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  • The Mosques of Colonial South Asia

    A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship

    de Sana Haroon ...
    Series series Library of Islamic South Asia
    In a series of legal battles starting in 1882, South Asian Muslims made up of modernists, traditionalists, reformists, Shias and Sunnis attempted to modify the laws relating to their places of worship. Their efforts failed as the ideals they presented flew in the face of colonial secularism. This book looks at the legal history of Muslim endowments and the intellectual and social history of ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • Under the Drones

    Modern Lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands

    In the West, media coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan is framed by military and political concerns, resulting in a simplistic picture of ageless barbarity, terrorist safe havens, and peoples in need of either punishment or salvation. Under the Drones looks beyond this limiting view to investigate real people on the ground, and to analyze the political, social, and economic forces that shape ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

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  • Pakistan

    A Hard Country

    de Anatol Lieven ...
    **A sophisticated look at Pakistan—one of the most overlooked, yet vastly consequential, countries of modern times“Lieven’s eye for detail, command of subcontinental history and old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting make this in many ways an excellent primer on Pakistan.” —Wall Street JournalNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Daily Telegraph and The Independent**Since Pakistan’s formation as a ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • A History of Islamic Societies

    This new edition of one of the most widely used course books on Islamic civilizations around the world has been substantially revised to incorporate the new scholarship and insights of the last twenty-five years. Ira Lapidus' history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide diffusion. The history is divided into four ... Leer más

    $59.99 USD

  • The Pakistan Paradox

    Instability and Resilience

    Pakistan was born as the creation of elite Urdu-speaking Muslims who sought to govern a state that would maintain their dominance. After rallying non-Urdu speaking leaders around him, Jinnah imposed a unitary definition of the new nation state that obliterated linguistic diversity. This centralisation - 'justified' by the Indian threat - fostered centrifugal forces that resulted in Bengali ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • India, Bharat and Pakistan

    The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation

    India, Bharat and Pakistan, the second book of the Bharat Trilogy, takes the discussion forward from its bestselling predecessor, India That Is Bharat. It explores the combined influence of European and Middle Eastern colonialities on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation, and on the origins of the Indian Constitution. To this end, the book traces the thought continuum of Middle ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Islam in South Asia in Practice

    Edición de Barbara D. Metcalf ...
    Series series Princeton Readings in Religions
    This volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of more than thirty scholars of Islam and Muslim societies in South Asia to create a rich anthology of primary texts that contributes to a new appreciation of the lived religious and cultural experiences of the world's largest population of Muslims. The thirty-four selections--translated from Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, ... Leer más

    $39.59 USD

  • The Bangladesh Reader

    History, Culture, Politics

    Series series The world readers
    Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Bengal Delta region has been a major part of international life for more than 2,000 years, whether as an important location for trade ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • The Sole Spokesman

    Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan

    de Ayesha Jalal ...
    Series Libro 31 - Cambridge South Asian Studies
    In 1940 the All-India Muslim League orchestrated the demand for independent Muslim states in India. Seven years later Pakistan was created amidst a communal holocaust of unprecedented proportions. Concentrating on the All-India Muslim League and its leader, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, The Sole Spokesman assesses the role of religious communalism and provincialism in shaping the movement for Pakistan. ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects

    Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir

    de Mridu Rai ...
    This is a remarkable work of scholarship which shows how Kashmirs modern Muslim identity came into existence. In doing this, it demonstrates the complex manner in which politics can enforce the creation of religious identity. Kashmir is a hotbed of religious politics. Disputed between India and Pakistan, this territory comprises a large majority of Muslims who are subject to the laws of a ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Pakistan

    Courting the Abyss

    Recent writings on Pakistan have tended to focus on the role of the Pakistan Army, the nuclear programme, terrorism, Pak-Afghan and Pak-US relations and, of course, Indo-Pak relations. Pakistan: Courting the Abyss goes beyond sensationalist headlines and current crises like terrorism and tensions with India, to the deeper malaise that afflicts the nation. The book examines issues like identity, ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Pashtun Identity and Geopolitics in Southwest Asia

    Pakistan and Afghanistan since 9/11

    ‘Pashtun Identity and Geopolitics in Southwest Asia’ brings together Pakistan and Afghanistan as two inseparable entities by investigating areas such as the evolution and persistence of the Taliban, quest for Pashtun identity, the ambivalent status of the tribal region and the state of civic clusters on both sides. In addition to their relations with the United States and the EU, a due attention ... Leer más

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