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The Soviet Union in World Politics

The Soviet Union in World Politics

The Soviet Union in World Politics first published in 1980 looks at the change in direction of Soviet foreign policy away from world revolution in the 1970s. Examining the impact of Soviet policies and actions on key nations and regions throughout the world and highlighting their significance as agents for change in the international arena the authors present an overview of world politics as well as an in-depth study of Soviet international behaviour.

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India in the World 1500 to the Present

India in the World 1500 to the Present

If we look back at world history in the past five hundred years it is evident that Indian ideas peoples and goods helped drive world connections. From the quest to reach the Indies that drove Iberian rulers to fund costly expeditions that ultimately connected the Old World with the Americas to Gandhi’s creed of non-violence that created transnational resistance movements India has been crucial to world history. In what ways have the movement of goods people and ideas from India served to connect the world? Conversely how has India’s global history shaped the many boundaries and inequalities that have divided the world despite—and at times because of—the transnational connections often lumped together under the aegis of globalization? Through its emphasis on both linkages and boundaries India in the World examines the range of connections between India and the world in a truly global perspective. | India in the World 1500 to the Present

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Imagining the Afterlife in the Ancient World

Imagining the Afterlife in the Ancient World

Human beings have speculated about whether or not there is life after death and if so what form that life might take for centuries. What did people in the ancient world think the next life would hold and did they imagine there was a chance for a relationship between the living and the dead? How did people in the ancient world keep their dead loved ones alive through memory and were they afraid the dead might return and haunt the living in another form? What sort of afterlife did the ancient Greeks and Romans imagine for themselves? This volume explores these questions and more. While individual representations of the afterlife have often been examined few studies have taken a more general view of ideas about the afterlife circulating in the ancient world. By drawing together current research from international scholars on archaeological evidence for afterlife belief chiefly from funerary sites together with studies of works of literature this volume provides a broader overview of ancient ideas about the afterlife than has so far been available. Imagining the Afterlife in the Ancient World explores these key questions through a series of wide-ranging studies taking in ghosts demons dreams cosmology and the mutilation of corpses along the way offering a valuable resource to those studying all aspects of death in the ancient world

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The Turkic Peoples in World History

The Turkic Peoples in World History

The Turkic Peoples in World History is a thorough and rare introduction to the Turkic world and its role in world history providing a concise history of the Turkic peoples as well as a critical discussion of their identities and origins. The Turks stepped on to the stage of history by establishing the Türk Qaghanate the first trans-Eurasian empire in history in 552 CE. In the following millennium they went on to create empires that had a profound impact on world history such as the Uyghur Khazar and Ottoman empires. They also participated in building the Mongol empire and these Turko-Mongol empires are credited with shaping the destinies of pre-modern China the Middle East and Europe. By treating the history of the Turkic peoples as a process of amalgamation and integration rather than simply categorizing the Turkic peoples chronologically or geographically this book offers new insights into Turkic history. This volume is a comprehensive guide for students and scholars in the fields of world history Central Asian history and Middle Eastern studies who are seeking to understand the historical roles of Turkic peoples and their origins.

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The Rugby World in the Professional Era

The Rugby World in the Professional Era

Twenty years of professionalism has seen rugby union undergo dramatic transformations from changes to everyday training cultures to the growth of the Rugby World Cup into one of the largest global sporting events. The Rugby World in the Professional Era is the first book to examine the effect that professionalism has had across a number of different aspects of the game and the wider socio-cultural significance of these changes through case studies from across the globe. Drawing on contributions from scholars from across the rugby-playing world the book explores the role of rugby's professionalisation through a number of social-scientific lenses including: labour migration race and indigenous populations the globalisation of the game mega-event management male sexualities media representations of rugby - from broadcasting matches to rugby in museums and on stage and screen Offering insights into under-researched areas of the sport such as the growth of Rugby Sevens into an Olympic sport and providing the most up-to-date recent history of the sport available The Rugby World in the Professional Era is essential reading for anyone with an academic interest in rugby and any student or scholar with interests in sports history sports sociology sport management or the economics of professional sport.

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Women in the Classical World CC 4V

Women in the Classical World CC 4V

The study of women in Graeco-Roman antiquity has a long history but many recent developments—prominent among which are the rise of feminist theory and theoretical and interpretive work in material culture—have transformed approaches to the study of women’s lived experiences in antiquity. This four-volume collection brings together the best scholarship that has both established the field and moved it forward. The articles collected here are interdisciplinary bringing into conversation the full range of evidence for women in the classical world: historical literary legal medical inscriptional mythic artistic (e. g. sculpture frescoes paintings terracottas) and the material found in archaeological excavations including evidence from burials finds from houses and the remains of food processing and textile production. Ideology is relevant to each volume as both Greek and Roman societies had highly developed ideologies and cultural ideals that exercised profound and pervasive influence over women’s lives. Social class is implicated in these ideologies in ways that are made evident in every genre of source material. Women in the Classical World edited by two of the leading scholars in the field presents in one reference source a complete picture of women in Ancient Greece and Rome based on a vast of array of sources. This material has not been collected together in one place before. | Women in the Classical World CC 4V

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In The U.S. Interest Resources Growth And Security In The Developing World

In The U.S. Interest Resources Growth And Security In The Developing World

In the U. S interest explores the implications this growing interdependence holds for US foreign policy in the developing world. It links US jobs trade and geopolitical interests to the environmental economic and political health of key developing nations. Case studies of Mexico Egypt Kenya and the Philippines analyze Third World resource environmental and population problems revealing the need for US policymakers to recognize US national interest in international environmental cooperation. | In The U. S. Interest Resources Growth And Security In The Developing World

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The Soviet Union in the Third World Successes and Failures

The Soviet Union in the Third World Successes and Failures

The Soviet Union in the Third World (1981) analyses Soviet objectives in the developing world the instruments of foreign policy employed and their success and failure the implications of Soviet foreign policy for the international system in general and the US foreign and defence policies in particular. Twenty leading specialists examine Soviet involvement in Latin America Africa the Middle East and Asia and discuss the subject from both security and economic perspectives. | The Soviet Union in the Third World Successes and Failures

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The Environment in World History

The Environment in World History

Now in its second edition and refreshed by a decade of new research The Environment in World History uncovers the deep-rooted causes of interconnected climate biodiversity and ecological crises that have brought the environment to the top of the global political agenda in the twenty-first century. Its expanded chapters and case studies explore a wide range of issues including the following: the hunting of wildlife and the loss of biodiversity across the globe; deforestation and the development of strategies to protect the world’s forests; soil degradation caused by worldwide agricultural expansion one of the most profound ways that humans have altered the planet; the widening impact of urban-industrial growth and the deepening ecological footprints of the world’s cities; and the rising levels of air land and water pollution as the trade-off for continued economic growth worldwide. Covering the last five hundred years it offers an essential environmental perspective on well-known world history narratives of imperialism and colonialism trade and commerce technological progress and the advance of civilisation. Clearly written and fully up-to-date it is an invaluable resource for all students of world history and environmental studies.

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Conscious Mind in the Physical World

Conscious Mind in the Physical World

We have seen remarkable progress in our detailed understanding of the physical world from the smallest constituents of atoms to the remotest distances seen by telescopes. However we have yet to explore the phenomenon of consciousness. Can physical things be conscious or is consciousness something else forever outside the range of physics? And how does consciousness interact with physical things? A lively account of quantum theory and its puzzles Conscious Mind in the Physical World examines two developments in particular that have altered the context of discussions about consciousness. One is computer technology which allows us to make machines that can calculate at speeds far greater than the human brain while the other is the study of the microscopic world. The book explores philosophical issues such as idealism and free will and speculates on the relationship of consciousness to quantum mechanics. This resource will stimulate physicists with an interest in philosophy philosophers interested in physics and anyone fascinated about the waking state of the mind.

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The Industrial Revolution in World History

The Industrial Revolution in World History

Now in its fifth edition this book explores the ways in which the industrial revolution reshaped world history covering the international factors that helped launch the industrial revolution its global spread and its impact from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day. The single most important development in human history over the past three centuries the industrial revolution continues to shape the contemporary world. Revised and brought into the present this fifth edition of Peter N. Stearns’ The Industrial Revolution in World History extends his global analysis of the industrial revolution. Looking beyond the West the book considers India the Middle East and China and now includes more on key Latin American economies and Africa as well as the heightened tensions since 2008 about the economic aspects of globalization and the decline of manufacturing in the West. This edition also features a new chapter on key historiographical debates updated suggestions for further reading and boxed debate features that encourage the reader to consider diversity and different viewpoints in their own analysis and pays increased attention to the environmental impacts. Illustrating the contemporary relevance of the industrial revolution's history this is essential reading for students of world history and economics as well as for those seeking to know more about the global implications of what is arguably the defining socioeconomic event of modern times.

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The Maya World

The Maya World

The Maya World brings together over 60 authors representing the fields of archaeology art history epigraphy geography and ethnography who explore cutting-edge research on every major facet of the ancient Maya and all sub-regions within the Maya world. The Maya world which covers Guatemala Belize and parts of Mexico Honduras and El Salvador contains over a hundred ancient sites that are open to tourism eight of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites and many thousands more that have been dug or await investigation. In addition to captivating the lay public the ancient Maya have attracted scores of major interdisciplinary research expeditions and hundreds of smaller projects going back to the 19th century making them one of the best-known ancient cultures. The Maya World explores their renowned writing system towering stone pyramids exquisitely painted murals and elaborate funerary tombs as well as their creative agricultural strategies complex social economic and political relationships widespread interactions with other societies and remarkable cultural resilience in the face of historical ruptures. This is an invaluable reference volume for scholars of the ancient Maya including archaeologists historians and anthropologists.

GBP 42.99
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Mexico And Mexico City In The World Economy

Mexico And Mexico City In The World Economy

To understand contemporary Mexico it is absolutely necessary to examine its level of development and its relationship with the rest of the world. The level of development will most likely be related to the world system network although the concepts are not identical. In Understanding Mexico and Mexico City in the World Economy the authors aim to determine Mexico's level of development and how Mexico fits into the world system. Through their research the authors provide outcomes that will develop a more refined world systems approach. The book features cluster analyses of Mexican economic development levels sector case studies including specific spatial analyses and maps of trends in Mexico a systematic theoretic framework encompassing levels of the world national and local areas and recent data presented through maps tables charts and statistical summaries. The text will prove to be useful and practical for researchers academics and others interested in Mexico and its international linkages.

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Britain in the Wider World 1603–1800

Britain in the Wider World 1603–1800

Britain in the Wider World traces the remarkable transformation of Britain between 1603 and 1800 as it developed into a world power. At the accession of James VI and I to the throne of England in 1603 the kingdoms of England/Wales Scotland and Ireland were united only by having a monarch in common. They had little presence in the world and were fraught with violence. Two centuries later the consolidated state of the United Kingdom established in 1801 was an economic powerhouse and increasingly geopolitically important with an empire that stretched from the Americas to Asia and to the Pacific. The book offers a fresh approach to assessing Britain’s evolution situating Britain within both imperial and Atlantic history and examining how Britain came together politically and socially throughout the eighteenth century. In particular it offers a detailed exploration of Britain as a fiscal-military state able to fight major wars without bankrupting itself. Through studying patterns of political authority and gender relationships it also stresses the constancy of fundamental features of British society economy and politics despite considerable internal changes. Detailed accessibly written and enhanced by illustrations Britain in the Wider World is ideal for students of early modern Britain. | Britain in the Wider World 1603–1800

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Household Energy and the Poor in the Third World

Household Energy and the Poor in the Third World

This volume originated as a report given to the World Bank in 1978 on the household energy consumption of both the urban and rural poor in developing countries. Originally published in 1979 this title supplies alternatives for meeting the domestic energy needs of the poor in developing countries and looks at the results of experiments in introducing new forms of energy. This book is a valuable resource for public policy makers and students interested in environmental studies and developmental studies. | Household Energy and the Poor in the Third World

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Women in the Medieval World

Women in the Medieval World

The study of medieval women has flourished over the last forty years or so. This new collection of major works addresses the different ways in which medieval women have been studied by looking at religious and secular women women according to their stage in the life cycle and according to their social status. Importantissues are also tackled such as feminism the cultural construction of the body and the periodization of women’s history. | Women in the Medieval World

GBP 650.00
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The Bront in the World of the Arts

The Bront in the World of the Arts

Although previous scholarship has acknowledged the importance of the visual arts to the Brontës relatively little attention has been paid to the influence of music theatre and material culture on the siblings' lives and literature. This interdisciplinary collection presents new research on the Brontës' relationship to the wider world of the arts including their relationship to the visual arts. The contributors examine the siblings' artistic ambitions productions and literary representations of creative work in both amateur and professional realms. Also considered are re-envisionings of the Brontës' works with an emphasis on those created in the artistic media the siblings themselves knew or practiced. With essays by scholars who represent the fields of literary studies music art theatre studies and material culture the volume brings together the strongest current research and suggests areas for future work on the Brontës and their cultural contexts. | The Bront�in the World of the Arts

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