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From the author of "On Human Diversity", "Introduction to Poetics" and "Mikhail Bakhtin", this study examines the complex relationship between "ethics" and "history".

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In this sequel to his landmark exploration of the Arab uprisings, The People Want, Gilbert Achcar assesses the present stage of the revolutionary process and its possible outcomes.

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A nationally loved columnist reflects on life in Texas and the times we live in

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By looking closely at three public housing projects in San Francisco, Amy L. Howard brings to light the dramatic measures tenants have taken to create communities that mattered to them. These stories challenge assumptions about public housing and its tenantsand make way for a broader, more productive and inclusive vision of the public housing program in the United States.

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Here are the vanished days of the unfettered Sultanate in all their dark, melodramatic splendor.

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Chicago history as told by the relics of her forgotten people and places. The observed made real to exorcise the hauntings of do-gooders and social engineers.

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A place of spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It is not just a big city but also a soaring vision of modern urban life. This title explores the mythic inner life of this legendary city as seen by its inhabitants, journalists, planners, writers, artists, filmmakers, and political activists.

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Explores the life of Madeleine Smith, who in 1857 was tried for poisoning her secret lover. This book draws on a wide range of sources to pursue themes such as the nature of gender relations and the extent of women's social and commercial activities, and to bring vividly to life the world of the mid-Victorian middle class.

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Despite the frequency with which criminals were sentenced to death, crime was still on the rise in England in the mid-1700s. Men were thrown in jail daily for everything from associating with gypsies to cutting down fruit trees and stealing sheep. This collection features the stories of the crimes committed and the subsequent punishments assigned.

Music and Theater in Minnesota History was first published in 1958. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

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What factors enabled Muslims to become successful during the earlier centuries of Islam and what lead them to their present weak position Is it Islam which is responsible for this decline or are there some other factors which come into play This study tries to answer these questions and also discusses what could help reverse the cycle.

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Traces the global, national, and local origins of the conflict between Muslims and Jews in France, challenging the belief that rising anti-Semitism in France is rooted solely in the unfolding crisis in Israel and Palestine.

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Staughton Lynds brilliant and masterful arguments against the Vietnam War and the best tactics and strategies to end it.

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Staughton Lynds brilliant and masterful arguments against the Vietnam War and the best tactics and strategies to end it.

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Discover the real history behind one of England;s most famed, and most dramatized conflicts.

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The most intimate revelation yet made of the domestic life of an Indian. The New York...

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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Forest and Stream Pub. Co., 1905.

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The importance of myth, symbol, and image in the Chicano movement and beyond.

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