Felix Wemheuer 
Social History of Maoist China [PDF ebook] 
Conflict and Change, 1949-1976

This book engages critically with the different models and approaches for managing religion adopted in Europe, Asia and Oceania. A truly intercontinental volume, this collection brings together high …

This history of the causes, conduct and consequences of World War II aims beyond traditional military and diplomatic accounts to present the era in its broader context. Special emphasis is devoted to …

On the Edge of Empires explores the mixed culture of North Mesopotamia in the Roman period. This volatile region at the eastern edge of the Roman world became during the imperial period the theater o …

Turkey»s process of `modernization» developed rapidly during the second half of the twentieth century. New social and legal reforms were institutionalized and political and economic changes located …

Ron Geaves demonstrates how the convergence of Prem Rawat, formerly known as Guru Maharaj Ji, and Glastonbury Fayre in 1971 was a key event in understanding the jigsaw that came to be known as »New …

Examining the pivotal period between the end of the Seven Years» War and the dawn of the American Revolution, Envisioning Empire reinterprets the development of the British Empire in the 18th centur …

Following the devastating Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, the domination of the Abbasids declined leading to successor polities, chiefly among them the Ilkhanate in Greater Iran, Iraq and the Cau …

I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Offering new perspectives on the relationship between Shi»is and Sufis in modern and pre-modern times, this book challenges the suppo …

On Good Friday, 1626, Franciscus Quaresmius delivered a sermon in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem calling on King Philip IV of Spain to undertake a crusade to ‘liberate’ the Holy Land. …