A renowned authority on East Africa examines the effects of witchcraft beliefs on African culture, politics, and family life.

A guide to the important but half-forgotten chapters of New York State’s French history.

Chronicles how the SED, a once villified political party, transformed itself into a viable national political party.

The development of early Islamic mysticism and metaphysics is presented through the life and work of theologian Abu Bakr al-Wasiti.

First English translation of Nasio's groundbreaking work on the Oedipus complex.

Examines the combat experience of Israel’s ground forces in the Al-Aqsa Intifada in order to offer a set of innovative concepts for understanding irregular warfare.

Food and its preparation play an integral role in this novel of a young Italian woman struggling to find her own identity in a family of strong personalities and colorful figures.

Examines Victorian conceptions of home and identity by looking at portrayals and accounts of middle-class emigration to Australia.

Examines the relationship of precarious employment to state policies on citizenship and social inclusion in the context of postapartheid South Africa.

Second edition of the provocative study analyzing the social, cultural, and historical roots of modern Libya.

Inspiring portraits of contemporary African women leaders.

An introduction to four Western figures influenced by Sufism who wrote about an "inner," esoteric Islam.

A searching study of Eliphas Lévi and the French occult revival.

Examines the interplay between reading and writing in the works of Petrarch and Dante.

A journey into Albany’s historic past and the city’s role in three pivotal historical narratives: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the construction of the Erie Canal.

Groundbreaking essays by Palestinian women scholars on the lives of Palestinians within the state of Israel.

Ethnographic study of textile factory workers in Alexandria, Egypt.

Examines how Israeli society has commemorated Yitzhak Rabin.

First work in English devoted to medicine in the Ottoman world.

Presents a new genealogy and synoptic overview of modern Irish fiction.

Examines the relationship of Spain’s 1960s tourist boom to Franco’s right-wing dictatorship.

New insights into the cementing of the American-Israeli relationship during the Nixon years.

A look at the Latino experience in the American South using data from Richmond, Virginia.

Leading scholars engage the later contributions of Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

Explores the metafictional strategies of contemporary African novels rather than characterizing them primarily as a response to colonialism.