Iran and the Caucasus Monographs – serie
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Journey and Topography
Av Andranik, Gohar G. Hakobian m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2257 kr
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This book presents the English translation of a travelogue by an Armenian intellectual of the end of the 19th century. Originally written in a variety of non-normative Western Armenian, it serves as a valuable repository of highly important and unique data on the ethno-demography of the historical …
Mountain Oasis
Daily Life in a Village in the Yasin Valley, Pakistan
Av Susan York
Inbunden, 2023
2544 kr
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In A Mountain Oasis, Susan York presents a richly illustrated socio-economic study of village life in Pakistans Yasin Valley, undertaken during one year spent living with a local family. It documents this dynamic agro-pastoral society at a time when few researchers were recording developments in …
Pamirian Crossroads and Beyond
Human Geography and Geopolitics
Inbunden, 2024
2055 kr
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In Pamirian Crossroads and Beyond Hermann Kreutzmann offers insights in his fieldwork-based research in High Asia during four decades. A human-geographical perspective is pursued in which case studies about colonial and post-colonial boundary-making, exchange relations of mountain communities …
Landscapes of Resistance
Narratives around Sacred Places in Sinjar (Iraq) and the Islamic State’s Genocide against Yezidis
Inbunden, 2024
2314 kr
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On August 3, 2014, the Sinjar region of Northern Iraq was attacked by the “Islamic State”. Killing and abducting thousands, the jihadists also destroyed many of the religious minority’s shrines. Others, however, were defended by local fighters and groups affiliated with the PKK. In the aftermath of …
Love, Honour and God
Pashto Writings of Early Modern Times
Inbunden, 2025
2688 kr
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Love, Honour and God tells about the talented and determined people who challenged the dominance of the Persophone written culture and created literature in their mother tongue, Pashto. Offering insights into the lives and literary accomplishments of many acclaimed and less known Pashtun authors of …
Polish ethnopolitical myth and the Caucasus
Looking at the past
Inbunden, 2025
1724 kr
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Does the fact that we dislike someone influence our perception of the world? If Poles consider Russians as "historical" enemies, does this affect how they interpret the present and the past? The author argues this is indeed the case. In his book, the author illustrates this through the example of …
Scytho-Alano-Ossetica
From Scythian Saddle to Ossetic Word
Inbunden, 2025
1868 kr
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The present volume brings together a carefully curated collection of scholarly essays that offer a multidimensional portrait of Ossetian cultural continuity from antiquity to the present. It presents original research by leading experts in the fields of Ossetology, Caucasian history, mythology, and …
Yezidis of the South Caucasus
Their Past and Present in Georgia
Inbunden, 2026
2767 kr
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This is the first monograph dedicated to the Yezidi diaspora in the South Caucasus, focusing on Yezidis living in Georgia, where the first Yezidi organisation was established, the Constitution was written, the International Yezidi Theological Academy was founded, and the Yezidi Akhtiarat was …
