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  • Islamic Education in the Soviet Union and Its Successor States

    Series series Central Asian Studies
    This book provides a comparative history of Islamic education in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet countries. Case studies on Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan and on two regions of the Russian Federation, Tatarstan and Daghestan, highlight the importance which Muslim communities in all parts of the Soviet Union attached to their formal and informal institutions of ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Russia's Islam and Orthodoxy beyond the Institutions

    Languages of Conversion, Competition and Convergence

    Islam and the Orthodox Church in contemporary Russia are usually studied in isolation from each other, and each in relation to the Kremlin; the latter demands the development of a home-grown and patriotic ‘religious traditionalism, as a bulwark against subversive ‘non-traditional’ imports. This volume breaks new ground by focusing on charismatic missionaries from both religions who bypass the ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Reassessing Orientalism

    Interlocking Orientologies during the Cold War

    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
    Orientalism as a concept was first applied to Western colonial views of the East. Subsequently, different types of orientalism were discovered but the premise was that these took their lead from Western-style orientalism, applying it in different circumstances. This book, on the other hand, argues that the diffusion of interpretations and techniques in orientalism was not uni-directional, and that ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies

    Series series Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
    This book examines the Russian/Soviet intellectual tradition of Oriental and Islamic studies, which comprised a rich body of knowledge especially on Central Asia and the Caucasus. The Soviet Oriental tradition was deeply linked to politics – probably even more than other European ‘Orientalisms’. It breaks new ground by providing Western and post-Soviet insider views especially on the features that ... Leer más

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    Research, Policy, and Practice for Systemic Change--A Tribute to Jackie Kirk

    Inspired by the work of the late Dr. Jacqueline Kirk, this book takes a penetrating look at the challenges of delivering quality education to the approximately 39 million out-of-school children around the world who live in situations affected by violent conflict. With chapters by leading researchers on education in war and other conflict zones, the volume provides a comprehensive and critical ... Leer más

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  • Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades)

    "The courageous Robert Spencer busts myths and tells truths about jihadists that no one else will tell." ***—***MICHELLE MALKINWhile many choose to simply blame the West for provoking terrorists, Robert Spencer’s new book **The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)™ reveals why it is time to ignore political correctness and identify the enemy - if we hope to ever defeat them.In a ... Leer más

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  • America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics

    Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy

    Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence of this crisis today, despite public beliefs that America has become a "post-racial" nation after ... Leer más

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  • A Gentleman In Moscow - Summarized for Busy People: A Novel: Based on the Book by Amor Towles

    The year is 1922, and facing of the judgement of the Bolshevik tribunal is Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. Considered an impenitent aristocrat, Count Rostov is sentenced to a lifetime of house arrest in Hotel Metropol—the luxurious hotel a street across from Kremlin. A man of culture and intellect, Rostov has lived all his life in opulence. Now, he must abandon comfort and riches, and move into the ... Leer más

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  • Grand Expectations

    The United States, 1945-1974

    Series series Oxford History of the United States |v X
    Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 percent of the automobiles. The U.S. then had three-fourths of the world's gold supplies. English Prime ... Leer más

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  • The Death of Ivan Ilyitch with FREE Audiobook+Author's Biography+Active TOC

    The Death of Ivan Ilych (Ivan Ilyich)

    FREE Audiobook + Author's Biography + Interactive Table of contents The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, Smert' Ivana Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s. The novel tells the story of the death, at age 45, of a high-court judge in 19th ... Leer más

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  • Education Reform in China

    Changing concepts, contexts and practices

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    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    Over the past decade there has been radical reform at all levels of China’s education system as it attempts to meet changing economic and social needs and aspirations. Changes have been made to pedagogy and teacher professional learning and also to the curriculum - both at the basic education level, from kindergarten to year 12, and at the higher education level. This book focuses on reform at the ... Leer más

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  • High-Stakes Schooling

    What We Can Learn from Japan's Experiences with Testing, Accountability, and Education Reform

    If there is one thing that describes the trajectory of American education, it is this: more high-stakes testing. In the United States, the debates surrounding this trajectory can be so fierce that it feels like we are in uncharted waters. As Christopher Bjork reminds us in this study, however, we are not the first to make testing so central to education: Japan has been doing it for decades. ... Leer más

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