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“robert l tignor”

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  • Egypt

    A Short History

    by Robert L. Tignor ...
    A sweeping and colorful account of Egypt’s 5000-year historyThis is a sweeping, colorful, and concise narrative history of Egypt from the beginning of human settlement in the Nile River valley 5000 years ago to the present day. Accessible, authoritative, and richly illustrated, this is an ideal introduction and guide to Egypt's long, brilliant, and complex history for general readers, tourists, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics

    by Robert L. Tignor ...
    Series series
    W. Arthur Lewis was one of the foremost intellectuals, economists, and political activists of the twentieth century. In this book, the first intellectual biography of Lewis, Robert Tignor traces Lewis's life from its beginnings on the small island of St. Lucia to Lewis's arrival at Princeton University in the early 1960s. A chronicle of Lewis's unfailing efforts to promote racial justice and ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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  • Breaking the Mirror of Heaven

    The Conspiracy to Suppress the Voice of Ancient Egypt

    by Robert Bauval, Ahmed Osman ...
    Exposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to the present day• Details the vandalism of Egyptian antiquities and suppression of ancient knowledge under foreign rulers who sought to cleanse Egypt of its “pagan” past• Reveals the real reason behind Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt: Freemasonry• Shows how the censorship of nonofficial Egyptology as ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Tutankhamen: and the discovery of his tomb by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter (1923)

    by Sir Grafton Elliot Smith ...
    Never before in the history of archaeological inquiry has any event excited such immediate and world-wide interest as Mr Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in November 1922. Very little is known as yet of the king himself, but twelve months hence no doubt his mummy will give up its secrets and perhaps the story of his life will be revealed. But at the moment he is supposed to have ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 3, Illustrated

    by G. Maspero ...
    The thirteen-book series includes over 1200 illustrations. This volume covers: Ancient Chaldea, The Temples and the Gods of Chaldea, and Chaldean Civilization. According to Wikipedia: "Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (June 23, 1846 June 30, 1916) was a French Egyptologist... Among his best-known publications are the large Histoire ancienne des peuples de l'Orient classique (3 vols., Paris, 1895 ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gods in the Desert

    Religions of the Ancient Near East

    by Glenn S. Holland ...
    Gods in the Desert explores the fascinating religious cultures of the ancient Near East. From the mysterious pyramids, tombs, and temples of Egypt to the powerful heroes, gods, and legends of Mesopotamia, Glenn Holland guides readers through the early religions that are the root of many of today's major faiths.Holland compares the religions of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Syria-Palestine, ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Life, Death, and Community in Cairo's City of the Dead

    by Hassan Ansah ...
    THE CITY OF THE DEAD is a mysterious area of Cairo that many Egyptians are aware of but not intimately connected too. This book provides a historical evolution of a residential cemetery more than four centuries old. Beneath a modern multilane highway lies a vast intricately connected ancient necropolis that stretches over three kilometres.The primary focus of the book is to analyze, understand, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Bazaar in the Islamic City

    Design, Culture, and History

    Edited by Mohammad Gharipour ...
    The Middle Eastern bazaar is much more than a context for commerce: the studies in this book illustrate that markets, regardless of their location, scale, and permanency, have also played important cultural roles within their societies, reflecting historical evolution, industrial development, social and political conditions, urban morphology, and architectural functions. This interdisciplinary ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Female Homosexuality in the Middle East

    Histories and Representations

    by Samar Habib ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and Society
    This book, the first full-length study of its kind, dares to probe the biggest taboo in contemporary Arab culture with scholarly intent and integrity - female homosexuality.Habib argues that female homosexuality has a long history in Arabic literature and scholarship, beginning in the ninth century, and she traces the destruction of Medieval discourses on female homosexuality and the replacement ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Morbid Symptoms

    Relapse in the Arab Uprising

    by Gilbert Achcar ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
    Since the first wave of uprisings in 2011, the euphoria of the "Arab Spring" has given way to the gloom of backlash and a descent into mayhem and war. The revolution has been overwhelmed by clashes between rival counter-revolutionary forces: resilient old regimes on the one hand and Islamic fundamentalist contenders on the other.In this eagerly awaited book, foremost Arab world and international ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Once Upon A Revolution

    An Egyptian Story

    by Thanassis Cambanis ...
    Award-winning journalist Thanassis Cambanis tells the “wonderfully readable and insightful” (Booklist, starred review) inside story of the 2011 Egyptian revolution.Cambanis brings to life the noble dreamers who brought Egypt to the brink of freedom, and the dark powerful forces that—for the time being—stopped them short. But he also tells a universal story of inspirational people willing to ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Workers and Thieves

    Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt

    by Joel Beinin ...
    Since the 1990s, the Middle East has experienced an upsurge of wildcat strikes, sit-ins, and workers' demonstrations. Well before people gathered in Tahrir Square to demand the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, workers had formed one of the largest oppositional movements to authoritarian rule in Egypt. In Tunisia, years prior to the 2011 Arab uprisings, the unemployed chanted in protest, "A job is a right, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD