstances, as honourable as a victory; and never, in all their annals, did the Maratha armies cover themselves with greater glory, than when the flower of the chivalry of the Deccan perished on the stricken field of Panipat, fighting against the enemies of their creed and country.
£11.06
Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited Infinite Variety
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. AYODHYA: CITY OF FAITH, CITY OF DISCORD
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Mayank Kumar Rusia Questioning Paradigms, Constructing Histories
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors History Of Kerala: Written in the Form of Notes
Book SynopsisThe History of Kerala is a monumental work in four volumes. Chaplain of Cochin (1717-23), Jacobus Canter Visscher wrote descriptive letters to his friends and which were edited and published. K.P. Padmanabha Menon re-edited the English translation of the letters with an extensive and exhaustive commentary. His notes speak eloquently of his wide range of information and study and no less of his power to present the varied material into a highly readable historical narrative. The author has used Visscher''s book as the thread on which to string the ancient history of Kerala. It contains cameos on many of the important events and institutions, customs and manners and the salient features of the region, and of its social, political and economic conditions, based as far as possible, on contemporary records.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Battlefield India: 25 Years of Politricks and
Book SynopsisBattlefield India is a chronicle of the near past which tells us how the cycle of chaos repeats itself. The story starts in 1997 on the eve of India's 50th year as an independent nation, and ends in 2022 as free India celebrates its 75th birthday. The political, economic, and social events of the last 25 years are recounted through the voices of people the author has interviewed over the years. These voices include many who shall go down in the history books as legends of this period in India's long history: among others, the man behind the Green Revolution and a member of independent India's Constituent Assembly C Subramaniam, the former President of India R. Venkataraman, the eminent agronomist Dr M''s Swaminathan.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Few Torn Pages from India's Freedom Struggle
Book SynopsisSixty young men, aged between 14 to 25 storm into the heavily guarded British armoury, loot it and hoist the Indian flag keeping the town independent for three days. Five revolutionaries fight a formidable British force armed only with pistols for hours before they run out of ammunitions. A young woman dressed in men''s uniform barges into the European club in Chittagong with few others and opens fire before being surrounded by the army. Study of recorded history of India''s freedom struggle leaves out multitude of people. In free India, it would be a historical cruelty to ignore the influences of small actions by individuals or groups on our freedom struggle. History is based on and includes the sum of history prior to the period under study. By the same logic, it influences the history of the period that follows. Therefore, to ignore individual or small group actions will be a great injustice to a fair history.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Lt Colonel Purohit: The Man Betrayed
Book SynopsisIt's Hindu Terror!' screamed newspaper headlines, when for the first time in the country's history an army man, Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, was arrested in connection with the September 2008 Malegaon bomb blast. Who was this person, why was his name plastered over the front page of all newspapers? Why him of all people? Was he guilty? Was he framed? Was he a scapegoat? What happened to the family of this decorated officer while he languished in prison for nine long years as undertrial? Lt Colonel Purohit: The Man Betrayed?
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Tribes Of Nagaland And The Catholic Church: A
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd 1971. 1999. War Stories
Book Synopsis1971. 1999. War Stories documents the oral history' of the war veterans of the Liberation and Kargil War. Culled from personal interviews, this compilation of anecdotes gives you a glimpse into the minds of those who made decisions that saved thousands of lives and possibly changed the course of history. From getting caught by the Pakistanis as a Prisoner of War, to dangerous landings on muddy grounds, healing bullet-ridden aircraft to clandestine missions carried out by our helicopter and transport stalwarts, each story brings out aspects of leadership, motivation, management and most importantly, the resilience of our soldiers in uniform.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Battlefield Jaffna: Abandoned, They Fought
Book SynopsisBattlefield Jaffna takes you into the heart of the struggle, right in the middle of the most brutal, intense and dirty battle fought in Sri Lanka. It is a story of men without bulletsâof men with only their courage left to defend themselves as the battle wore on.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd The Two Kashmirs: A Comparative Analysis
Book SynopsisThere has been a steady and incessant campaign by Pakistan against India with effective use of the media and diplomacy. This has corrupted the imagination of impressionable minds in J&K and raised an architecture of violence, which some call the terror industry.' The Two Kashmirs is an attempt to compare Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) with the rest of Kashmir in India. It discusses the hypothesis advanced by advocates of violence and resistance in J&K about the state being on the receiving end as far as Indian economic and developmental policies are concerned.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd The Seedbed of Pakistan: Cultural Conflicts,
Book SynopsisTo bring them around, the Congress made some initial concessions which legitimised a distinct Muslim interest in Indian politics, while it later refused to substantively engage with this interest. Resultantly, it charted its own course through the âSimla Deputationâ, the All-India Muslim League and, finally, the idea of Pakistan.
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Niyogi Books Behind Latticed Marble: Inner World of Women
Book SynopsisThis form of life existed throughout history in many parts of the world, including Asia, Africa and among the Aztecs and Incas in the Americas. It may still exist in some regions of the globe. In Europe, polygamy was prevalent among the Vikings. Among European royalty, although plural marriages did not exist, kings typically had mistresses. These fictional narratives, set in Rajasthan, create an elegant tapestry amidst the backdrop of Rajput grandeur and chivalry.
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Motilal Banarsidass, Venugopal:: When Krishna Plays the Flute
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Encounter and Interventions: Christian
Book SynopsisThe advent of colonialism and its associated developments has been characterized as one of the most defining moments in the history of South Asia. The arrival of Christian missionaries has not only been coeval to colonial rule, but also associated with development in the region. Their encounter, critique, endeavour and intervention have been very critical in shaping South Asian society and culture, even where they did not succeed in converting people. Yet, there is precious little space spared for studying the role and impact of missionary enterprises than the space allotted to colonialism. Isolated individual efforts have focused on Bengal, Madras, Punjab and much remains to be addressed in the context of the unique region of the North East India. In North East India, for example, by the time the British left, a majority of the tribals had abandoned their own faith and adopted Christianity. It was a socio-cultural revolution.
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Juggernaut Publication India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends
Book SynopsisWhy have relations between India and China, which comprise nearly forty per cent of the world's population, been troubled for over sixty years? A war in 1962 was followed by decades of uneasy peace, but in recent years a rising number of serious military confrontations has underlined their huge and growing differences.This book examines these differences in four crucial areas: their perceptions and prejudices about each other; their continuing disagreements over the border; their changing partnerships with America and Russia; and the growing power asymmetry between them, which affects all aspects of their relationship. China demands deference as a Great Power and the dominant country in Asia, while India wants recognition and respect as an equal. With such a deep divide separating the two neighbours, what does the future hold?
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Army Organization, Military Technology and
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors India Through the Ages: A Survey of the Growth of
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Motilal Banarsidass, Eternal Stories from the Upanishads
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Amsterdam University Press The End of Silence: Accounts of the 1965 Genocide
Book SynopsisIn the late 1960s, between one and two million people were killed by Indonesian president Suharto's army in the name of suppressing communism-and more than fifty years later, the issue of stigmatisation is still relevant for many victims of the violence and their families. The End of Silence presents the stories of these individuals, revealing how many survivors from the period have been so strongly affected by the strategy used by Suharto and his Western allies that these survivors, still afraid to speak out, essentially serve to maintain the very ideology that led to their persecution.Trade Review"The book is a most recommendable piece for readers who are not yet familiar with the massacre of 1965 as well as for those who have already studied the tragedy. The personal accounts render the traumatic incidents an intimate sharing of emotions, but above this personal level, Marching’s distinct analytical approach is a masterful study that indeed symbolises an End of Silence."- Claudia Derichs, International Quarterly for Asian Studies (2020) "A rich and fascinating account of first-hand experience with the anti-communist mass killings and their devastating long-term impact on Indonesian society"- Clemens Six, newbooks.asia (2018) "Marching hopes this collection of victims’ accounts will help prevent the destruction of memories of 1965-1966. Her closing words reflect exactly my own estimation of her work: "This book has given the space for the survivors and their families to challenge the chronic stigma maintained by the perpetrators and their cronies: it is time to end the silence.""- Mike Coppin, Asia Pacific Focus (2017)Table of ContentsApology In the Beginning was the Word The Mutation of Fear: Legacy of the Long-Dead Dictator The Accounts of the Victims: The Letter in the Sock: - Leo Mulyono - Oei Hiem Hwie - Pudji Rahardjo The Steel Women: - Sri Muhayati - Christina Sumarmiyati The Accounts of the Siblings: - Sriyono Wiwoho - Adi Rukun The Accounts of the Children: - Usmantri Sukardi - Iwan Kamah - Irina Dayasih - Wayan Windra - Kristianto Budi - Sari Marlina - Rito Aji - Soe Tjen Marching The Accounts of the Grandchildren: - Kusuma Wijaya - Diah Wahyuningsih Rahayu - Haidir Svj - Kiky Epilogue
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Amsterdam University Press The Youth of Early Modern Women
Book SynopsisThrough fifteen essays that work from a rich array of primary sources, this collection makes the novel claim that early modern European women, like men, had a youth. European culture recognised that, between childhood and full adulthood, early modern women experienced distinctive physiological, social, and psychological transformations. Drawing on two mutually shaped layers of inquiry — cultural constructions of youth and lived experiences — these essays exploit a wide variety of sources, including literary and autobiographical works, conduct literature, judicial and asylum records, drawings, and material culture. The geographical and temporal ranges traverse England, Ireland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, and Mexico from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. This volume brings fresh attention to representations of female youth, their own life writings, young women’s training for adulthood, courtship, and the emergent sexual lives of young unmarried women.Trade Review"This engaging collection successfully problematizes and confounds simplistic assumptions regarding the early phases of female existence in early modern Western society. (...) The Youth of Early Modern Women provides a wide range of thought-provoking essays that will, one hopes, inspire similarly creative and innovative research in this field."- Alison Williams Lewin, Renaissance Quarterly, Volume LXXIII, No. 2Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Illustrations Contributor Notes Introduction Elizabeth S. Cohen and Margaret Reeves Part 1 Concepts and representations 1. 'A Prospect of Flowers': Concepts of Childhood and Female Youth in Seventeenth-Century British Culture Margaret Reeves 2. A Roving Woman: The Rover, Part 1 and Hellena's Self-Creation of Youth Sarah Morris 3. 'She is but a girl': Talk of Young Women as Daughters, Wives, and Mothers in the Records of the English Consistory Courts, 1550-1650 Jennifer McNabb 4. Flight and Confinement: Female Youth, Agency, and Emotions in Sixteenth-Century New Spain Jacqueline Holler 5. Harlots and Camp Followers: Swiss Renaissance Drawings of Young Women circa 1520 Christiane Andersson Part 2 Self-representations: life-writing and letters 6. Three Sisters of Carmen: The Youths of Teresa de Jesús, María de San José, and Ana de San Bartolomé Barbara Mujica 7. Elite English Girlhood in Early Modern Ireland: The Examples of Mary Boyle and Alice Wandesford Julie A. Eckerle 8. Young Women Negotiating Fashion in Early Modern Florence Megan Moran 9. 'Is it possible that my sister . . . has had a baby?': The Early Years of Marriage as a Transition from Girlhood to Womanhood in the Letters of Three Generations of Orange-Nassau Women Jane Couchman Part 3 Training for adulthood 10. Malleable Youth: Forging Female Education in Early Modern Rome Alessandra Franco 11. The Material Culture of Female Youth in Bologna, 1550-1600 Michele Nicole Robinson 12. Becoming a Woman in the Dutch Republic: Advice Literature for Young Adult Women of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Marja van Tilburg Part 4 Courtship and becoming sexual 13. Straying and Led Astray: Roman Maids Become Young Women circa 1600 Elizabeth S. Cohen 14. A Room of Their Own: Young Women, Courtship, and the Night in Early Modern England Eleanor Hubbard 15. In Search of a 'remedy': Young Women, Their Intimate Partners, and the Challenge of Fertility in Early Modern France Julie Hardwick Supplementary Bibliography of Secondary Works
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Amsterdam University Press Japanese Reflections on World War II and the
Book SynopsisThis book presents an unforgettable up-close account of the effects of World War II and the subsequent American occupation on Oita prefecture, through firsthand accounts from more than forty Japanese men and women who lived there. The interviewees include students, housewives, nurses, midwives, teachers, journalists, soldiers, sailors, Kamikaze pilots, and munitions factory workers. Their stories range from early, spirited support for the war through the devastating losses of friends and family members to air raids and into periods of hunger and fear of the American occupiers. The personal accounts are buttressed by archival materials; the result is an unprecedented picture of the war as experienced in a single region of Japan.Trade Review"The content [of this volume], based upon forty-three first-hand accounts, presents a range of original and informative perspectives, adding a human dimension to processes and events that are more often covered from a policy or strategic perspective. [...] The work is highly readable and accessible, suggesting its suitability as a potential core text for an undergraduate class on the Japanese population's experience of war and occupation alongside the works of Tessa Morris-Suzuki (Showa, An Inside History of Hirohito's Japan, London, 1984), Samuel Hideo Yamashita (Daily Life in Wartime Japan, 1940-1945, Lawrence, 2015) and Haruko T. and Theodore F. Cook (Japan at War, An Oral History, New York, 1992)." - Thomas French, Canadian Journal of History, Volume 53, No.1, Spring/Summer 2018 "As the oral reminiscences incorporated into this deft and well-crafted historical overview illustrate, however, local residents were at the epicenter of numerous critical occurrences during both WW II and its aftermath. An army regiment involved in the 1933 attack on Nanjing in China; the naval base preparing the fleet for the Pearl Harbor attack; numerous national military and political leaders; a training center for kamikaze pilots“all called Oita home. During the American occupation, a regional command post was located in Beppu, the prefecture’s largest city. Pulling together the recollections of some 40 individuals from Oita and the larger narrative of Japan at war and in defeat thus provides an engaging, critically important, and nicely balanced account of a period in Japanese history often under-acknowledged in Japan itself. Also intriguing: the interplay between important incidents associated with the war and the related individualized remembrances that tie together local experiences and national events. Highly recommended." - Choice Reviews 'An important and worthwhile study!' - moesson, Het Indisch Maandblad, August 2017 (review originally published in Dutch). '[The[ Porters have woven together the memories of students and factory workers, nurses and midwives, teachers, sailors and kamikaze pilots to create a rare account of ordinary life during extraordinary times in the Japanese countryside ... ŸJapanese Reflections on World War IIŒ is a clear picture of how the tragedy and suffering of war affects ordinary people and their perceptions.' - Kris Kosaka for The Japan Times, July 2017.Table of ContentsIntroduction Preface Map of Oita Prefecture Chapter 1: "Something Big Was Going to Happen" Chapter 2: One Million Souls, One Heart Chapter 3: Oita Men Troop to War Chapter 4: The War Expands and the People Mobilize Chapter 5: Invincible Japan Chapter 6: Fire from the Sky Chapter 7: "I Shall Die with Pleasure" Chapter 8: Never-Ending Sirens Chapter 9: A Hard Price to Pay Chapter 10: Donate Everything Chapter 11: Eliminate the City Chapter 12: Oita's Advisors to the Emperor Chapter 13: The Lightning Bolt Chapter 14: We Didn't Surrender, the War Just Ended Chapter 15: Hungry, Confused, and Afraid Chapter 16: The Devil Comes Ashore Chapter 17: A Bitter Homecoming Chapter 18: The Occupation Takes Hold Chapter 19: Miss Beppu, Crazy Mary, and William Westmorland Conclusion Chronology of Japanese Historical Events: 1905-1957 List of Interviewees
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Amsterdam University Press The End of Silence: Accounts of the 1965 Genocide
Book SynopsisIn the late 1960s, between one and two million people were killed by Indonesian president Suharto's army in the name of suppressing communism-and more than fifty years later, the issue of stigmatisation is still relevant for many victims of the violence and their families. The End of Silence presents the stories of these individuals, revealing how many survivors from the period have been so strongly affected by the strategy used by Suharto and his Western allies that these survivors, still afraid to speak out, essentially serve to maintain the very ideology that led to their persecution.Trade Review"The book is a most recommendable piece for readers who are not yet familiar with the massacre of 1965 as well as for those who have already studied the tragedy. The personal accounts render the traumatic incidents an intimate sharing of emotions, but above this personal level, Marching’s distinct analytical approach is a masterful study that indeed symbolises an End of Silence."- Claudia Derichs, International Quarterly for Asian Studies (2020) "A rich and fascinating account of first-hand experience with the anti-communist mass killings and their devastating long-term impact on Indonesian society"- Clemens Six, newbooks.asia (2018) "Marching hopes this collection of victims’ accounts will help prevent the destruction of memories of 1965-1966. Her closing words reflect exactly my own estimation of her work: "This book has given the space for the survivors and their families to challenge the chronic stigma maintained by the perpetrators and their cronies: it is time to end the silence.""- Mike Coppin, Asia Pacific Focus (2017)Table of ContentsApology In the Beginning was the Word The Mutation of Fear: Legacy of the Long-Dead Dictator The Accounts of the Victims: The Letter in the Sock: - Leo Mulyono - Oei Hiem Hwie - Pudji Rahardjo The Steel Women: - Sri Muhayati - Christina Sumarmiyati The Accounts of the Siblings: - Sriyono Wiwoho - Adi Rukun The Accounts of the Children: - Usmantri Sukardi - Iwan Kamah - Irina Dayasih - Wayan Windra - Kristianto Budi - Sari Marlina - Rito Aji - Soe Tjen Marching The Accounts of the Grandchildren: - Kusuma Wijaya - Diah Wahyuningsih Rahayu - Haidir Svj - Kiky Epilogue
£35.10
Amsterdam University Press Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to
Book SynopsisDisasters are as much cultural as natural phenomena. For centuries, news about catastrophic events has been disseminated through media such as chronicles, pamphlets, newspapers, poems, drawings, and prints. Nowadays, we are overwhelmed with news about the cataclysmic effects of recent forest fires, floods, and storms. Due to the ongoing climate crisis, extreme weather events will likely have ever greater impacts on our lives. This volume addresses cultural representations of catastrophes such as floods, epidemics, and earthquakes over the centuries. In the past as now, artists and authors try to make sense of disasters, grasp their impact, and communicate moral, religious, or political messages. These creations reflect and shape how people learn and think about disasters that occur nearby or far away, both in time and space. The parallels between past and present underline how this book contributes to modern debates about cultural and creative strategies in response to disasters.Trade Review“This volume … shows the necessity of a more organic integration of cultural history with other branches of social, economic, political, and environmental history. Put simply, this volume is asking all the important questions.” -- Daniel R. Curtis, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, Vol. 136, Issue 3, December 2023Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Cultural Responses to Catastrophes from Early Modern to Modern Times (Hanneke van Asperen and Lotte Jensen) PART 1 - Disaster and Emotions 1. Temporality, Emotion, and Gender in Leonardo da Vinci’s Conceptualisation of Natural Violence (Susan Broomhall) 2. Early Modern Community Formation Across Northern Europe: How and Why a Poet in Poland Engaged with the Delft Thunderclap of 1654 (Paul Hulsenboom) 3. Landscape as Wounded Body: Emotional Engagement in Visual Images of Floods (Hanneke van Asperen) 4. Suffering Compatriots: Compassion, Catastrophe, and National Identification in the Netherlands in the Nineteenth Century (Fons Meijer) 5. Cultural Resilience during Nineteenth-Century Cholera Outbreaks in the Netherlands (Lotte Jensen) PART 2 - Disaster and Blame 6. Dealing in Disasters: Selling Apocalyptic Interpretations of Disasters in the Sixteenth-Century Low Countries (Marieke van Egeraat) 7. The Ten Plagues of the New World: The Sensemaking of Epidemic Depopulation in Sixteenth-Century Mesoamerica (Florian Wieser) 8. ‘Hungry Balliz Wants Weel Fillin’: The Visualisation of the Great Irish Famine (1845-1851) and the Lancashire Cotton Famine (1861-1865) in the Victorian Illustrated Press (Sophie van Os) 9. Rinderpest in Dutch Regional Fiction: Community, Precariousness, and Blame (Anneloek Scholten) PART 3 - Disaster and Time 10. Coping with Epidemics in Early Modern Chronicles, The Low Countries, 1500-1850 (Theo Dekker) 11. Coverage in Dutch Newspapers of Earthquakes in Italy and Beyond before Lisbon 1755 (Joop W. Koopmans) 12. The Development of Disaster Prints and Publications in Japan, 1663-1923 (Julia Mariko Jacoby) 13. Breaking the Cycles of Catastrophe: Disaster, Time, and Nation in Dutch Flood Commemoration Books, 1757-1800 (Adriaan Duiveman) 14. Disaster Memory and ‘Banished Memory’: General Considerations and Case Studies from Europe and the United States (19th-21st Centuries) (Christian Rohr) Notes on the Contributors
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Amsterdam University Press Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985: Living for the Unity
Book SynopsisGod’s diplomat, the pope of the ecumenical movement, but also an acerbic theologian and a difficult person: this is how journalists characterised Willem Adolf Visser ’t Hooft (1900-1985). He was one of the best-known Dutch theologians outside the Netherlands and he left his mark on the world church. Even at an early age, he made profound efforts in support of international ecumenical youth and student organisations (Dutch Student Christian Movement, YMCA and World Student Christian Federation). He led the World Council of Churches during its formative stages (from 1938), and after its formal establishment in 1948 became its first general secretary, serving until 1966. To Visser ’t Hooft, the unity of the church was both an article of faith and a pragmatic organisation of church influence in a disunited world.Trade Review"La biographie de Zeilstra sur le premier secrétaire général du COÉ est un apport important aux ressources pour l’étude de l’histoire de l’Église du XXe siècle et du mouvement oecuménique : avec un index détaillé des noms et des sujets et de nom-breuses références, ce livre s’avérera inestimable pour les futurs chercheurs."- Stephen Brown, ISTINA LXVI (2021) "Zeilstra has written an impressive study that provides profound insights into the efforts of one man, and through him of a movement, trying in one of the most momentous historical eras to forge church unity. For both it was the means of creating a more humane, just and peaceful world. The book will be of interest to all with similar aspirations."- Dianne Kirby, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, European History Quarterly, Vol. 50, 4 (2020)Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Importance and Limitations of a Biography -1 Subject and Background -2 Existing Biographies -3 Method 1 The World Opens Up, 1900-1924 2 The School of International Encounter: Working with Youth and Students, 1924-1939 3 Church Unity in Wartime, 1939-1945 4 From 'Spiritual Contact' to Political Involvement: The Swiss Road, 1942-1944 5 Towards a World Council of Churches: Reconciliation and Restoration, 1945-1948 6 General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, 1948-1966 7 The Cold War, the Unity of the Church and Eastern Orthodoxy, 1948-1966 8 Roman Catholic Contacts: 'Nostra Res Agitur', 1948-1969 9 Obsolete Institutionalism? The Twilight Years, 1966-1985 10 In the Mirror of Rembrandt and the Perspectives of Others Taking Stock: An Assessment of a Life Lived for the Unity of the Church Sources and Literature Consulted -1 Archives and Unpublished Primary Sources -2 Oral Sources -3 Digital Sources -4 Published and Unpublished Works by W.A. Visser 't Hooft -5 Published Sources and Secondary Literature 6 Newspapers and Magazines *A - Persons Quoted *B - Other References Index
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The Chinese University Press The Yale-China Association: A Centennial History
Book SynopsisThe Yale-China Association's long legacy of work in China places it among the premier American organizations engaged in international service. Founded in 1901, Yale-China built on a long tradition of Yale's graduates founding churches, schools, and colleges in far-flung places. In time, the organization evolved into a bicultural educational enterprise, reflecting a spirit of intellectual tolerance and openness that adapted itself to China's changing conditions and needs.From its earliest years at the close of the Qing dynasty through wars, revolutions, and the modern era of reform, Yale-China's history was interwoven with China's own turbulent journey to find its place in the modern world. At certain points in its history, Yale-China was ahead of its time; at others, the organization was overwhelmed by social and political forces beyond its control or comprehension. Yale-China's history thus provides intriguing insights into the vagaries and complexities of America's interaction with China in the twentieth century, as well as the profound ambivalence with which many Chinese viewed the United States-its representatives, educational models, and intentions toward China-in this period.
£24.71
Central European University Press Communist Gourmet
Book SynopsisCommunist Gourmetpresents a lively, detailed account of how the communist regime in Bulgaria determined people's everyday food experience between 1944 and 1989. It examines the daily routines of acquiring food, cooking it, and eating out at restaurants through the memories of Bulgarians and foreigners, during communism.In looking back on a wide array of issues and events, Albena Shkodrova attempts to explain the paradoxes of daily existence. She reports human stories that are touching, sometimes dark, but often full of humor and anecdotes from nearly one hundred people: some of them are Bulgarians who were involved in the communist food industry, whether as consumers or employees, while others are visitors from the United States and Western Europe who report culinary highlights and disappointments. The author made use of the national press, officially published cookbooks, Communist Party documents, and other previously unstudied sources.An appendix containing recipes of dishes typical of the period and an extensive set of archival photographs are special features of the volume.
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Urim Publications Who by Fire Who by Sword: The Journals of Four
Book SynopsisChronicling four distinct eras of Jewish persecution, this book introduces readers to four amazing women whose bravery and heroism saved their lives and the lives of others. Dina, an astute 17-yeard-old living in 12th-century England, helps her family escape to the Continent in the wake of the destruction of Jewish communities by Crusaders. The teenaged Freya and her family escape the Torquemada-run Inquisition and flee from Spain, first to Portugal and then to Belgium. Tonya, whose mother died in childbirth, embarks on a dangerous quest to find her father in a devastated Ukraine during the Cossack pogroms. The young bride Necha witnesses the murder of most of her family and neighbors and fights for survival during the Holocaust. Readers will learn about the difficult times in which each of these young women lived, and the faith and courage that saw them through their ordeals.
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Peace Publications History of the Islamic Peoples by Carl
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd History Of Chartered Surveyors In Singapore, The:
Book SynopsisThere is a rich history of achievements by Chartered Surveyors in Singapore going back as far as the 1880s. Their stories have largely gone untold. This book tells the stories of individual Chartered Surveyors in Singapore over the first hundred years since the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors was founded (1868 to 1968) and explains the role they played in the development of Singapore. The book also includes the stories of the pioneer Singaporean Chartered Surveyors from the 1940s onwards, many of whom studied overseas but returned to Singapore where they would play important roles in the real estate industry over future decades.Related Link(s)
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Empires in World History: Commonality, Divergence
Book SynopsisThis study focuses on Empires, from an economic historical perspective. In doing so, it relates current debates in international relations (IR) and politics to the vexed legacy of empires in the past.The book includes analyses of the comparative scholarly literature on Empire in Antiquity, and Empire in the Early Modern and Modern Ages, asking the question if the United Sates is an Empire, and if China an emerging Empire.It contributes to the field given its interdisciplinarity, bringing together both historical and IR insights into world systems in times past. In addition it draws out four key points of separateness between pre-modern and modern empires, and emphases specific economic data. Further to that, the book advances the notion of the emergence of “empires from within” in the 21st century, that is nation-states becoming more multi-ethnic while often stepping back from globalization. And finally it offers future scenarios for the evolution of empires in a Schumpeterian post-industrial world. Table of Contents1. Introduction2. State of the Field3. Analysis of the Comparative Scholarly Literature on Empire in Antiquity4. Analysis of the Comparative Scholarly Literature on Empire in the Early Modern and Modern Ages5. Is the US an Empire6. Is China an Emerging Empire7. Future Scenarios
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Springer Verlag, Singapore A History of China-U.S. Relations (1911–1949)
Book SynopsisThis book contains the history of China-U.S. Relations (1911–1949), including China-US relations in Early Republican Period, the impact of Versailles Peace Conference and Washington Conference on China-US relations, US support for Northern Warlord Government, the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government, and the Nanjing National Government. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the United States went from neutral to form an alliance with China against Japan. After the end of the War, China and the United States gradually moved toward confrontation. This book also has a brief description of China-US relations from 1784 to 1911.Table of ContentsVol. I , 1911-1949 Introduction. Brief description of China-US relations from 1784 to 1911. Ch I, Early Republican Period Ch II, From Versailles Peace Conference to Washington Conference Ch III, Years of Disturbances Ch IV, From Liutiaohu to Marco Polo Bridge Ch V, From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor Ch VI , Wartime Allies Ch VII, The Turning Point Ch VIII, Towards Confrontation
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Reappraising Modern Indian Thought: Themes and
Book SynopsisReappraising Modern Indian Thought: Themes and Thinkers is a lucid and comprehensive account of the thread of socio-political thought of major Indian thinkers over the decades. In contrast to the existing texts on the subject, it explores the social and political conditions that formed the basis of political thinking of the thinkers in the past two centuries. The book begins with a detailed discussion on the development and articulation of socio-political thought that have evolved in modern India. It then goes to give a comprehensive coverage and makes an analysis of great thinkers of modern India, namely Rabindranath Tagore, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo Ghose, Abul Kalam Azad, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Syed Ahmed Khan, and Muhammad Iqbal. Divided into four thematic sections; Ideal-Humanist Thought, Militant-Extremist Thought, Cultural–Revivalist Thought and Radical-Pragmatist Thought — the chapters on such thinkers not only talks about their lives and times but also discusses and examines the contributions of those to contemporary period.This multi-authored compendium has contributions from professionals and experts of the subject from different premier universities of India and it will be an indispensable and immensely helpful basic text to students, researchers, academicians as well as for general readers across India and also abroad who will take interest to develop a critical understanding of the modern Indian thinkers on the issues such as colonialism, India’s freedom struggle, nationalism, nation building, economic reconstruction, education, democracy, secularism, socialism, integral and universal humanism. Table of Contents1 Introduction (Narender Kumar).- PART I: IDEAL–HUMANIST THOUGHT.- 2 Rabindranath Tagore (Tridib Chakraborti).- 3 Madan Mohan Malaviya (Suratha Kumar Malik).- 4 Swami Vivekananda (Projit Kumar Palit).- 5 Aurobindo Ghose (Budh Bahadur Lama).- 6 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (M. J. Vinod).- PART II: MILITANT–EXTREMIST THOUGHT.- 7 Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Sangeeta).- 8 Bipin Chandra Pal (Ashu J.).- 9 Lala Lajpat Rai (Urmil Vats).- PART III: CULTURAL–REVIVALIST THOUGHT.- 10 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Sourav Naskar).- 11 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Jajneswar Sethi).- 12 Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (Pramod Kumar Ray & Prabira Sethy).- 13 Deendayal Upadhyaya (Ankit Tomar).- PART IV: RADICAL–PRAGMATIST THOUGHT.- 14 Syed Ahmed Khan (M. Mohibul Haque & Khurram).- 15 Muhammad Iqbal(Islam Ali).- Index.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Different Histories, Shared Futures: Dialogues on
Book SynopsisThis book delves into the Australia-China relationship, which is currently at its worst since 1972, when the two countries first established a diplomatic relationship. Australia is seen by the US as its front-line ally in its fight in containing China. Derived from an international symposium organized by the editorial team and held in Adelaide, South Australia in September 2021, these essays are an attempt to offer some understanding and explanations for the deterioration of Sino-Australian ties. It is also an attempt to explore the ways by which the two countries can reach some common ground for the future. Despite our very different pasts, can we seek out a shared future together, a future that avoids a war, hot or cold, between a rising power of China and the incumbent US hegemon?Table of ContentsPart I: Knowing the Other. - Chapter 1. The CCP, the PRC and Modernity (Mobo Gao). - Chapter 2. Othering China in Australia: Bilateral Relations, Mutual Learning, and International Sociability (Yingjie Guo). - Chapter 3. Knowledge, Power, and Dialogue After and About the Rise of China: A View from Hong Kong (Daniel F. Vukovich). - Chapter 4. Australia Higher Education and the Future of the Common Good (Greg McCarthy). - Chapter 5. Australia’s China Literacy and China’s Australia Literacy: misassumptions on both sides and implications for bilateral relations (Dan Hu). - Chapter 6. The Poverty of China Literacy in Australia and the False Promise of Ontological Security (Chengxin Pan). - Part II: Legitimacy and State Capacity. - Chapter 7. Different Histories, Shared Futures (Justin O’Connor). - Chapter 8. Reflections: Notes from afar (Michael Dutton). - Chapter 9. Explaining the CPC’s legitimacy: A State-centred perspective (Tao Xie). - Chapter 10. Minzhu: What Does Democracy Mean to the People’s Republic? (Baohui Xie). - Chapter 11. The ideological nature and political character of Chinese politics (Axel Dessein). - Part III: Soft Power and Cultural Exchange. - Chapter 12. Soft power, cultural diplomacy and foreign interference (Jocelyn Chey). - Chapter 13. China Threat, Australian Challenge: Recognizing differences, building futures (David Goodman). - Chapter 14. Contemporary Chinese perspectives of Australia: A thematic analysis of Chinese “we-media” (Jack Butcher). - Part IV: Trade and Geopolitics. - Chapter 15. The Role of National Security in Australia-China Relations (Colin Mackerras). - Chapter 16. Australian interdependence versus dependence (David Morris). - Chapter 17. Australia’s trade exposure to China: a critical assessment of the threat (James Laurenceson). - Chapter 18. The unit-systemic dynamics and China-Australia Strategic Partnership (Lei Yu). - Chapter 19. The Role of National Security in Australia-China Relations (Colin Mackerras). - Chapter 20. What Are the External Perspectives on Australia-China Relationships (Kerry Brown)
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Making Of Economics, The (4th Edition) - Volume
Book SynopsisA classic returns. The third edition of The Making of Economics appeared in 1987. Now, in a major revision, Ray Canterbery brings the book right up to date with new chapters on the 'casino economy' (a term the author invented to describe an economy driven by making money with money rather than focusing on real production, now overtaken by reality), Joseph Schumpeter, globalization, and general equilibrium. Canterbery retains the engaging flavor of the earlier editions by covering the times and ideas of the major economists, such as Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, Mill, and Marshall, while giving ample ink to the remarkable dissidents - Marx, Veblen, Galbraith, Heilbroner, and other 'radicals'. Canterbery again unmasks a traditional economics eschewing value judgements but itself standing on hidden ones even as he traces its origins to Isaac Newton's idea of an orderly universe. Personal references relate the great economists' ideas to the societies in which they lived, making the historical figures really come alive. Economics is displayed as a developing discipline, a discipline still evolving.This book is also available as a .Table of ContentsThe Ethics of Adam Smith and for Economic Systems The Feudal Order The Slow Evolution of the Market Economy Isaac Newton and the Economics Paradigm Adam Smith and the Market Economy The Industrial Revolution: Caught Between Hedonism (Bentham) and the Clerical View (Malthus) David Ricardo Engages Malthus in a Memorable Debate John Stuart Mill: The Last of the Classicals Alfred Marshall and Victorian Virtue The "American Dream" and Other "Optimal Conditions" John Maynard Keynes and the Bloomsbury Group Confront the Aftermath of the Great War John Maynard Keynes Takes on the Great Depression The Founding of Political Economy
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Springer Handbook on Urban History of Early India
Book SynopsisDEFINING THE URBAN.- PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY AND COUNTRY.- THE EARLY HISTORIC PROCESSES OF URBANIZATION.- DIFFERENTIATING SETTLEMENTS AND THE URBAN.- URBAN GROWTH PATTERNS IN BORDERLAND AREAS.
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Kite Group Ltd Churchill, Malta, and Gibralta: 2022
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Vajra Books Corner of a Foreign Field :: The British Cemetery
Book SynopsisThe British Cemetery in Kathmandu reflects Western involvement in Nepal, with memorials dating back to the 19th century. It now holds the remains of various individuals from different backgrounds, serving as a reminder of the historical ties between Britain and Nepal.
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NUS Press Britain and the Neutralisation of Laos
Book SynopsisThis study focuses on the Geneva conference on Laos of 1961-2, which Britain played a role in bringing about and bringing to a conclusion. It throws light on Britain's policy in Southeast Asia in what in some sense may be seen as the last of the decades in which its influence was crucial. It is the first book to make full use of the British archives on the conference. The book also bears on the history of Laos, of Vietnam, and of Southeast Asia more generally. The core of the Geneva Settlement was the neutralisation of Laos. That was, however, an argument for the United States to strengthen its commitment to Thailand and Vietnam. It could, moreover, be accepted by North Vietnam only if it did not prevent continued use of the Ho Chi Minh trail, through which it could sustain resistance in South Vietnam. Under such circumstances, the agreement on neutralisation, though elaborately negotiated, had little chance of success. In the longer term, however, it was not without its legacy, for the agreement played a part in developing the concept of a neutral Southeast Asia that ASEAN was later to advance. The book will interest in the various fields on which it touches, such as modern Southeast Asian history, the history of Laos, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and international relations. It will, of course, be of especial interest to those studying Britain's policy at a time when Britain was increasingly anxious to reduce its commitments, but also as always to avert the escalation of the Cold War.
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NUS Press War Memory and the Making of Modern Malaysia and
Book SynopsisSingapore fell to Japanese forces on 15 February 1942. Within a matter of days, the occupying army took prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers, and massacred thousands of Chinese civilians. A resistance movement formed in Malaya's jungle-covered mountains, but the vast majority of people resigned themselves to life under Japanese rule. The Occupation of Malaya would last three and a half long years, until the British returned in September 1945. How is this period remembered? And how have individuals, communities, and states shaped and reshaped collections in the post war era as the events of the time slipped out of living memory? This volume uses observations gathered from members of various communities involved in or affected by the conflict - Chinese, Malays, Indians, Eurasians, British and Australians to respond to these questions. Its first hand accounts range from the thoughts of families left bereft by Japanese massacres to the ideals of young women who flocked to the Japanese-sponsored Indian National Army, hoping to march on Delhi. The authors also draw on other forms of memory, including the soaring pillars of Singapore's Civilian War Memorial and traditional Chinese cemeteries in Malaysia. In preparing this volume, the authors have reinserted previously marginalised or self-censored voices back into the story in a way that allows them to reflect on the nature of conflict and memory. Moreover, these voices speak of the searing transit from war and massacre through resistance and decolonisation to the moulding of postcolonial states and identities.
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Academic Studies Press The Destruction of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland
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Academic Studies Press Soviet Genizah
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Academic Studies Press Bound by Bondage
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Academic Studies Press The Ottoman Wild West
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Academic Studies Press XIX .
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Academic Studies Press Crime and Punishment in the Russian Revolution
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Haymarket Books Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In
Book Synopsis"The centuries-long attack on Black history represents a strike against our very worth, brilliance, and value. We’re ready to fight back. And when we fight, we win." —Colin KaepernickSince its founding as a discipline, Black Studies has been under relentless attack by social and political forces seeking to discredit and neutralize it. Our History Has Always Been Contraband was born out of an urgent need to respond to the latest threat: efforts to remove content from an AP African American Studies course being piloted in high schools across the United States. Edited by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Our History Has Always Been Contraband brings together canonical texts and authors in Black Studies, including those excised from or not included in the AP curriculum.Featuring writings by: David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, Zora Neale Hurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, James Baldwin, June Jordan, Angela Y. Davis, Robert Allen, Barbara Smith, Toni Cade Bambara, bell hooks, Barbara Christian, Patricia Hill Collins, Cathy J. Cohen, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Saidiya Hartman, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, and many others.Our History Has Always Been Contraband excerpts readings that cut across and between literature, political theory, law, psychology, sociology, gender and sexuality studies, queer and feminist theory, and history. This volume also includes original essays by editors Kaepernick, Kelley, and Taylor, elucidating how we got here, and pieces by Brea Baker, Marlon Williams-Clark, and Roderick A. Ferguson detailing how we can fight back.To read Our History Has Always Been Contraband is to be an outlaw for liberation. These writings illuminate the ways we can collectively work toward freedom for all—through abolition, feminism, racial justice, economic empowerment, self-determination, desegregation, decolonization, reparations, queer liberation, cultural and artistic expression, and beyond.Table of ContentsContentsPreface by Colin Kaepernick ixPart One: HOW WE GOT HEREOn Racial Justice, Black History, Critical Race Theory,and Other Felonious Ideas 2Robin D. G. KelleyBlack Studies Is Political, Radical, Indispensable, and Insurgent 16Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorPart Two: THE HISTORY THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOWWalker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World (1829) 26David Walker“The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” (July 5, 1852) 28Frederick Douglass“The New Master and Mistress” from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) 33Harriet Jacobs“Our Raison D’être” from A Voice from the South (1892) 35Anna Julia Cooper“Introduction” from Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” (1931) 37Zora Neale Hurston“Political Education Neglected” from The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933) 41Carter G. Woodson“The Propaganda of History” from Black Reconstruction in America (1935) 44W. E. B. Du Bois“The San Domingo Masses Begin” from The Black Jacobins (1938) 48C. L. R. James“The Origin of Negro Slavery” from Capitalism and Slavery (1944) 50Eric Williams“A Talk to Teachers” (October 16, 1963) 53James Baldwin
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