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Empires in World History By:Jane Burbank,Frederick Cooper Published on 2010 by Princeton University Press This book |departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a remarkable look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Beginning with ancient Rome and China and continuing across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa,| the authors |examine empires' conquests, rivalries, and strategies of domination, emphasizing how empires accommodated, created, and manipulated differences among populations.|--Book jacket. This Book was ranked at 38 by Google Books for keyword Politic. Book ID of Empires in World History's Books is y7B9euuLEkUC, Book which was written byJane Burbank,Frederick Cooperhave ETAG "s3ka/NzhP4U" Book which was published by Princeton University Press since 2010 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780691127088 and ISBN 10 Code is 0691127085 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is t

Convents and the Body Politic in Late Renaissance Venice By:Jutta Gisela Sperling Published on 1999-01 by University of Chicago Press In late sixteenth-century Venice, nearly 60 percent of all patrician women joined convents, and only a minority of these women did so voluntarily. In trying to explain why unprecedented numbers of patrician women did not marry, historians have claimed that dowries became too expensive. However, Jutta Gisela Sperling debunks this myth and argues that the rise of forced vocations happened within the context of aristocratic culture and society. Sperling explains how women were not allowed to marry beneath their social status while men could, especially if their brides were wealthy. Faced with a shortage of suitable partners, patrician women were forced to offer themselves as |a gift not only to God, but to their fatherland,| as Patriarch Giovanni Tiepolo told the Senate of Venice in 1619. Noting the declining birth rate among patrician women, Sperling explo

Dog Whistle Politics By:Ian Haney-Lopez Published on 2014-02 by Oxford University Press Describes how conservatives in government are using race-baiting to coax the middle class into voting for right-wing policies that ultimately hurt them and favor the rich. This Book was ranked at 2 by Google Books for keyword Politic. Book ID of Dog Whistle Politics's Books is cZe1AQAAQBAJ, Book which was written byIan Haney-Lopezhave ETAG "mljk9DswJyU" Book which was published by Oxford University Press since 2014-02 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780199964277 and ISBN 10 Code is 0199964270 Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "277 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryHistory This Book was rated by 4 Raters and have average rate at "4.5" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false Book Preview

Muslim Politics By:Dale F. Eickelman,James Piscatori,James P. Piscatori Published on 2004-08-15 by Princeton University Press In this updated paperback edition, Dale Eickelman and James Piscatori explore how the politics of Islam play out in the lives of Muslims throughout the world. They discuss how recent events such as September 11 and the 2003 war in Iraq have contributed to reshaping the political and religious landscape of Muslim-majority countries and Muslim communities elsewhere. As they examine the role of women in public life and Islamic perspectives on modernization and free speech, the authors probe the diversity of the contemporary Islamic experience, suggesting general trends and challenging popular Western notions of Islam as a monolithic movement. In so doing, they clarify concepts such as tradition, authority, ethnicity, pro-test, and symbolic space, notions that are crucial to an in-depth understanding of ongoing political events. This book poses questions about ideol

Fin-de-Siècle Vienna By:Carl E. Schorske Published on 1981-01-01 by CUP Archive A landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time: a magnificent revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born. |Not only is it a splendid exploration of several aspects of early modernism in their political context; it is an indicator of how the discipline of intellectual history is currently practiced by its most able and ambitious craftsmen. It is also a moving vindication of historical study itself, in the face of modernism's defiant suggestion that history is obsolete.| -- David A. Hollinger, History Book Club Review |Each of [the seven separate studies] can be read separately....Yet they are so artfully designed and integrated that one who reads them in order is impressed by the book's wholeness and the momentum of its argument.| -- Gordon A. Craig, The New Republic |A profound

Politics in the Republic of Ireland By:John Coakley,Michael Gallagher Published on 2010 by Taylor & Francis Politics in the Republic of Ireland is now available in a fully revised fifth edition. Building on the success of the previous four editions, it continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of politics in the Republic of Ireland. Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish politics, it explains, analyzes and interprets the background to Irish government and contemporary political processes. Bringing students up to date with the very latest developments, Coakley and Gallagher combine real substance with a highly readable style, providing an accessible textbook that meets the needs of all those who are interested in knowing how politics and government operate in Ireland. This Book was ranked at 30 by Google Books for keyword Politic. Book ID of Politics in the Republic of Ireland's Books is g84ajJ-1Yi4C, Book which was written byJohn Coakley,Mich

Politics in the Republic of Ireland By:John Coakley,Michael Gallagher Published on 2010 by Taylor & Francis Politics in the Republic of Ireland is now available in a fully revised fifth edition. Building on the success of the previous four editions, it continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of politics in the Republic of Ireland. Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish politics, it explains, analyzes and interprets the background to Irish government and contemporary political processes. Bringing students up to date with the very latest developments, Coakley and Gallagher combine real substance with a highly readable style, providing an accessible textbook that meets the needs of all those who are interested in knowing how politics and government operate in Ireland. This Book was ranked at 10 by Google Books for keyword Politic. Book ID of Politics in the Republic of Ireland's Books is g84ajJ-1Yi4C, Book which was written byJohn Coakley,Mich

Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa By:Kimani Njogu,Hervé Maupeu Published on 2007-01 by African Books Collective Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa brings together important essays on songs and politics in the region and beyond. Through an analysis of the voices from the margins, the authors (contributors) enter into the debate on cultural productions and political change. The theme that cuts across the contributions is that songs are, in addition to their aesthetic appeal, vital tools for exploring how political and social events are shaped and understood by citizens. Urbanization, commercialization and globalization contributed to the vibrancy of East African popular music of the 1990s which was marked by hybridity, syncretism and innovativeness. It was a product of social processes inseparable from society, politics, and other critical issues of the day. The lyrics explored socials cosmology, worldviews, class and gender relations, interpretations of value systems, and other pol

The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964-1985 By:Thomas E. Skidmore Published on 1990-03-08 by Oxford University Press The largest and most important country in Latin America, Brazil was the first to succumb to the military coups that struck that region in the 1960s and the early 1970s. In this authoritative study, Thomas E. Skidmore, one of America's leading experts on Latin America and, in particular, on Brazil, offers the first analysis of more than two decades of military rule, from the overthrow of Jo?o Goulart in 1964, to the return of democratic civilian government in 1985 with the presidency of Jos? Sarney. A sequel to Skidmore's highly acclaimed Politics in Brazil, 1930-1964, this volume explores the military rule in depth. Why did the military depose Goulart? What kind of |economic miracle| did their technocrats fashion? Why did General Costa e Silva's attempts to |humanize the Revolution| fail, only to be followed by the most repressive regime of the period?

Visions of Politics By:Quentin Skinner,Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities Quentin Skinner Published on 2002-09-16 by Cambridge University Press |This collection includes some of Quentin Skinner's most important philosophical and methodological statements written over the past four decades, each carefully revised for publication in this form. In a series of seminal essays Professor Skinner sets forth the intellectual principles that inform his work. Writing as a practising historian, he considers the theoretical difficulties inherent in the pursuit of knowledge and interpretation, and elucidates the methodology which finds its expression in his two successive volumes. All of Professor Skinner's work is characterised by philosophical power, limpid clarity, and elegance of exposition; these essays, many of which are now recognised classics, provide a fascinating and convenient digest of the development of his thought.| -- BACK COVER. This Book was ranked at 30 by Google