Arabia and the Arabs

Arabia and the Arabs
Author: Robert G. Hoyland
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134646348

Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both merchants and warriors Arabia and the Arabs provides the only up-to-date, one-volume survey of the region and its peoples, from prehistory to the coming of Islam Using a wide range of sources - inscriptions, poetry, histories, and archaeological evidence - Robert Hoyland explores the main cultural areas of Arabia, from ancient Sheba in the south, to the deserts and oases of the north. He then examines the major themes of *the economy *society *religion *art, architecture and artefacts *language and literature *Arabhood and Arabisation The volume is illustrated with more than 50 photographs, drawings and maps.

Democracy in Delaware

Democracy in Delaware
Author: Carol E. Hoffecker
Publisher: Cedar Tree Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Delaware
ISBN: 9781892142238

An Introduction to the Study of Indian History

An Introduction to the Study of Indian History
Author: Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2023-11-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788171540389

This book is the culmination of patient research and mature reflection of a profoundly original mind and has earned universal recognition and honour over the last few decades.

The Soft Cage

The Soft Cage
Author: Christian Parenti
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2007-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465009891

On a typical day, you might make a call on a cell phone, withdraw money at an ATM, visit the mall, and make a purchase with a credit card. Each of these routine transactions leaves a digital trail for government agencies and businesses to access. As cutting-edge historian and journalist Christian Parenti points out, these everyday intrusions on privacy, while harmless in themselves, are part of a relentless (and clandestine) expansion of routine surveillance in American life over the last two centuries-from controlling slaves in the old South to implementing early criminal justice and tracking immigrants. Parenti explores the role computers are playing in creating a whole new world of seemingly benign technologies-such as credit cards, website "cookies," and electronic toll collection-that have expanded this trend in the twenty-first century. The Soft Cage offers a compelling, vitally important history lesson for every American concerned about the expansion of surveillance into our public and private lives.

Tribe-British Relations in India

Tribe-British Relations in India
Author: Maguni Charan Behera
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2021-09-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811634246

This book discusses the colonial history of Tribe-British relations in India. It analyses colonial literature, as well as cultural and relational issues of pre-literate communities. It interrogates disciplinary epistemology through multidisciplinary engagement. It presents the temporal and spatial dimensions of tribal studies. The chapters critically examine colonial ideology and administration and civilization of tribes of India. Each paper introduces a unique context of Tribe-British interactions and provides an innovative approach, theoretical foundation, analytical tool and methodological insights in the emerging discipline of tribal studies. The book is of interest to researchers and scholars engaged in topics related to tribes.

Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1901–1942

Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1901–1942
Author: Nobuto Yamamoto
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-09-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004412409

In Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1901–1942 Nobuto Yamamoto examines the institutionalization of censorship and its symbiosis with print culture in the Netherlands Indies. Born from the liberal desire to promote the well-being of the colonial population, censorship was not practiced exclusively in repressive ways but manifested in constructive policies and stimuli, among which was the cultivation of the “native press” under state patronage. Censorship in the Indies oscillated between liberal impulse and the intrinsic insecurity of a colonial state in the era of nationalism and democratic governance. It proved unpredictable in terms of outcomes, at times being co-opted by resourceful activists and journalists, and susceptible to international politics as it transformed during the Sino-Japanese war of the 1930s.