A new youth culture is underway in the Modern Middle East. This culture is based on a concept of youth from the late 1800s, a concept which playe…

Widely regarded as the most haunting image we have of the Holocaust, the photo of a young boy with his hands up being driven from the Warsaw ghetto ha…

As the 20th century drew to a close, the trend to globalisation became the focus of vigorous debate across the economic and political spectrum. It fas…

This is a book of stories about sports persons: sports stars, less-known athletes and relatively unknown physical education teachers and sports scient…

From 1725 until his death in 1741, Vitus Bering commanded two of the most ambitious journeys of exploration in the 18th century. Each required years o…

During the latest 100 years many legal historians have contributed to an elucidation of 'legal reception', i.e., receipt and adoption of foreign law,…

This volume elucidates the dramatic changes taking place in Middle Eastern cities during the first half of the 20th century. During this period radica…

Grundtvig's viewpoint on human nature and human society, on the relationship between national and international community, on the inner dynamic which…

P.O. Brøndsted (1780-1842) was the father of classical archaeology in Denmark, and his writings won great acclaim all over Europe. He travelled in Gre…

This survey by scholars, experts and politicians with knowledge of, and influence in, the Caucasus region reflects its many conflicting ethnic groups…

The Islamic term "fatwa" became known in the West after Ayatollah Khomeini's death sentence in 1989 on Salman Rushdie, the author of Satanic Verses. M…

This splendid volume provides an interdisciplinary overview of the Middle East from age-old enmities to discussions of current political concerns. In…