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  • Islamabad and the Politics of International Development in Pakistan

    by Markus Daechsel ...
    This is a highly original account of the design and development of Pakistan's capital city; one of the most iconic and ambitious urban reconstruction projects of the twentieth century. Balancing archival research with fresh, theoretical insights, Markus Daechsel surveys the successes and failures of Greek urbanist Constantinos A. Doxiadis's most ambitious endeavour, Islamabad, analysing how the ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Politics of Self-Expression

    The Urdu Middleclass Milieu in Mid-Twentieth Century India and Pakistan

    by Markus Daechsel ...
    Series series Royal Asiatic Society Books
    The 1930s to 1950s witnessed the rise and dominance of a political culture across much of North India which combined unprecedented levels of mobilization and organization with an effective de-politicization of politics. On the one hand obsessed with world events, people also came to understand politics as a question of personal morality and achievement. In other words, politics was about ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • Dubai: Behind an Urban Spectacle

    by Yasser Elsheshtawy ...
    Series series Planning, History and Environment Series
    Yasser Elsheshtawy explores Dubai’s history from its beginnings as a small fishing village to its place on the world stage today, using historical narratives, travel descriptions, novels and fictional accounts by local writers to bring colour to his history of the city’s urban development.With the help of case studies and surveys this book explores the economic and political forces driving Dubai’s ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The City

    A World History

    by Andrew Lees ...
    Series series New Oxford World History
    The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins with the establishment of the first cities in the Near East in the fourth millennium BCE, and goes on to examine urban growth in the Indus River Valley in India, as well as Egypt and areas that bordered the Mediterranean Sea. Athens, Alexandria, and Rome ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • The War of the Running Dogs

    Malaya 1948-1960

    by Noel Barber ...
    Series series W&N Military
    'A splendid, exciting book' Daily Mirror'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday ExpressOnly three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs - their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who ... Read more

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  • History of India, Volume 5: The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians

    by Sir Henry Miers Elliot, Charles River Editors ...
    *Includes Table of ContentsSir Henry Miers Elliots History of India Volume 5: The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians discusses the Moslem conquest of India, from the 7th to 17th centuries. Among the historical accounts are Tamerlanes Account of His Invasion of India, and Babars memoirs. A table of contents is included. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Princely India and the British

    Political Development and the Operation of Empire

    by Caroline Keen ...
    In the latter part of the nineteenth century,the royal status of Indian princes was under threat in what became a critical period of transition from traditional to imperial rule.Weakened by treaties concluded with the British earlier in the century,the rulers were subject to a concentrated campaign by British officials to turn palace life into a westernised construct of morality,rules and ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Victor Two

    Inside Iraq: the Crucial SAS Mission

    by Peter Crossland ...
    The Israeli government was persuaded at the last minute not to enter the Gulf War when they were told that it was the SAS who were hunting for Scud missiles and disrupting Iraqi communications. The SAS forces inside Iraq comprised two half-squadrons (30 men each with vehicles) and three much smaller foot patrols, one of which had the call sign, "Bravo Two Zero".;Corporal Terence Clayton, known as ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • India's Ancient Past

    by R.S. Sharma ...
    This book presents a complete and accessible description of the history of early India. It starts by discussing the origins and growth of civilizations, empires, and religions. It also deals with the geographical, ecological, and linguistic backgrounds, and looks at specific cultures of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Vedic periods, as well as at the Harappan civilization. In addition, the rise ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • India and the Islamic Heartlands

    An Eighteenth-Century World of Circulation and Exchange

    by Gagan D. S. Sood ...
    Based on the chance survival of a remarkable cache of documents, India and the Islamic Heartlands recaptures a vanished and forgotten world from the eighteenth century spanning much of today's Middle East and South Asia. Gagan D. S. Sood focuses on ordinary people - traders, pilgrims, bankers, clerics, brokers, and scribes, among others - who were engaged in activities marked by large distances ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • History of India, Volume 9: Historic Accounts of India by Foreign Travellers Classic, Oriental, and Occidental

    by A.V. Williams Jackson, Charles River Editors ...
    *Includes Table of ContentsA.V. Williams Jacksons History of India Volume 9: Historic Accounts of India by Foreign Travellers Classic, Oriental, and Occidental is a fascinating collection of accounts of India by travelers, from antiquity to the modern era. Greek, Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Persian, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, French, and English sources are cited. A table of contents is included. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Genghis Khan and the Mongol War Machine

    by Chris Peers ...
    The military might, tactics, and philosophy of Khan is explored in this "fine read" and "useful source for Mongolian . . . and medieval studies in general" (De Re Militari).As a soldier, general, statesman, and empire-builder, Genghis Khan is a near-mythical figure. His remarkable achievements and his ruthless methods have given rise to a monstrous reputation. But who was the man behind the legend ... Read more

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