Author: Charles Philip Issawi
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publisher
Keywords: middle, east, princeton, series, essays, recovery, economy, decline, selected
Number of Pages: 239
Published: 1995-06-01
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ISBN-10: 1558761039
ISBN-13: 9781558761032

A selection of essays focusing on the main reasons for the economic decline in the Middle East. It discusses climate, geography and religion, with particular emphasis on the military elite, whose contempt for artisans and merchants thwarted positive economic initiatives.

Author: Sigrid Faath
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publisher
Keywords: world, islamic, americanism, anti
Number of Pages: 305
Published: 2006-07-01
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ISBN-10: 155876397X
ISBN-13: 9781558763975

Anti-Americanism is a far from homogenous phenomenon, even in the Islamic world, where the press would sometimes want to convince us that a near-unanimous hostility to the United States exists. This book, by dint of on-the-ground research into Muslim views of the ‘Great Satan’, shows that far more sophisticated explanations are called for. Traditional respect for America’s role in the world remains strong in several countries, while in others deep antagonism remains. The key determinant of the latter is US foreign policy.The contributions to this book range widely over the underlying causes

Author: Adb Al-rahman Jabarti
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publisher
Keywords: egypt, history, jabarti
Number of Pages: 357
Published: 2009-01-31
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ISBN-10: 155876447X
ISBN-13: 9781558764477

The multi-volume chronicle of the Cairo scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754-1825), known in Arabic as cAja-’ib al-atha-r fi- al-tara-jim wa-al-akhba-r, which translates roughly as The Most Wondrous Achievements: Biographies and Reports of Events, is the single most important primary source for the history of Egypt over nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule (1517-1882). This text, compiled by editor Jane Hathaway to appeal to the general reader as well as scholars of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, is a collection of excerpts from al-Jabarti’s history, providing a multifaceted over

Author: Frank Moya Po
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publisher
Keywords: history, national, republic, dominican
Number of Pages: 543
Published: 1998-05-01
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1558761926
ISBN-13: 9781558761926

Frank Moya Pons is the best-known contemporary Dominican historian. The author of many books and articles, he is a recognized scholar both at home and abroad. This book is based on his well-known Manual de historia dominicana (1992), now in its tenth edition and considered a basic text in Dominican historiography. But his new book is more than a simple translation of the old classic; it is a revised and expanded edition, with new sections, detailed historical maps, and a comprehensive bibliographic essay. The history of the Island and the Dominican Republic from 1492 to 1990 by " the best-know

Authors:Steven Adams, Michael Adas, Kevin Reilly,
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publisher
Keywords: lists, american, colleges, universities, reading, outlines, selected, course, history, world
Number of Pages: 231
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1558761365
ISBN-13: 9781558761360

Authors:Judith Bettelheim,  Fernando Ortiz,
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publisher
Keywords: cuban, culture, afro, century, festivals
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1558762442
ISBN-13: 9781558762442

"The essay "The Afro-Cuban Festival ’Day of the Kings"’ by Fernando Ortiz, founder of Afro-Cuban studies, describes how, as in Brazil, Catholic priests and the colonial government as early as 1573 allowed and encouraged the African slaves to celebrate Epiphany, the Festival of the Three Kings...Free people joined in and the dances, music and costumes paraded by the various eyewitnesses demonstrate how early and how immense were the African contributions to what was to become the carnival of the African Diaspora. "Bettelheim’s second essay, The Tumba Francesa and Tajona of San

Author: Maya Roy
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publisher
Keywords: social, club, timba, cubana, vista, buena, music, son, rumba, cuban
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1558762825
ISBN-13: 9781558762824

Native Americans supplied the maracas. African slaves brought drums and ritual music, and Spaniards brought guitars, brass instruments, and clarinets along with European ballroom dancing. The advent of blues and jazz gave new forms to styles of songs, notably feeling songs, which joined the more traditional styles of trova and bolero. Cuban culture represents a convergence of these diverse backgrounds, and the musical heritage presented in this book reflects these traditions as well. In colonial times, African ritual sounds mixed with Catholic liturgies and brass bands of the Spanish military