May 7, 2015
After holding power continuously from its inception in 1955 (with the exception of a ten-month hiatus in 1993–1994), Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost control of the national government decisively
May 6, 2015
In the first two decades after W.W.II, social scientist heralded Turkey as an exemplar of a ‘modernizing’ nation in the Western mold. Images of unveiled women working next to clean-shaven
May 6, 2015
Turkey’s modern history has been shaped by its society and its institutions. In this fourth volume of The Cambridge History of Turkey a team of some of the most distinguished
May 6, 2015
A Moveable Empire examines the history of the Ottoman Empire through a new lens, focusing on the migrant groups that lived within its bounds and their changing relationship to the
May 5, 2015
Most anyone interested in such topics as creation mythology, Jungian theory, or the idea of “secret teachings” in ancient Judaism and Christianity has found “gnosticism” compelling. Yet the term “gnosticism,”
May 5, 2015
May 5, 2015
Since the 1970s there has been a dramatic rise in the Indian population in Brazil as increasing numbers of pardos (individuals of mixed African, European, and indigenous descent) have chosen
May 5, 2015
Designed specifically for introductory globalization courses, Introducing Globalization helps students to develop informed opinions about globalization, inviting them to become participants rather than just passive learners. Identifies and explores the
May 4, 2015
During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her sometimes flashy, always fashionable appearance in city
May 4, 2015
Is modernity in non-Western societies always an “alternative” modernity, a derivative copy of an “original modernity” that began in the West? No, answer the contributors to this book, who then