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Azan on the Moon

Entangling Modernity along Tajikistan's Pamir Highway

by Till Mostowlansky ...

Series Book 26 - Central Eurasia in Context
Azan on the Moon is an in-depth anthropological study of people's lives along the Pamir Highway in eastern Tajikistan. Constructed in the 1930s in rugged high-altitude terrain, the road fundamentally altered the material and social fabric of this former Soviet outpost on the border with Afghanistan and China. The highway initially brought sentiments of disconnection and hardship, followed by ... Read more

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Azan on the Moon is an in-depth anthropological study of people's lives along the Pamir Highway in eastern Tajikistan. Constructed in the 1930s in rugged high-altitude terrain, the road fundamentally altered the material and social fabric of this former Soviet outpost on the border with Afghanistan and China. The highway initially brought sentiments of disconnection and hardship, followed by
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Xerxes

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"Xerxes" by Jacob Abbott is a captivating historical narrative that delves into the life and reign of the Persian king Xerxes I. Abbott, known for his engaging storytelling, presents a vivid portrayal of Xerxes as a ruler who faced immense challenges during his time. The book explores the political intrigues, military campaigns, and cultural aspects of the Persian Empire, providing readers with a ... Read more

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"Xerxes" by Jacob Abbott is a captivating historical narrative that delves into the life and reign of the Persian king Xerxes I. Abbott, known for his engaging storytelling, presents a vivid portrayal of Xerxes as a ruler who faced immense challenges during his time. The book explores the political intrigues, military campaigns, and cultural aspects of the Persian Empire, providing readers with a
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Tibet

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The Mongols : A History

From Genghis Khan to World Empire - The Rise and Fall of the Mongol Civilization

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"The Mongols: A History" by Jeremiah Curtin is an in-depth exploration of the Mongol Empire and its impact on the world. Curtin, an eminent historian and ethnographer, offers a detailed analysis of the origins, conquests and culture of the Mongols, spanning a period from the 12th to the 14th century. The book is preceded by a preface by Theodore Roosevelt, underlining the historical and cultural ... Read more

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"The Mongols: A History" by Jeremiah Curtin is an in-depth exploration of the Mongol Empire and its impact on the world. Curtin, an eminent historian and ethnographer, offers a detailed analysis of the origins, conquests and culture of the Mongols, spanning a period from the 12th to the 14th century. The book is preceded by a preface by Theodore Roosevelt, underlining the historical and cultural
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War in Korea

The Report of a Woman Combat Correspondent

by Marguerite Higgins ...

Not since Ernie Pyle have the American people taken any reporter to their hearts as they have Marguerite Higgins—the photogenic young war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. This brilliant woman reporter, greatly admired by the fighting men, has dodged bullets with troops on the line, has asked neither favor nor privilege for herself, and has been commended publicly for bravery in ... Read more

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Not since Ernie Pyle have the American people taken any reporter to their hearts as they have Marguerite Higgins—the photogenic young war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. This brilliant woman reporter, greatly admired by the fighting men, has dodged bullets with troops on the line, has asked neither favor nor privilege for herself, and has been commended publicly for bravery in
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The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling

by Alexandra David-Neel ...

King Gesar, renowned throughout Tibet and Central Asia, represents the ideal warrior—the principle of all-victorious confidence. As the central force of sanity, he conquers all his enemies, the evil forces of the four directions, who turn people's minds away from the true teachings of Buddhism. These enemies graphically represent the different manifestations of cowardly mind.As Chögyam Trungpa ... Read more

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King Gesar, renowned throughout Tibet and Central Asia, represents the ideal warrior—the principle of all-victorious confidence. As the central force of sanity, he conquers all his enemies, the evil forces of the four directions, who turn people's minds away from the true teachings of Buddhism. These enemies graphically represent the different manifestations of cowardly mind.As Chögyam Trungpa
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Searching for the Amazons

by John Man ...

Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks.For centuries people believed in their existence and attempted to trace their ... Read more

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Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks.For centuries people believed in their existence and attempted to trace their
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Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia

Performing Politics

by Madeleine Reeves, John Heathershaw, Eva-Marie Dubuisson, Aksana Ismailbekova, Alima Bissenova, Mateusz Laszczkowski, Ildiko Beller-Hann, Sarah Kendzior0, Tommaso Trevisani1, Morgan Yih-Yang Liu2, Cynthia Werner3, Kathleen Purvis-Roberts4 ...

With fresh and provocative insights into the everyday reality of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia, this volume moves beyond commonplaces about strong and weak states to ask critical questions about how democracy, authority, and justice are understood in this important region. In conversation with current theories of state power, the contributions draw on extensive ethnographic research in ... Read more

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With fresh and provocative insights into the everyday reality of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia, this volume moves beyond commonplaces about strong and weak states to ask critical questions about how democracy, authority, and justice are understood in this important region. In conversation with current theories of state power, the contributions draw on extensive ethnographic research in
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A Soldier's Experience or a Voice from the Ranks, Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure

by Timothy Gowing ...

First published in 1896. "A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE RANKS; THE INDIAN MUTINY, AND SOME OF ITS ATROCITIES; THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1863. ALSO SKETCHES OF THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF SIR H. HAVELOCK, K.C.B., AND CAPTAIN HEDLEY VICARS. TOGETHER WITH SOME THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. BY ONE OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS." ... Read more

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First published in 1896. "A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE RANKS; THE INDIAN MUTINY, AND SOME OF ITS ATROCITIES; THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1863. ALSO SKETCHES OF THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF SIR H. HAVELOCK, K.C.B., AND CAPTAIN HEDLEY VICARS. TOGETHER WITH SOME THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. BY ONE OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS."
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Biopolitics, Governmentality and Humanitarianism

'Caring' for the Population in Afghanistan and Belarus

by Volha Piotukh ...

Series series Routledge Critical Security Studies
This book critically analyses the changing role and nature of post-Cold War humanitarianism, using Foucault's theories of biopolitics and governmentality.It offers a compelling and insightful interpretation of the policies and practices associated with ‘new humanitarianism in general, as well as of the dynamics of two specific international assistance efforts: the post-2001 conflict-related ... Read more

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This book critically analyses the changing role and nature of post-Cold War humanitarianism, using Foucault's theories of biopolitics and governmentality.It offers a compelling and insightful interpretation of the policies and practices associated with ‘new humanitarianism in general, as well as of the dynamics of two specific international assistance efforts: the post-2001 conflict-related
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Border Work

Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia

by Madeleine Reeves ...

Series series Culture and Society after Socialism
Drawing on extensive and carefully designed ethnographic fieldwork in the Ferghana Valley region, where the state borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikizstan and Uzbekistan intersect, Madeleine Reeves develops new ways of conceiving the state as a complex of relationships, and of state borders as socially constructed and in a constant state of flux. She explores the processes and relationships through ... Read more

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Drawing on extensive and carefully designed ethnographic fieldwork in the Ferghana Valley region, where the state borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikizstan and Uzbekistan intersect, Madeleine Reeves develops new ways of conceiving the state as a complex of relationships, and of state borders as socially constructed and in a constant state of flux. She explores the processes and relationships through
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Blood Ties and the Native Son

Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan

by Aksana Ismailbekova ...

Series series New Anthropologies of Europe
An anthropologist explores the politics and society of Kyrgyzstan through a study of one influential man's life.A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, Blood Ties and the Native Son tells the story of the rise and fall of a man called Rahim, an influential and powerful patron in rural northern Kyrgyzstan, and of how his relations with clients and kin shaped the ... Read more

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An anthropologist explores the politics and society of Kyrgyzstan through a study of one influential man's life.A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, Blood Ties and the Native Son tells the story of the rise and fall of a man called Rahim, an influential and powerful patron in rural northern Kyrgyzstan, and of how his relations with clients and kin shaped the
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