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  • Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia and the Pacific

    National Case Studies

    by Gary D. Bouma, Rodney Ling, Douglas Pratt ...
    Religious diversity is now a social fact in most countries of the world. While reports of the impact of religious diversity on Europe and North America are reasonably well-known, the ways in which Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific are religiously diverse and the ways this diversity has been managed are not. This book addresses this lack of information about one of the largest and most diverse ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Democracy In Islam

    by Sayed Khatab, Gary D. Bouma ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Political Islam
    Challenging the view of Islamic extremists and critics of Islam, this book explores the very topical issue of Islam’s compatibility with democracy. It examines:principles of Islam's political theory and the notion of democracy thereinthe notion of democracy in medieval and modern Muslim thoughtIslam and human rightsthe contribution of Islamic legal ideas to European legal philosophy and law.The ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    the best of Joe Bageant

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    Essentially, it comes down to the fact that a very large portion of Americans are crazier than shithouse rats and are being led by a gang of pathological misfits, most of whom are preachers and politicians.In 2004, at the age of 58, writer Joe Bageant sensed that the internet could give him editorial freedom. Without having to deal with gatekeepers, he began writing about what he was really ... Read more

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  • The 15:17 to Paris

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    by Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone, Jeffrey E Stern ...
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  • The Long Divergence

    How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East

    by Timur Kuran ...
    How religious barriers stalled capitalism in the Middle EastIn the year 1000, the economy of the Middle East was at least as advanced as that of Europe. But by 1800, the region had fallen dramatically behind—in living standards, technology, and economic institutions. In short, the Middle East had failed to modernize economically as the West surged ahead. What caused this long divergence? And why ... Read more

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  • The Young and the Digital

    What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future

    by S. Craig Watkins ...
    In The Young and the Digital, S. CraigWatkins skillfully draws from more than 500 surveys and 350 in-depth interviews with young people, parents, and educators to understand how a digital lifestyle is affecting the ways youth learn, play, bond, and communicate. Timely and deeply relevant, the book covers the influence of MySpace and Facebook, the growing appetite for “anytime, anywhere” media and ... Read more

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  • My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes

    Uncensored Iranian Voices

    Edited by Lila Azam Zanganeh ...
    In the first anthology of its kind, Lila Azam Zanganeh argues that although Iran looms large in the American imagination, it is grossly misunderstood-seen either as the third pillar of Bush's infamous "axis of evil" or as a nation teeming with youths clamoring for revolution.This collection showcases the real scope and complexity of Iran through the work of a stellar group of contributors ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Smuggled Stories from the Holy Land

    by Carmen Taha Jarrah ...
    Carmen Jarrah's travel involves trying to unravel the conundrums of Arab life in Palestine/ Israel. She has compressed three extensive trips into her Smuggled Stories, exploring aspects of Israeli and Palestinian peace groups and their often agonizing confrontations with the military. A grim reality. Yet the dauntless Palestinian story shines through - a love of the land, an ancestral home ... Read more

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  • Immigration and Population

    by Stephanie A. Bohon, Meghan E. Conley ...
    Series series Immigration and Society
    Immigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution. The authors address major socio-political issues of immigration through the lens of demography, bringing demographic insights to bear on ... Read more

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  • Rural Change in Australia

    Population, Economy, Environment

    by John Connell ...
    New twenty-first century economic, social and environmental changes have challenged and reshaped rural Australia. They range from ageing populations, youth out-migration, immigration policies (that seek to place skilled migrants in rural Australia), tree changers, agricultural restructuring and new relationships with indigenous populations. Challenges also exist around the 'patchwork economy' and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • A History of Islam in America

    From the New World to the New World Order

    by Kambiz GhaneaBassiri ...
    Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the Atlantic slave trade. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri's fascinating book traces the history of Muslims in the United States and their different waves of immigration and conversion across five centuries, through colonial and antebellum America, through world wars and civil rights struggles, to the contemporary era. The book tells the often ... Read more

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  • Tafsir: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide

    by Andrew Rippin ...
    Series series Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guides
    This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook ... Read more

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