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Provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and transregional perspective on the Kashmir dispute. Examines diverse people’s struggles to establish processes of democratic accountability. Initiates a dialogue on the ways in which state

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Placing Ancient Texts

In this volume, scholars of Judaism, Christianity, and late antique religion demonstrate how special attention to the ritual and rhetorical functions of space can improve modern interpretations of ancient literary,

The Public Sphere in Mexico since the Mid-20th Century

At midcentury, the expansion of a middle class, rapid urbanization, and rising literacy rates transformed Mexico’s public sphere. Available reading material and access to television expanded significantly, fostering the creation