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Egypt was the first of the Arab-speaking Muslim countries to come into close contact with modern European states. The experience was not a particularly happy one. It resulted in political and economic subjugation and in the breakdown of her traditional...

Egyptian education is a central, social and economic force in the Middle East. For hundreds of years Al Azhar University has been the centre of Islamic thinking and education. More recently Egypt became the leader in secular education as Mohammed Ali...

This critical analysis investigates the causes that brought about one of the most tumultuous periods in modern Egyptian history - the clashes between the Muslims and Copts during the 1970s. A unique retrospective, it features probing interviews with...

Egypt was the first of the Arab-speaking Muslim countries to come into close contact with modern European states. The experience was not a particularly happy one. It resulted in political and economic subjugation and in the breakdown of her traditional...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415510363Author Lewis A. CoserFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

* Gives an account of the history, the theological basis, the practice and the current state of the study of religion and religions throughout the world * Combines a clear and non-technical style of presentation with a structure and range of...

Originally published in 1986. In this study of initiation in the Nikayas (Discourses of the Buddha), the author presents evidence which makes it clear that salvation in early Buddhism depended upon the intervention of the Buddha's grace. Contrary to...

First Published in 2000. This is Volume V of six of the Oriental series looking at Arabic History and Culture. It was written in 1927, the main purpose of this text is to show that Arabia, before the coming of Islam, was not a country secluded from the...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415757362Author Leonard ReissmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 544g

This volume combines some of the most influential published research in this emerging field with newly commissioned essays on the issues, problems and lessons involved in collaborating museums and source communities. Focusing on museums in the UK,...

With more than 1,100 entries written by an international group of over 150 contributors, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture brings together myriad strands of social, political and cultural life in the post-1945 German-speaking world. With a...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415178082Author M. AshdownFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

Originally published in 1976, this publication falls into three parts: The Verbal Index, The Word Frequency Table, and The Field of Reference. A scholar interested in the full range of connotation for the word heart in Conrad would look first to the word...

What is the healthiest diet for an infant? What constitutes a nutritious school lunch? How do I deal with my adolescent's eating needs and habits? Will my children receive proper nutrients if they are sick, very athletic, or vegetarians? This...

(International Journal of American Linguistics, 21: 4, Part 1, Memoir 11)Book InformationISBN 9780226345741Author Charles F. HockettFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

This Routledge Focus aims to investigate and analyse the United Kingdom's relationship with the European Communities (EC) and the European Union (EU). Since joining the EC in 1973, the UK has had a fraught relationship with the organization, declining...

With a full range of stoppers, bends, loops, and hitches, and extensive cross references for multi-use knots, The Knack Book of Knots You Need includes more thant 450 photos and instructions for knots you need forCamping Boating Climbing Fishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569026212Author Zeleke WorkuFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Red Sea Press,U.S.Publisher Red Sea Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909384460Author Michael LoCiceroFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138991309Author B. J. KiddFormat PaperbackPage Count 574Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 658g

This book restores water, both fresh and salt, to its central position in human endeavour, ecology and environment. Water access and the environmental and social problems of development are major issues of concern in this century. Drawing on water's many...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138979352Author A. B. LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

First published in 2007. This work was composed under the direction of the author, Dr Bernard Heuvelmans, President of the International Society of Cryptozoology, before his death in 2001. The contents have been drawn from his various works, including...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138970106Author David MarshFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 531g

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138966727Author Henrik F. InfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 358g

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138965263Author "Snaffle"Format PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

This is a detailed, critical study of the reforms which have been made in recent years to the law in the State of Pakistan with the ostensible objective of bringing it into accord with the requirements of Islam. Special emphasis is given to the period...

The recent resurgence of Islam in the Middle East is a far more complex phenomenon than is often suggested by those analyses which reduce recent developments in the area to no more than an intensification of religiosity. Islam and Politics in the...

The Islamic perception of the socio-economic process is dynamic and its insistence on social justice is uncompromising. To produce the best social structure, according to this view, man's economic endeavours should be motivated by a meaningful moral...

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138976122Author ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g

First published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9781138882027Author Jose S. BentwichFormat PaperbackImprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 272g

Politics, Planning and the City is designed to introduce the complex political processes and problems of the modern city. The author begins by setting the theoretical context and discusses models of democracy, power and the nature of policy. Next he...

Focussing on the problems of change and resistance to change that mark the African sub-continent, this book examines Africa's place in the world from earliest times. It considers the nature of its peoples in their prehistoric development, the ways in...

Introducing the reader to the gods and their worshippers and to the ways in which they were related, this book focuses on the ever-present link between the human and the divine in Ancient Egypt. The book also examines the impact of Egyptian religion upon...

Provides readers with a listing of some of the most useful business and industry information sources available freely on the InternetCovers: sources of useful free business and industry information, sections on different industrial sectors, business...

As the leaders of a revolutionary, nationalist regime, the Egyptian Free Officers who came to power following the 1952 Revolution committed themselves to the attainment of goals associated with modernization, namely rapid economic development based on...

Over the last ten years the Egyptian economy has undergone a major transformation which has led to greater decentralisation and international competition. This transformation, along with changing circumstances in the surrounding Arab areas and the end of...

A work of history, culture, politics, economics, packed with period photographs and period insights.Book InformationISBN 9781138108271Author Percy Falcke MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

This critical analysis investigates the causes that brought about one of the most tumultuous periods in modern Egyptian history - the clashes between the Muslims and Copts during the 1970s. A unique retrospective, it features probing interviews with...

Boasting more than 970 alphabetically-arranged entries, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture surveys British cultural practices and icons in the latter half of the twentieth century. It examines high and popular culture and encompasses both...