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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Abu Abdalla Ibn Battuta (1304-1354) was one of the greatest travelers of pre-modern times. He traveled to Black Africa twice. He reported about the wealthy, multi-cultural trading centers at the African East coast, such as Mombasa and Kilwa, and the warm hospitality he experienced in Mogadishu. He also visited the court of Mansa Musa and neighboring states during its period of prosperity from mining and the Trans-Saharan trade. He wrote disapprovingly of sexual integration in families and of hostility towards the white man. Ibn Battuta's description is a unique document of the high culture, pride, and independence of Black African states in the fourteenth century. This book is one of the most important documents about Black Africa written by a non-European medieval historian.…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. This work demonstrates that the notion of "jihad" ("Holy War") is very much alive in the Islamic world, and plays a prominent political role. It shows how Islamicists emphasize jihad as a crusade against drugs and other societal scourges. Six translated Islamic texts are presented.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This work demonstrates that the notion of "jihad" ("Holy War") is very much alive in the Islamic world, and plays a prominent political role. It shows how Islamicists emphasize jihad as a crusade against drugs and other societal scourges. Six translated Islamic texts are presented.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Arabic Islamic thought allowed the development of autonomous norms of beauty that were independent of moral or religious criteria. The artistic work was viewed separately from the divine scheme and was free of metaphysical associations.Beauty, however, had a significant place in religious thought. The Arab-Muslim tradition views the beauty of the universe, emphasized in the Koran, and the literary superiority of the Koranic text itself as compelling evidence for the divine hand. Under the influence of Greek thought, philosophers, sufis, and theologians dealt with the beauty-love relationship as the basic factor in the motion of the universe. Sufi worship is based on passion for God's beauty, which is manifest in the human image.Having created a huge empire on the territory of the great ancient civilizations, the Arab conquerors saw themselves as the heirs of these cultures and acted accordingly as great patrons of the arts. The sponsorship of the arts, which bestowed a brilliance on the monarchs, was viewed as beneficial to the image of the Muslim community when facing its Christian antagonists.Poetry, calligraphy, music, architecture, and the decorative arts flourished in this system of sponsorship. It was Muslim orthodoxy itself, based on the Prophet's distance to the poets, that let art go its profane way. Sufi poets adopted the vocabulary of erotic and bacchic poetry to address God, and craftsmen applied the same architectural and decorative idiom to both religious and profane monuments. In music, virtuosity was associated with diabolic rather than divine inspiration. Music, poetry, and wine belonged to the same hedonistic experience.Doris Behrens-Abouseif's book provides a panorama of the concepts of beauty in classical and post-classical Arabic culture through the 15th century, drawing on Arabic texts from philosophy, theology, mysticism, poetry, and literary criticism as well as historiographic sources and tales from the Thousand and One Nights. Behrens-Abouseif elucidates the ways in which beauty was measured by the degree of pleasure it elicited in the recipient, an attitude that anticipates modernity in both East and West.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Haiti's dramatic history, pressing social problems and rich culture make it one of the most fascinating nations in the Americas. This book aims to reflect some of Haiti's extraordinary diversity through the best of writing, both from and about the country. While many journalistic accounts are rapidly overtaken by events, this collection reveals the more deep-rooted reality of the 'magic island' and its people.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Attempts to provide an overview of African history without getting bogged down in details and data. This book offers an account of the African past, its peoples, and their institutions. It is aimed at general readers who seek to gain an understanding of the major trends and developments.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A detailed analysis of Puerto Rican society during the Spanish colonial period, highlighting the roles and responsibilities of women and workers. Rather than celebrating the victors, the author has composed the book from the viewpoint of the colonized, suppressed and exploited.…

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Zustand: Good. 2nd Ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 'Cuentos' is a bilingual anthology of 12 short stories, many of which appeared in the 1960s in the English-language magazine 'The San Juan Review'. Written by six of Puerto Rico's leading writers, the themes vary in time from the 16th century Spanish conquest to the migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Large scratch on the rear wrap which also affects many pages in the bibliography and all of the index, light edge wear and soiling. Some faint pencil marks in the margins. Reading copy.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. The earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in Arabic Mission to the Volga is a pioneering text of peerless historical and literary value. In its pages, we move north on a diplomatic mission from Baghdad to the upper reaches of the Volga River in what is now central Russia. In this colorful documentary from the tenth century, the enigmatic Ibn Fadlan relates his experiences as part of an embassy sent by Caliph al-Muqtadir to deliver political and religious instruction to the recently-converted King of the Bulghars. During eleven months of grueling travel, Ibn Fadlan records the marvels he witnesses on his journey, including an aurora borealis and the white nights of the North. Crucially, he offers a description of the Viking Rus, including their customs, clothing, body painting, and a striking account of a ship funeral. Together, these anecdotes illuminate a vibrant world of diversity during the heyday of the Abbasid Empire, narrated with as much curiosity and zeal as they were perceived by its observant beholder. An English-only edition.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Osterhammel (History, U. of Constance) argues that the global mercantile expansion of the European powers of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries bears a marked resemblance to the political imperialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Further, although there are some differences in scope and timing, the colonizers had similar aims and experiences. Instead, Osterhammel finds more significant the intentions and goals of the individual colonies, which he groups into those that were exploited for raw materials, land and labor, those that served for settlement, and those that served as military installations. He finds each type has distinctive features, such as ethno-cultural demarcation, and clear differences in economic management and administration, which lead to very different outcomes as colonies gained independence. Osterhammel provides a new bibliography for this edition.…

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softcover. Zustand: Fine copy. reprint. 8vo, 235 pp.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. 3rd Printing. 154 pages. Illustrated. Civil War Memoirs.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. The book is in good condition with a sturdy hardcover binding. The dust jacket shows some wear, including minor edge tears, but remains intact. The pages are clean and free from inscriptions or library markings, maintaining the book's integrity for collectors and readers alike. Good, with some wear and minor edge tears First Markus Wiener Publishing edition 1986.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Second. Covers are lightly worn with bumping at corners and spine edge; a few pages have been previously dog-earred. ; Translated by Shmuel Moreh; Introduction by Robert L. Tignor. ; 6 x 9"; 186 pages.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. First edition thus. Octavo, glossy paper covers, xxxviii, 263 pp. Introduction by Leon Botstein. Translations by Botstein and others.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. . . . . 3rd printing. 8vo, paperback. Good condition. "Complimentary Desk Copy" written inside cover. Sparse underline on just 10 pgs., remainder bright & clean, binding tight; covers glossy. vii, 244 p.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. 154 clean, unmarked pages, "Born a slave, Susie King Taylor gained her freedom during the Civil War and joined a northern regiment in South Carolina to work as a laundress, teamster, teacher, and nurse. b/w Illus (illustrator).

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo in dust jacket, frontispiece photos, vi, 159 pp., notes and variants Translations by various hands. With a new introduction by Elizabeth Petuchowski. Max Liebermann (illustrator).

Paperback. xvii, 268p., paperbound in 9x6 inch glossy wraps, a clean sound very good copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A unique historical perspective on the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople and the Balkans.