Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- II.4 "Old belief" as protest against the modernising tendency of the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th. century -- II.5 The Russian Orthodox Church serving enlightened absolutism in the 18th. century and yet loosing the Patriarchy and monasteries -- II.6 Islam as an anti-colonial movement in the Caucasus in the 19th. century -- II.7 Christian Democracy as European variant for politics in the 20th. century -- II.8 Secularisation as European "Sonderweg" -- II.9 The role of religions in the developing East-West-conflict in Europe -- II.10 Orisha -- III Conclusions for Histories of the World and of the World-System…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dynamics of ultramodern religiosity and new forms of religious spatiality / Danièle Hervieu-Lèger -- Pentecostalism : a Christian revival sweeping the developing world / David Martin -- Trans-national Pentecostalism and secular modernity / Bernice Martin -- pt. 3. Islam. Transnational Islam in a post-Westphalian world : connectedness vs. sovereignty / Armando Salvatore -- Autoritarian persistence and barriers to democracy in the Muslim Middle East : beyond cultural essentialism / Mehdi P. …”
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“…The focus then turns to the Crusades, the most ambitious conquests of the era, with a set of studies on the First Crusade and others on the manner and conduct of warfare in the territories of the Latin East. The volume also includes a major unpublished analysis, co-authored with Nicholas Morton, of the problems faced by the local Islamic powers in the early Crusading period, reminding us that an army is only as strong as its enemies permit, and suggesting that the crusaders should be seen in this light…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…WOMEN WITHOUT MEN Widows and spinsters in Britain and France in the eighteenth century Olwen HuftonNOBLE WIDOWS BETWEEN FORTUNE AND FAMILY Yme Kuiper; THE ULTIMATE JOURNEYSat and widowhood in India Lourens P. van den Bosch; WIDOWS IN ISLAM Willy Jansen; WIDOWS HIDDEN FROM VIEW The disappearance of mourning dress among Dutch widows in the twentieth century Geertje van Os; WIDOWS IN WESTERN HISTORY A select bibliography Frouke Veenstra and Kirsten van der Ploeg; Index…”

“…The contributors, in this major addition to the sociology of revolutions, step back from the earlier euphoria of the Arab Spring to provide a sober analysis of what is still an ongoing process of upheaval in the Middle East. The essays address the role of national armies and foreign military intervention, the character and structure of old regimes as determinants of peaceful or violent political transformation, the constitutional placement of Islam in post-revolutionary regimes, and the possibilities of supplanting authoritarianism with democracy. …”

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“…They focus on democratisation and its failure in Russia, transformations of identity in Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, North and South America, and South-East Asia, the rise of militant and political Islam, and the eruption of China onto the world stage. …”

“…His various roles as translator of the Qur'an, traveller to the Near East, political journalist writing on behalf of Muslim Turkey, and creator of the Muslim novel are discussed. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…UK in Palestine, 1944-1947 -- Greece, 1945-1949 -- Indochina, 1946-1954 -- Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956 -- Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958 -- Malaya, 1948-1955 -- Kenya, 1952-1956 -- Algerian Independence, 1954-1962 -- Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- Cuba, 1956-1959 -- Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959 -- Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962 -- Tibet, 1956-1974 -- Guatemala, 1960-1996 -- Laos, 1959-1975 -- Namibia, 1960-1989 -- South Africa, 1960-1990 -- South Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- Eritrea, 1961-1991 -- Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975 -- Angolan Independence, 1961-1974 -- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974 -- Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974 -- Yemen, 1962-1970 -- Uruguay, 1963-1972 -- Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975 -- Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980 -- Argentina, 1969-1979 -- Cambodia, 1967-1975 -- Northern Ireland, 1969-1999 -- Jordan, 1970-1971 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996 -- Baluchistan, 1973-1978 -- Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002 -- Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000 -- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Western Sahara, 1975-1991 -- Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005 -- Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995 -- Sri Lanka, 1976-2009…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: lessons from Quebec / Beverley Baines -- Deconstructing the East/West binary : substantive equality and Islamic marriage in a comparative dialogue / Pascale Fournier -- Conflicting agendas? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Roman Peninsula -- 27. Islam -- Part Eight. Africa : 28. Prehistory -- 29. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rome, Pontus, Thrace and the military disintegration of the world beyond the Hellenistic east / Toni Naco del Hoyo and Isaias Arrayas-Morales -- Estranging the familiar-Rome's ambivalent approach to Britain / Gil Gambash -- Rome and Persia in the middle of the third century AD (230-266) / Lukas de Blois -- The emperor beyond the frontiers: a double-mirror as a 'political discourse' / Stephane Benoist -- Politics, economics, & society -- Turning the inside out : the divergent experiences of Gaul and Africa during the third century ad / Dan Hoyer -- Raiders to traders? …”

“…Beginning with the collection of Islamic manuscripts in the Near East and beyond, the book moves from Rome, Paris and Oxford to Cambridge, London and Leiden in order to reconstruct the most important breakthroughs in this scholarly movement. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…PREFACE; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION: THE REGIONAL CONTEXT; GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA; EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT; Chapter Two INDONESIA'S FRAGILE DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT; THE POLITICAL DIMENSION: FROM SUHARTO TO WAHID; THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION; Chapter Three THE EAST TIMOR CRISIS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES; Chapter Four THE CHALLENGE OF SEPARATISM AND ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT; ACEH: THE EYE OF THE STORM; PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN ACEH; SEPARATISM IN IRIAN JAYA (PAPUA)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Local Studies; The Historical Background to the Muslim Community in Albania During the Period 1912-1920; Islam and the Albanian Periphery Lands; Islam and State Religion in Greece: From the Formation of the 'Greek-Orthodox Genos' to the Era of Migration; Intra-Group Differences and the Status of Religious and Ethnic Minorities…”

“…Yet it is at once the most celebrated of all Islamic palaces and the least understood. Glru Necipoglu brings together largely unpublished sources, both written and visual, along with information derived from the architectural remains to uncover the processes through which the meaning of the palace was once produced, before it came to represent a stereotyped microcosm of oriental despotism imbued with the exotic otherness of the East. …”