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Celebrating Steve Biko: We Write What We Like

by Chris Van Wyk C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
03/2009
ISBN:
9780231154307
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Hb+ 224 pages

The thirtieth anniversary of the death of Steve Biko (1946-1977), a South African activist who as murdered while being detained...

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Religion in Modern Islamic Discourse

by Abdulkader Tayob C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
10/2009
ISBN:
9780231154321
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Hbk 256 pages

Religion as an analytical category doesn't lend itself to the reexamination and reinvention of tradition, especially in Islam,...

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Recurring Great Lakes Crisis: Identity, Violence, Power

by Jean-Pierre Chretien and Richard Banegas C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
10/2010
ISBN:
9780231154383
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Hbk 400 pages

Since the early 1990s, the African Great Lakes region has experienced a series of traumas that have profoundly disrupted its geopolitical,...

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Ismailis in the Colonial Era: Modernity, Empire, and Islam, 1839-1969

by Marc Van Grondelle C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
05/2009
ISBN:
9780231154406
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Hbk 176 pages

Beginning in the early nineteenth century, the Nizari Ismailis, once a small, legendary sect within Islam, grew to become a highly...

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Christianity, Politics, and Public Life in Kenya

by Paul Gifford C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
03/2009
ISBN:
9780231154420
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Hbk 276 pages

Since achieving independence in 1963, Kenya has existed as a classic, patronage state, ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt political...

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Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism

by John Calvert C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
08/2010
ISBN:
9780231701044
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Hbk 256 pages

Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue credited with establishing the theoretical basis for radical Islamism...

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Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan Field

by Antonio Giustozzi C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
10/2009
ISBN:
9780231701129
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Hb+ 420 pages

Antonio Giustozzi, a scholar who has spent more than fifteen years researching and writing on Afghanistan, gathers a renowned...

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Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan's Past

by John Breen C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
04/2008
ISBN:
9780231700436
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Pb+ 244 pages

Located in the heart of Tokyo, Yasukuni is a controversial shrine dedicated to the Japanese war dead. It holds the remains of...

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Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance

by Asim Quereshi C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
11/2009
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9780231701242
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Hbk 288 pages

"When the plane landed, they untied my blindfold. I found there were women and children on one side and men on the other side...

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Africa's 'Agitators': Militant Anti-Colonialism in Africa and the West, 1918-1939

by Jonathan Derrick C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
06/2008
ISBN:
9780231700566
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Hb+ 320 pages

The period between the two World Wars were troubling years for colonial empire. Individuals and organizations began to call for...

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Zulu Identities: Being Zulu, Past and Present

by Benedict Carton, John Laband and Jabulani Sithole C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
03/2009
ISBN:
9780231700580
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Hb+ 688 pages

With close to 20 million members, the Zulu are the largest single ethnic group in all of Southern Africa. Their culture is...

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Life and Death in the Balkans: A Family Saga in a Century of Conflict

by Bato Tomasevic C. Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Pub Date:
10/2008
ISBN:
9780231700627
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Hbk 544 pages

Beginning some fifty years before the Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913, Bato TomaĊĦevic's vivid memoir recounts, through his life story...

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