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“stuart schaar”

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  • The Middle East and Islamic World Reader

    by Marvin E. Gettleman, Stuart Schaar ...
    "The many facets of Middle Eastern history and politics are admirably represented in this far-ranging anthology." — Publishers WeeklyIn this insightful anthology, historians Marvin E. Gettleman and Stuart Schaar have assembled a broad selection of documents and contemporary scholarship to give a view of the history of the peoples from the core Islamic lands, from the Golden Age of Islam to today ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Eqbal Ahmad

    Critical Outsider in a Turbulent Age

    by Stuart Schaar ...
    Eqbal Ahmad (1930?–1999) was a bold and original activist, journalist, and theorist who brought uncommon perspective to the rise of militant Islam, the conflict in Kashmir, the involvement of the United States in Vietnam, and the geopolitics of the Cold War. A long-time friend and intellectual collaborator of Ahmad, Stuart Schaar presents in this book previously unseen materials by and about his ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Subversives and Mavericks in the Muslim Mediterranean

    A Subaltern History

    by Edmund Burke III ...
    Subaltern studies, the study of non-elite or underrepresented people, have revolutionized the writing of Middle Eastern history. Subversives and Mavericks in the Muslim Mediterranean represents the next step in this transformation. The book explores the lives of eleven nonconformists who became agents of political and social change, actively organizing new forms of resistance—against either ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • The Heart of Man

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  • The Invention of the White Race

    The Origin of Racial Oppression

    by Theodore W. Allen ...
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    Warfare in the Classical World from Agamemnon to Alexander

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  • The History of Jerusalem

    Its Origins to the Early Middle Ages

    by Alan J. Potter ...
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  • How to Survive in Ancient Rome

    by L. J. Trafford ...
    What you'd need to know if you time-traveled to Ancient Rome—from local customs to clothing to religion to housing to food.Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Rome and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair done? Who would you go to if you got ill, or if you were mugged in the street ... Read more

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  • Comma Sense

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  • Why the Germans Do it Better

    Notes from a Grown-Up Country

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