Books received 2005-2006.ISLAM AND GENERAL SURVEYS Gerges, Fawaz A. The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global. Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press (known colloquially as CUP) is a publisher given a Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1534, and one of the two privileged presses (the other being Oxford University Press). , 2005. Hardcover $27.00. Fattah, Moataz A. Democratic Values in the Muslim World. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006. Hardcover $49.95. Jamieson, Alan. Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict. London, UK: Reaktion Books, 2006. Hardcover $29.95. Lawrence, Bruce (Ed). Messages to the World: The Statements of Osama Bin Laden Osama bin Laden: see bin Laden, Osama. . New York, NY: Verso, 2005. Paper $16.95. Nakash, Yitzhaq. Reaching for Power: The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. Paper 19.95. Pintak, Lawrence. Reflections in a Bloodshot blood·shot adj. Red and inflamed as a result of locally congested blood vessels, as of the eyes. bloodshot Vox populi adjective Lens: America, Islam and the War of Ideas. London, UK: Pluto Press, 2005. Hardcover $26.95. Shanavas, T. O. Creation and/ or Evolution: An Islamic Perspective. Philadelphia, PA: LIBRIS, 2005. Hardcover, no price indicated. Vahide, Sukran. Islam in Modern Turkey: An Intellectual Biography of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. Albany, NY. State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. , 2005. Paper $24.95. PALESTINE, ISRAEL, AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT Agmon, Iris. Family and Court: Legal Culture and Modernity in the Late Ottoman Palestine. Syracuse University Press Syracuse University Press, founded in 1943, is a university press that is part of Syracuse University. External link
Farsakh, Leila. Palestinian Labour Migration to Israel: Labour, Land and Occupation. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005. Hard Cover, no price indicated. Finkelstein, Norman G. Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press "UC Press" redirects here, but this is also an abbreviation for University of Chicago Press University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. , 2005. Hardcover $22.50. Hasso, Francis. Resistance Repression and Gender: Politics in Occupied Palestine and Jordan. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005. Paper $24.95. Lesch, Ann M. and Ian S. Lustick. (Ed). Exile and Return: Predicaments of Palestinians and Jews. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press The University of Pennsylvania Press (or Penn Press) was originally incorporated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on 26 March 1890, and the imprint of the University of Pennsylvania Press first appeared on publications in the closing decade of the nineteenth , 2005. Hardcover $45.00. Nadan, Amos. The Palestinian Peasant Economy Under the Mandate: A Story of Colonial Bungling bun·gle v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v.intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently. v.tr. To handle badly; botch. See Synonyms at botch. n. . Cambridge, MA: Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 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. , 2006. Paper $19.95. Rabinowitz, Dan and Khawla Abu-Baker. Coffins on our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Israel Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005. Paper $19.95. Rose, Jacqueline. The Question of Zion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. Paper $19.95. Shenhav, Yehouda. The Arab Jews: A Post Colonial Reading of Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006. $60.00. THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WORLD COMMUNITY Brand, Laurie A. Citizens Abroad: Emigration and the State in the Middle East and North Africa. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Hardcover $85.00. Harbury, Jennifer K. Truth, Torture and the American Way: The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2005. Paper $14.00. Jasanoff, Maya. Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Hardcover $27.95. Nydell, Margaret K. Understanding Arabs: A guide for Modern Times. Boston, MA: Intercultural Press, 2006. Paper $19.95. Wheeler, Deborah L. The Internet in the Middle East Global Expectations and Local Immaginations in Kuwait. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press The State University of New York Press (or SUNY Press), founded in 1966, is a university press that is part of State University of New York system. External link
POLITICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND ECONOMIC STUDIES OF THE ARAB WORLD Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , Dalia and Ruth Katz. Palestinian Arab Music: A Maqam Tradition in Practice. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press The University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including , 2006. Paper $60.00. Dawisha, Adeed. Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph To Despair. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. Paper $19.95 Fisk, Robert. The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Hardcover, no price indicated. Lynch, Mark. Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq,, Al-Jazeera and Middle East Politics Today. New York, NY: Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is an academic press based in New York City and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan (2004-present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, , 2006. Hardcover $24.00. Rugh, William A. American Encounters with Arabs: The "Soft Power" of U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006. Hardcover $49.95. Sonbol, Amira El Azhary. (Ed). Beyond the Exotic: Women's Histories in Islamic Societies. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005. Paper $ 45.00. LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES Allen, Roger and D. S. Richards (Eds.). Arabic Literature in the Post-Classical Period. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Hardcover $190.00. Ankori, Gannit. Palestinian Art. London, UK: Reaktion Books, 2006. Paper $35.00. Barakat, Hoda (translated by Marilyn Booth). Disciples of Passion. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005. Hardcover $19.95. Berlin, Howard M. The Coins and Banknotes of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1927-1947. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publications, 2005. Paper $35.00. Doumani, Beshara (Ed). Academic Freedom after September 11. Cambridge, MA: The MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2006. Paper, no price indicated. Khoury, Elias (Translated by Ammiel Alcalay). 1001 Palestinian Nights: Gate to the Sun. Brooklyn NY: Archipelago Books, 2006. Hardcover $ 26.00. Samman, Ghada (translated by Nancy N. Roberts). The Night of the First Billion. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005. Hardcover $34.95. COUNTRY AND REGIONAL STUDIES The Arab East Enders, David. Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. Press, 2005. Paper $24.95. Bernhardsson, Magnus T. Reclaiming a Plundered Past: Archaeology and Nation Building in Modern Iraq. University of Texas Press, 2006. Hardcover $45.00. Majd, Mohammad Gholi. Iraq in World War I: From Ottoman Rule to British Conquest. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2006. Paper $55.00. Natali, Denise. The Kurds and the State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005. Hardcover $29.95. O'leary, Brendan, John McGarry, and Khaled Salih. (Eds). The Future of Kurdistan in lraq. Philadelphia, PN: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. Hardcover $45.00. Vandewalle, Dirk. A History of Modern Libya On November 21, 1949, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Libya should become independent before January 1, 1952. Idris represented Libya in the subsequent UN negotiations. . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Paper $23.99. |
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