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Eastern Approaches (UK Edition)
by Fitzroy Maclean  Publisher Comments The classic true adventure story of a man who, by the pen, sword, and diplomatic pouch, influenced some of the most significant events of our era. Fitzroy Maclean recounts his extraordinary adventures in Soviet Central Asia; in the Western Desert, where...
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Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return
by Naseer Hasan Aruri Publisher Comments With renewed conflict in the Middle East, the prospect of a peaceful resolution looks more unlikely than ever. The Palestinian right of return to their homes has been upheld in international law and through United Nations' resolutions for fifty years...
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China and Vietnam Wars, 1950-1975 (00 Edition)
by Qiang Zhai Publisher Comments In the quarter century after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Beijing assisted Vietnam in its struggle against two formidable foes, France and the United States. Indeed, the rise and fall of this alliance is one of the most crucial...
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Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984
by Susan S Wadley Publisher Comments Susan Wadley first visited Karimpur--the village "behind mud walls" made famous by William and Charlotte Wiser--as a graduate student in 1967. She returned often, adding her observations and experiences to the Wisers' field notes from the 1920s and 1930s....
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Democracy and Discontent: India's Growing Crisis of Governability
by Atul Kohli Publisher Comments In this study, Atul Kohli analyzes political change in India from the late 1960s to the late 1980s....
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Rickshaw Beijing
by David Strand Publisher Comments 'A lucid and interesting analysis of Beijing society and politics in the generally confusing era of the 1920s...From Strand's careful account one realizes that the social and political life of Beijing even under warlordism was organized and integrated to...
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The Strategic Quadrangle: Russia, China, Japan, and the United States in East Asia
by Michael Mandelbaum Publisher Comments In The Strategic Quadrangle five experts on East Asia explore the new shape of power among the major players in the region - Russia, China, Japan, and the United States. The authors examine the web of alliances, historical rivalries, and conflicting...
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Burmese Looking Glass: A Human Rights Adventure and a Jungle Revolution
by Edith T. Mirante Publisher Comments As captivating as the most thrilling novel, Burmese Looking Glass tells the story of tribal peoples who, though ravaged by malaria and weakened by poverty, are unforgettably brave. Author Edith Mirante first crossed illegally from Thailand into Burma in...
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Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx, and Mujahid
by Ralph H Magnus Publisher Comments In this broad introductory volume, Ralph Magnus and Eden Naby detail Afghanistan's physical situation, human environment, and modern history, as well as the rise and fall of competing internal forces, most recently the Taliban. The authors offer...
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Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work and Ideas
by Louis Fischer Publisher Comments Gandhi's thoughts on such topics as civil disobedience, non-violence,liberty, socialism and communism, and how to enjoy jail....
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Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza : Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Jihad (94 Edition)
by Ziad Abu-amr Publisher Comments This timely book provides an insider's view of how the growing hold of Islamic fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza challenges the peace process....
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China :a new history
by John King Fairbank Publisher Comments There is a newer edition of this book....
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Rice, Rupees, and Ritual: Economy and Society Among the Samosir Batak of Sumatra
by D George Sherman Publisher Comments In this ethnographic study of the small mountain village of Huta Ginjang in the Samosir area of northern Sumatra, the author pursues three main themes: the role of rice in the Batak economy of feasting, and the cultural ecology of dry- and flooded-field...
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Notes on India
by Bob Bohm Publisher Comments Bohm challenges the Western view of India as a country of spiritual, fatalistic people incapable of launching a full-scale revolution that would put them in charge of their own lives....
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Songbirds in Singapore :the growth of a pastime
by Lesley Layton Publisher Comments This book reveals how bird-keeping grew as a pastime in Singapore and why songbirds are particularly favored. The most popular songbirds are described as well as the paraphernalia that surrounds their care....
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Green Revolutions Reconsidered: The Rural World of Contemporary Punjab
by Himmat Singh Publisher Comments This volume counters current arguments against the green revolution. Using post-green revolution Punjab as his prime example, Singh argues that agricultural intensification has rejuvenated its traditional rural society by both modernizing its economy and...
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Yearbook on Indias Foreign Policy 1983 4
by Satish Kumar Publisher Comments The Other Side of Development focuses on the psycho-social consequences of development -- an important but neglected area of the development process. The contributors to this volume provide an objective critique of the effect of development on the norms,...
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Rural Development in South Korea: A Sociopolitical Analysis
by William W Boyer Publisher Comments After considering the problem of decentralizing rural development in South Korea generally, the authors analyze the proliferation period from 1970 to 1979 of "Saemaul Undong" -- South Korea's so-called New Community Movement -- which was an attempt to...
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Constructing Boundaries: Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory Palestine (Suny Series in Israeli Studies)
by Deborah S. Bernstein Publisher Comments Constructing Boundaries examines the competition, interaction, and impact among Jewish and Arab workers in the labor market of Mandatory Palestine. It is both a labor market study, based on the Split Labor Market Theory, and a case study of the labor...
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May you be the mother of a hundred sons :a journey among the women of India
by Elisabeth Bumiller Publisher Comments The most stimulating and thought-provoking book on India in a long time..Bumiller has made India new and immediate again. THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD In a chronicle rich in diversity, detail, and empathy, Elisabeth Bumiller illuminates the many women...
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