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  • Empire to Nation

    Historical Perspectives on the Making of the Modern World

    Series series World Social Change
    The fall of empires and the rise of nation-states was a defining political transition in the making of the modern world. As United States imperialism becomes a popular focus of debate, we must understand how empire, the nineteenth century's dominant form of large-scale political organization, had disappeared by the end of the twentieth century. Here, ten prominent specialists discuss the empire-to ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Empire of Difference

    The Ottomans in Comparative Perspective

    by Karen Barkey ...
    This book is a comparative study of imperial organization and longevity that assesses Ottoman successes as well as failures against those of other empires with similar characteristics. Barkey examines the Ottoman Empire's social organization and mechanisms of rule at key moments of its history, emergence, imperial institutionalization, remodeling, and transition to nation-state, revealing how the ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism

    India, Pakistan, and Turkey

    Series series Modern South Asia
    A collection of essays that situates and furthers contemporary debates around the prospects of democracy in diverse societies within and beyond the West. Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism examines the relationship between the functioning of democracy and the prior existence of religious plurality in three societies outside the West: India, Pakistan, and Turkey. All three societies had ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • After Empire

    Multiethnic Societies And Nation-building: The Soviet Union And The Russian, Ottoman, And Habsburg Empires

    This volume brings together a group of some of the most outstanding scholars in political science, history, and historical sociology to examine the causes of imperial decline and collapse of the Russian, Ottoman, and Habsburg empires. ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Toleration in Comparative Perspective

    Series series Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory
    Toleration in Comparative Perspective is a collection of essays that explores conceptions of toleration and tolerance in Asia and the West. It tests the common assumption in Western political discourse and contemporary political theory that toleration is a uniquely Western virtue. Toleration in modern Western philosophy is understood as principled noninterference in the practices and beliefs of ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Handbook on Religious Toleration in Comparative Perspective

    Series series History (R0)
    This Handbook challenges the view--widely held today--that religious toleration is a specifically modern, liberal, and Western concept. To the contrary, it shows that principles of religious coexistence have been articulated since recorded history. As many cultures have recognized across times and places, toleration in some form is a key virtue for enabling peaceful coexistence and human ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • Choreographies of Shared Sacred Sites

    Religion, Politics, and Conflict Resolution

    Edited by Elazar Barkan, Karen Barkey ...
    Series Book 22 - Religion, Culture, and Public Life
    This anthology explores the dynamics of shared religious sites in Turkey, the Balkans, Palestine/Israel, Cyprus, and Algeria, indicating where local and national stakeholders maneuver between competition and cooperation, coexistence and conflict. Contributors probe the notion of coexistence and the logic that underlies centuries of "sharing," exploring when and why sharing gets interrupted—or not ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Before I'm Gone

    A heartwarming women's fiction novel about family and heroes

    Series Audiobook 1 - Families & Heroes Collection

    Unabridged

    8 hours 57 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A heart-stirring story of faith, family, and second chances.Sixty-eight-year-old Ellie Cunningham never imagined she'd be raising children again—especially not the three young kids of her adult son Gabe, a struggling single father with PTSD and ADHD. But when life unravels, Ellie opens her rural Arizona home, expecting chaos—and finding unexpected joy ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Her Undiscovered Door

    An inspiring saga of family secrets, second chances, and a love story that spans generations

    Series Audiobook 2 - Families & Heroes Collection

    Unabridged

    8 hours 41 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Anya Thomas has spent years feeling like part of her life’s puzzle was missing.With her divorce finalized and her twins off to college, she’s unmoored in the Arizona desert. When she unexpectedly inherits an outdated house in Peach Blossom, Oklahoma, Anya finds more than a mystery, creaky floors, and peeling paint. The house—and the guarded sibling she ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus