Historia: teori & metod

Since the 1948 war which drove them from their heartland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. Blaming the Victims shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious a...

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The revival of a classic work of journalism which exposes the gap between the official story and reality Proxy wars, it seems, are more openly practiced than ever--and yet one of the worst of these was suppressed and "forgotten" even in ...

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***Winner of an English PEN Award 2021*** During the 1948 war more than 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were violently expelled from their homes by Zionist militias. The legacy of the Nakba - which translates to disaster or catastrophe - lays ba...

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First published in 1995, this acclaimed study challenges generally accepted truths of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as much of the revisionist literature. This new edition critically reexamines dominant popular and scholarly images in the ...

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Japan Emerging provides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship and methodology, leading authorities writing specifically for this volume outline and explore the main developm...

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This book presents an intellectual history of todays Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressing a variety of themes that impact on the lives of present-day Muslims. Focusing on the period from ro...

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2012 marks the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba - the most traumatic catastrophe that ever befell Palestinians. This book explores new ways of remembering and commemorating the Nakba. In the context of Palestinian oral history, it explores 'social hi...

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Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history and less culture.Today it is revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent classical age and a cultural tradition unique in both character and continuity. How this extraordinar...

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Part history, part travel journal and part autobiography, Hotel Tiberias is a journey of many layers and resonances, as Sebastian Hope follows the tumultuous story of his familys hotel in Palestine. In 1900,Thomas Cook, who had been running tours ...

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Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history and less culture.Today it is revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent classical age and a cultural tradition unique in both character and continuity. How this extraordinar...

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Part history, part travel journal and part autobiography, ?Hotel Tiberias? is a journey of many layers and resonances, as Sebastian Hope follows the tumultuous story of his family?s hotel in Palestine.In 1900,Thomas Cook, who had been running tour...

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Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet.'A History of Jerusalem should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.' Stephen Tummin, Daily TelegraphJerusalem has probably cast more o...

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??A History of Jerusalem? should be read, not only by travellers and potential travellers in Jerusalem, but by all of us.? Stephen Tummin, Daily TelegraphJerusalem has probably cast more of a spell over the human imagination than any other city in...

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Robert Irwin's history of Orientalism leads from Ancient Greece to the present. He shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the basic chronology of Harun ...

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Robert Irwin s history of Orientalism leads from Ancient Greece to the present. He shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the basic chronology of Harun ...

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Is it true that the ancient Indians had no sense of History? The book begins with this question, and points out how the ways of perceiving the past could be culture-specific and how the concept of historical traditions can be useful in studying th...

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In this book, Powers examines works on Tibetan history by Tibetan and Chinese authors that have been produced in English for Western consumption. He finds some of their claims absurd, others highly implausible, some humorous in an unintended way. ...

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These twenty-three essays by Professor Cohn are collected here for the first time. The first section is concerned with methodology within the disciplines of history and anthropology, particularly as these relate to scholarly writings on India. The...

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This study of the Durga Temple at Aihole, one of India's most intriguing ancient Hindu temples, combines illustrations with an investigation of its career in the literature of art history. It is intended for readers of ancient Indian art and archi...

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Cultural Pasts collects essays on a range of subjects in early Indian history. Its focus is on historiography and the changing dimensions of social and cultural history. The essays are divided into nine thematic groups: historiography, both curren...

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The eight essays in this volume seek to combine an empirical study of themes in late-colonial Indian history with an intervention in current debates about the extent and nature of Western colonial cultural domination.

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Despite the interface that exists between economics and history, modern economic theory has largely failed to integrate the two, This book of 10 essays by Amit Bhaduri makes an interesting departure in showing how economic theory, and even its for...

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This work attempts to situate the historiography of science in India within a social theory of science. Eight essays problematize the history of science in India and throw up questions dealing with issues such as the paradigm shift within science ...

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This text explores the politics of history writing in modern India. It narrates the engagement of a civilization with historical sensibility and modality. In doing so, it asserts that history, in order to be understood better, has to deploy the la...

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This collection of outstanding essays represents a diversity of views and methods on issues concerning various aspects of the economy, society, and culture of colonial India, held together by a comprehensive introduction by Sanjay Subrahmanyam in ...

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This compilation of essays written over a span of forty years examines the structure and working knowledge of the British Raj in India during 1858-1914. The essays assess the institutions, policies, and strategies for 'knowing' India that the Brit...

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In popular presentation, some treat the Bible as a reliable source for the history of Israel, while others suggest that archaeology has shown that it cannot be trusted at all. This volume debates the issue of how such widely divergent views have a...

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This volume situates the historiography of science in India within a social theory of science. Focussing on several strands from the corpus of writing over the last 150 years, it examines the paradigm shift within science studies, the move away fr...

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In this study Brian Bosworth looks at Alexander the Great's activities in Central Asia and Pakistan, drawing a bleak picture of massacre and repression comparable to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. He investigates the evolution of Alexander's view...

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This study looks at Alexander the Great's activities in Central Asia and Pakistan, drawing a bleak picture of massacre and repression comparable to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Professor Bosworth investigates the evolution of Alexander's views ...

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