Author: Mountstuart ElphinstonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and Its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India
Author: Mountstuart ElphinstonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set
Author: Christoph BaumerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1838608680
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1568
Book Description
This set includes all four volumes of the critically acclaimed History of Central Asia series. The epic plains and arid deserts of Central Asia have witnessed some of the greatest migrations, as well as many of the most transformative developments, in the history of civilization. Christoph Baumer's ambitious four-volume treatment of the region charts the 3000-year drama of Scythians and Sarmatians; Soviets and transcontinental Silk Roads; trade routes and the transmission of ideas across the steppes; and the breathless and brutal conquests of Alexander the Great and Chinghiz Khan. Masterfully interweaving the stories of individuals and peoples, the author's engaging prose is richly augmented throughout by colour photographs taken on his own travels. This set includes The Age of the Steppe Warriors (Volume 1), The Age of the Silk Roads (Volume 2), The Age of Islam and the Mongols (Volume 3) and The Age of Decline and Revival (Volume 4)
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: Britain's Imperial Muse
Author: C. HagermanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 113731642X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Britain's Imperial Muse explores the classics' contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India.
Global Indian Diasporas
Author: Gijsbert OonkPublisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9053560351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Global Indian Diasporas discusses the relationship between South Asian emigrants and their homeland, the reproduction of Indian culture abroad, and the role of the Indian state in reconnecting emigrants to India. Focusing on the limits of the diaspora concept, rather than its possibilities, this volume presents new historical and anthropological research on South Asian emigrants worldwide. From a comparative perspective, examples of South Asian emigrants in Suriname, Mauritius, East Africa, Canada, and the United Kingdom are deployed in order to show that in each of these regions there are South Asian emigrants who do not fit into the Indian diaspora concept—raising questions about the effectiveness of the diaspora as an academic and sociological index, and presenting new and controversial insights in diaspora issues.
Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c
Author: Kabul: a History 1773-1948
Author: May SchinasiPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004325328
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Through years of neglect, deliberate modernization, and the effect of decades of war, Kabul’s architectural history has virtually disappeared. By meticulous use of all available records including written works, photographs, films, and oral reminiscences, Kabul: A History 1773-1948 provides a remarkably complete and unsurpassed account of the city’s history as seen through its built environment, from the pleasure gardens of the 16th and 17th century Mughals to the efforts of the Saduza’i and Muhammadza’i rulers of the 18th-20th centuries to turn this one-time resort town into a thriving capital city at the center of a country of enormous diversity. Thoroughly documented and well-illustrated, the book reveals the rich cultural legacy of a city of global importance.
Catalogue of the Free Public Library, Sydney
Author: Free Public Library of New South Wales (SYDNEY)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
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