Johan Rasanayagam 
Islam in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan [EPUB ebook] 
The Morality of Experience

Research in collective memory is a relatively new area capturing the interest of scholars in social psychology, memory, sociology, and anthropology. The core idea is that collective attitudes and beh …

During the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, lea …

This book examines the social, economic and political issues of public health provision in historical perspective. It outlines the development of public health in Britain, Continental Europe and the …

This anniversary study presents a readable, informative account of the development and current structure of Berlin. …

This acclaimed work surveys the varied course of religious life in modern America. Beginning with the close of the Victorian Age, it moves through the shifting power of Protestantism and American Cat …

The first book of its kind, Forensic Medicine in Western Society: A History draws on the most recent developments in the historiography, to provide an overview of the history of forensic medicine in …

Graffiti are ubiquitous within the ancient world, but remain underexploited as a form of archaeological or historical evidence. They include a great variety of texts and images written or drawn insid …

First published in 1989, this persuasive and original work by John Mc Clelland examines the importance of the idea of ”the crowd” in the writings of philosophers, historians and politicians from th …

Saigon 1961/62 – civil war, coups d”état, family breakdowns, awash with rumour and political intrigue.Very little has been written about this period in Vietnam’s history: after the defeat and depart …

Religious Identity and Social Change offers a macro and micro analysis of the dynamics of rapid social and religious change occurring within the Muslim world. Drawing on rich ethnographic and quantit …