Shows how the laws governing civil society are used to regulate Islamic activism in Jordan.

Examines African American contributions, both historical and contemporary, to criminological thought.

A groundbreaking treatment of heritage survival in African and African American cooking.

Examines the cultural, historical, and ideological factors influencing British cinema during World War II and the postwar years, with attention to male-female relationships as well as to utopian desires for a better postwar world.

Addresses the social significance of orthodox Islam during the medieval period in Baghdad.

The first study in English of Islamic thought in China, this book shows that this tradition was informed by both Sufism and Neo-Confucianism; translations of two classic works are included.

Explores the beliefs, attitudes, and values of ordinary Palestinians and Israeli Jews asking the question: Is it possible to reach a negotiated resolution to the Jerusalem question?

Using original source documents, this book portrays nineteenth-century Mosul--a large city currently in Iraq's "no-fly" zone.

Investigates the politics and poetics of women's gendered identity in West Africa.

Investigates the cultural and social constructions of issues related to war, the armed forces, and national security in Israel.

An interdisciplinary study discussing the impact of the national crisis in Mandatory Palestine on relations between Jewish and Arab workers and their respective labor movements.

An illustrated work focusing on the ways in which satirical publications revealed evolution in Ottoman society.

A selection of papers presented at the 28th Annual Conference on African Linguistics.

Surveys the works of three important female writers of postcolonial societies.

Examines the nature of the interplay between the U. S. press and the American state on Africa, with a special focus on its armed struggles waged to complete the decolonization process.

An innovative application of consumption studies to the field of Ottoman history.

Examines the ambiguous constructions of the Orient in the works of four major twentieth-century French writers.

This first English-language consideration of Valentin Weigel, an important but neglected figure in German intellectual history, examines his life and his writings on tolerance.

Berch Berberoglu examines the dynamic social forces and political turmoil that plague the contemporary Middle East.

Provides an account of Islamic philosopher Suhrawardi's revival of Neoplatonism.

This volume of al-Tabari’s History provides the most complete and detailed historical source for the Persian empire of the Sasanids, whose four centuries of rule were one of the most glorious periods in Persia’s long history.

Provides an enhanced sense of what’s required to genuinely care for and educate the U. S.–Mexican youth in America.

Examines how developing countries have restructured their telecommunications in order to "leapfrog" or accelerate development.

Explores the emerging political economy of the former Soviet Union.

Leading American and Israeli social scientists discuss the precedent-setting events of Israel’s 1996 elections.