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The Desert and the Sown
Cooper Square Press 2001; US$ 19.95Desert explorer Bell's account of her 1905 trip across the Syrian Desert from Jericho to Antioch contains evocative descriptions and numerous photographs of the Middle East during its time under Ottoman rule. more...
Aufstand der Juden gegen Rom
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2012; US$ 28.27Hauptbeschreibung Das Anfang der 20er Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts entstandene Manuskript des jüdischen Arztes Joseph Teitelbaum ist in einem doppelten Sinn bemerkenswert: zum einen als Dokument der Wissenskultur und des Geschichtsbildes eines mehrsprachigen jüdischen Intellektuellen, und zum anderen wegen des bewegten und bewegenden Lebens des... more...
Autonomy and Ethnic Conflict in South and South-East Asia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00This book uses empirical evidence from various case studies to examine the relationship between territorial and regional autonomy, the nation-state and ethnic conflict resolution in South and South-East Asia. The concept of territorial or regional autonomy holds centre stage in the literature on ethnic conflict settlement because it is supposed... more...
Meet Me in Gaza
Saqi 2013; US$ 21.86How do people and goods get in and out of Gaza? Do Gazans ever have fun? Is the Strip beautiful? And do TV reports actually reflect ordinary life inside the world?s largest open-air prison? Meet Me in Gaza reveals the pleasures and pains, hopes and frustrations of Gazans going about their daily lives, witnessed and recounted by award-winning writer... more...
Resurgent Antisemitism
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 29.99Dating back millennia, antisemitism has been called "the longest hatred." Thought to be vanquished after the horrors of the Holocaust, in recent decades it has once again become a disturbing presence in many parts of the world. Resurgent Antisemitism presents original research that elucidates the social, intellectual, and ideological roots of the... more...
Hitler's Scandinavian Legacy
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 100.99The Scandinavian [Nordic] countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland experienced the effects of the German invasion in April 1940 in very different ways. Collaboration, resistance, and co-belligerency were only some of the short-term consequences. Each country's historiography has undergone enormous changes in the seventy years since the invasion,... more...
The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00Seeking to explain Lebanon?s behavior in the international arena during the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, this book offers a critique of both systemic and sub state factors in determining foreign policy decisions. The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy illustrates how systemic theories are limited in terms of explaining foreign policy... more...
Asian Popular Culture
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 53.95This book examines different aspects of Asian popular culture, including films, TV, music, comedy, folklore, cultural icons, the Internet and theme parks. It raises important questions such as ? What are the implications of popularity of Asian popular culture for globalization? Do regional forces impede the globalizing of cultures? Or does the Asian... more...
Voice from the North
Stanford University Press 2013; US$ 50.00Voice from the North resurrects the forgotten historical memory of the people and region in late Choson Korea while also enriching the social history of the country. Sun Joo Kim accomplishes this by examining the life and work of Yi Sihang, a historically obscure person from a hinterland in Korea's northwestern region who was also a member of the... more...
The Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition
The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2013; US$ 44.99After more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, the United States and its allies are set to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in 2014. This transition poses many challenges, and much will depend on the future of Afghan politics, governance, corruption, development, security, and economics. How the United States manages the... more...









