Horst Dippel 
Massachusetts – New Hampshire [PDF ebook] 

Published in 1999. A common theme linking these papers is that of the interaction of élite and popular traditions, as found in the writings and folktales of Yuan and Ming China. The first studies foc …

The essays in this volume range from questions of cultural self-representation in China to more general problems of reconceptualizing global relationships in response to contemporary changes. Althoug …

The ‘new mobilities paradigm’ which emerged at the beginning of the twenty-first century has identified mobility as a process intrinsic to the human experience and fundamental to the formation of soc …

Victims of Nazi Persecution from the Channel Islands explores the fight and claims for recognition and legitimacy of those from the only part of the British Isles to be occupied during the Second Wor …

State sponsorship of terrorism is a complex and important topic in today »s international affairs – and especially pertinent in the regional politics of the Middle East and South Asia, where Pakistan …

It was long assumed that the Soviet Union dictated Warsaw Pact policy in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America (known as the  »Third World » during the Cold War). Although the post-1991 ope …

What is a religion? How do we discern the boundaries between religions, or religious communities? When does Judaism become Judaism, Christianity become Christianity, Islam become Islam? Scholars have …

During World War II, Croatia became a fascist state under the control of the Ustasha Movement – allied with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Here, Goran Miljan examines and analyzes for the first time …

Published in 1912: It was long foretold by all who knew the Balkans at first hand. Three solutions alone could have averted it: reform from within, reform by suasion, and reform by coercion. This vol …

The Spanish Civil War was fought on land and at sea but also in an age of great interest in air warfare and the rapid development of warplanes. The war in Spain came a turning point in the developmen …