Brings together eleven essays on Islamic political thought by Bernard Lewis, a scholar in middle eastern studies. This title provides a treatment of fundamental Islamic political terms. It also provide the background that is essential to understanding Islamic civilization, and consequently, the troubled history of its relations with the West.
The relationship between Ivy League schools and the Olympic Games pre-dates the modern Olympic movement. This work guides the reader through the years between the 1896 Athens Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics. During that time, 800-some student-athletes from Ivy League schools competed against the world's best on the premier stage for sport.
A study of the relationship between past and present, and the relation between histories in different levels of generality. One after another Siegfried Kracauer examines various theories of history and exposes their strengths and weaknesses.
Up until 1970 the Jamaican establishment considered ""culture"" to be European. Visiting scholars and artists slowly convinced political and business leaders that Caribbean islands have a culture of their own. This is a revised edition of a study on cultural development in Caribbean society.
The story of 20th-century politics in Trinidad and Tobago. The enquiry begins in 1925 with the colony's first elections for seats in the Legislative Council. It ends in 2001, almost 40 years after independence, with the two major parties in a deadlock for which formal arrangements did not cater.
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