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Azan on the Moon

Entangling Modernity along Tajikistan's Pamir Highway

de Till Mostowlansky ...

Series Libro 26 - Central Eurasia in Context
Azan on the Moon is an in-depth anthropological study of people's lives along the Pamir Highway in eastern Tajikistan. Constructed in the 1930s in rugged high-altitude terrain, the road fundamentally altered the material and social fabric of this former Soviet outpost on the border with Afghanistan and China. The highway initially brought sentiments of disconnection and hardship, followed by ... Leer más

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Azan on the Moon is an in-depth anthropological study of people's lives along the Pamir Highway in eastern Tajikistan. Constructed in the 1930s in rugged high-altitude terrain, the road fundamentally altered the material and social fabric of this former Soviet outpost on the border with Afghanistan and China. The highway initially brought sentiments of disconnection and hardship, followed by
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Xerxes

de Jacob Abbott ...

Xerxes I was born in 518 BC and ascended to the throne in 486 BC after the death of his father, Darius I. He is best known for his invasion of Greece in 480 BC, during which he led an enormous army and navy against the Greek city-states. The invasion ultimately failed, and Xerxes returned to Persia with only a fraction of his army intact.In the book, Abbott provides a detailed account of Xerxes' ... Leer más

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Xerxes I was born in 518 BC and ascended to the throne in 486 BC after the death of his father, Darius I. He is best known for his invasion of Greece in 480 BC, during which he led an enormous army and navy against the Greek city-states. The invasion ultimately failed, and Xerxes returned to Persia with only a fraction of his army intact.In the book, Abbott provides a detailed account of Xerxes'
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Tibet

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The Mongols

A History

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The Mongols erupted out of Central Asia in 1206 and soon controlled an empire stretching from Poland to Korea; although remembered as a destructive force, they united a great part of the world under one rule, and their combined arms and mobile tactics have had considerable influence on subsequent military thinkers.Jeremia Curtin, born 1835, was an American translator and folklorist. He died in ... Leer más

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The Mongols erupted out of Central Asia in 1206 and soon controlled an empire stretching from Poland to Korea; although remembered as a destructive force, they united a great part of the world under one rule, and their combined arms and mobile tactics have had considerable influence on subsequent military thinkers.Jeremia Curtin, born 1835, was an American translator and folklorist. He died in
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War in Korea

The Report of a Woman Combat Correspondent

de Marguerite Higgins ...

Not since Ernie Pyle have the American people taken any reporter to their hearts as they have Marguerite Higgins—the photogenic young war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. This brilliant woman reporter, greatly admired by the fighting men, has dodged bullets with troops on the line, has asked neither favor nor privilege for herself, and has been commended publicly for bravery in ... Leer más

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Not since Ernie Pyle have the American people taken any reporter to their hearts as they have Marguerite Higgins—the photogenic young war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. This brilliant woman reporter, greatly admired by the fighting men, has dodged bullets with troops on the line, has asked neither favor nor privilege for herself, and has been commended publicly for bravery in
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The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling

de Alexandra David-Neel ...

King Gesar, renowned throughout Tibet and Central Asia, represents the ideal warrior—the principle of all-victorious confidence. As the central force of sanity, he conquers all his enemies, the evil forces of the four directions, who turn people's minds away from the true teachings of Buddhism. These enemies graphically represent the different manifestations of cowardly mind.As Chögyam Trungpa ... Leer más

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King Gesar, renowned throughout Tibet and Central Asia, represents the ideal warrior—the principle of all-victorious confidence. As the central force of sanity, he conquers all his enemies, the evil forces of the four directions, who turn people's minds away from the true teachings of Buddhism. These enemies graphically represent the different manifestations of cowardly mind.As Chögyam Trungpa
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Searching for the Amazons

de John Man ...

Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks.For centuries people believed in their existence and attempted to trace their ... Leer más

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Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks.For centuries people believed in their existence and attempted to trace their
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Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia

Performing Politics

de Madeleine Reeves, John Heathershaw, Eva-Marie Dubuisson, Aksana Ismailbekova, Alima Bissenova, Mateusz Laszczkowski, Ildiko Beller-Hann, Sarah Kendzior0, Tommaso Trevisani1, Morgan Yih-Yang Liu2, Cynthia Werner3, Kathleen Purvis-Roberts4 ...

With fresh and provocative insights into the everyday reality of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia, this volume moves beyond commonplaces about strong and weak states to ask critical questions about how democracy, authority, and justice are understood in this important region. In conversation with current theories of state power, the contributions draw on extensive ethnographic research in ... Leer más

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With fresh and provocative insights into the everyday reality of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia, this volume moves beyond commonplaces about strong and weak states to ask critical questions about how democracy, authority, and justice are understood in this important region. In conversation with current theories of state power, the contributions draw on extensive ethnographic research in
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A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks

de T. Gowing ...

"A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks" by T. Gowing is a compelling narrative that offers a unique perspective on the life of a soldier. Through vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes, Gowing captures the trials and tribulations faced by soldiers during their service. The book delves into the emotional and psychological impacts of war, providing readers with an intimate look at ... Leer más

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"A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks" by T. Gowing is a compelling narrative that offers a unique perspective on the life of a soldier. Through vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes, Gowing captures the trials and tribulations faced by soldiers during their service. The book delves into the emotional and psychological impacts of war, providing readers with an intimate look at
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Biopolitics, Governmentality and Humanitarianism

'Caring' for the Population in Afghanistan and Belarus

de Volha Piotukh ...

Series series Routledge Critical Security Studies
This book critically analyses the changing role and nature of post-Cold War humanitarianism, using Foucault's theories of biopolitics and governmentality.It offers a compelling and insightful interpretation of the policies and practices associated with ‘new humanitarianism in general, as well as of the dynamics of two specific international assistance efforts: the post-2001 conflict-related ... Leer más

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This book critically analyses the changing role and nature of post-Cold War humanitarianism, using Foucault's theories of biopolitics and governmentality.It offers a compelling and insightful interpretation of the policies and practices associated with ‘new humanitarianism in general, as well as of the dynamics of two specific international assistance efforts: the post-2001 conflict-related
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Border Work

Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia

de Madeleine Reeves ...

Series series Culture and Society after Socialism
Drawing on extensive and carefully designed ethnographic fieldwork in the Ferghana Valley region, where the state borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikizstan and Uzbekistan intersect, Madeleine Reeves develops new ways of conceiving the state as a complex of relationships, and of state borders as socially constructed and in a constant state of flux. She explores the processes and relationships through ... Leer más

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Drawing on extensive and carefully designed ethnographic fieldwork in the Ferghana Valley region, where the state borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikizstan and Uzbekistan intersect, Madeleine Reeves develops new ways of conceiving the state as a complex of relationships, and of state borders as socially constructed and in a constant state of flux. She explores the processes and relationships through
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Blood Ties and the Native Son

Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan

de Aksana Ismailbekova ...

Series series New Anthropologies of Europe
An anthropologist explores the politics and society of Kyrgyzstan through a study of one influential man's life.A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, Blood Ties and the Native Son tells the story of the rise and fall of a man called Rahim, an influential and powerful patron in rural northern Kyrgyzstan, and of how his relations with clients and kin shaped the ... Leer más

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An anthropologist explores the politics and society of Kyrgyzstan through a study of one influential man's life.A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, Blood Ties and the Native Son tells the story of the rise and fall of a man called Rahim, an influential and powerful patron in rural northern Kyrgyzstan, and of how his relations with clients and kin shaped the
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