ASQ books received 2003-2004.ISLAM AND GENERAL SURVEYS Bunt, Gary R. Islam in the Digital Age: E-Jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments. London, U.K.: Pluto Press Pluto Press is a progressive, independent publisher based in London. It was founded in 1969 by Richard Kuper and others as an arm of International Socialism, the forerunner of the Socialist Workers Party in the UK. , 2003. Paper $24.95. Foltz, Richard C., Frederick M. Denny, and Azizan Baharuddin (Eds.). Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. It was established on January 13, 1913. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. , Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. The School's purpose is to train graduate students—either in the academic study of religion, or in the practice of a religious ministry. , 2003. Paper $28.95. Halliday, Fred. Islam and the Myth of Confrontation. London, U.K.: I. B. Tauris, 2003. Paper $22.50. Karam, Azza (Ed.). Transnational Political Islam: Religion, Ideology and Power. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2003. Paper $19.95. Kuran, Timur. Islam & Mammon: The Economic Predicament of Islamism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J.; coeducational; chartered 1746, opened 1747, rechartered 1748, called the College of New Jersey until 1896. Schools and Research Facilities Press, 2004. Hardcover $35.00. Malik, Iftikhar H. Islam and Modernity Islam and modernity is about the relation and compatibility between the phenomenon of modernity, its related concepts and ideas, and the religion of Islam. In order to understand the relation between Islam and modernity, one point should be made in the beginning. : Muslims in Europe and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2004. Paper $24.95. Schmidt, Garbi. Islam in Urban America: Sunni Muslims in Chicago. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2004. Paper $22.95. PALESTINE, ISRAEL, AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT The Arab-Israeli conflict (Arabic: الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي, Cook, Catherine, Adam Hanieh and Adah Kay. Stolen Youth: The Politics of Israel's Detention of Palestinian Children. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2004. Paper $22.50. Marin-Guzman, Roberto. A Century of Palestinian Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. into Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. : A Study of Their Economic and Cultural Contributions. San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Costa Rica: Editorial De La Universidad De Costa Rica, 2000. Paper, no price indicated. Masalha, Nur. The Politics of Denial: Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Problem. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2004. Paper $24.95. Reporters Without Borders (Eds.). Israel/Palestine: The Black Book. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2003. Paper $19.95. Talhami, Ghada Hashem. Palestinian Refugees: Pawns to Political Actors. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Nova, 2003. Hardcover $59.00. Wagner, Donald E. Dying in the Land of Palestine: Palestine and Palestinian Christianity from Pentecost to 2000. London, U.K.: Melisende, 2003. Hardcover $21.95. THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WORLD COMMUNITY Boyle, Francis A. Destroying World Order: U.S. Imperialism in the Middle East Before And After September 11. Atlanta, GA: Clarity Press, 2004. Paper $14.95. Pintak, Lawrence. Seeds of Hate: How America's Flawed Middle East Policy Ignited the Jihad. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2003. Paper $22.50. Shaban, Fuad. For Zion's Sake: The Judeo-Christian Tradition in American Culture (Arabic). Damascus: Dar al-Fikr, 2003. Hardcover, no price indicated. POLITICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC STUDIES OF THE ARAB WORLD Abu-Rabi', Ibrahim M. Contemporary Arab Arab (ā`răb), in the Bible, hill town of S ancient Palestine, near Hebron. Arab Any member of the Arabic-speaking peoples native to the Middle East and North Africa. Thought: Studies in Post-1967 Arab Intellectual History. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2003. Paper $39.95. Baali, Fuad. Arab Unity and Disunity dis·u·ni·ty n. pl. dis·u·ni·ties Lack of unity. Noun 1. disunity - lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) : Past and Present. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2004. Paper $16.00. Bayoumi, Moustafa and Andrew Rubin. The Edward Said Reader. New York: Vintage Books, 2000, Paper $15.00. Perthes, Volker (Ed.). Arab Elites: Negotiating the Politics of Change. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004. Hardcover $59.95. Todd, Emmanuel. Apres l'Empire: Essai sur la decomposition du systeme Americain. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2002. Paper 18.50 ff. COUNTRY AND REGIONAL STUDIES The Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf AbuKhalil, As'ad. The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and GlobalPower. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2004. Paper $9.95. Slot, Ben J. (Ed.). Kuwait: The Growth of a Historic Identity. Portland. OR: International Specialized Book Services, 2003. Hardcover $45.00. The Arab East and Pakistan Al-Askari, Jafar Pasha. A Soldier's Story: From Ottoman Rule to Independent Iraq. Portland, OR: International Specialized Book Services, 2004. Hardcover $39.95. Atarodi, Habibollah. Great Powers, Oil and the Kurds in Mosul: Southern Kurdistan/Northern Iraq, 1910-1925. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003. Hardcover $66.00. Everest, Larry. Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda. Monroe, Main: Common Courage Press, 2004. Paper $19.95. Ismael, Tareq Y. and William W. Haddad (Eds.). Iraq: The Human Cost of History London, U.K.: Pluto press, 2004. Hardcover $45.00. Ismael, Tareq Y. & Jacqueline S. Ismael. The Iraqi Predicament: People in the Quagmire of Power Politics. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2004. Paper, no price indicated. Long, Jerry M. Saddam's War of Words: Politics, Religion, and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq-Kuwait War, was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait which resulted in the 7 month long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait[4] . Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2004. Paper $22.95. Miller, David (Ed.). Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq. London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2004. Paper $19.95. Verkaaik, Oscar. Migrants and Militants: Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan. Princeton, N J: Princeton University Press, 2004. Paper $17.95. Egypt Baker, Raymond William. Islam Without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. Hardcover $29.95. Dunne, Michele Durocher. Democracy in Contemporary Egyptian Political Discourse. Amsterdam, Holland: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003. Hardcover $80.00. Khatib, Hisham. Palestine and Egypt under the Ottomans. Paintings, Books, Photographs, Maps and Manuscripts. London: I.B.Tauris, 2003. Hardcover $85.00. |
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