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The Steppe and the Sea
Pearls in the Mongol Empire
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
In 1221, in what we now call Turkmenistan, a captive held by Mongol soldiers confessed that she had swallowed her pearls in order to safeguard them. She was immediately executed and eviscerated. On finding several pearls, Chinggis Qan (Genghis Khan) ordered that they cut open every slain person on...
Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz
Men, Women, and Everyday Religious Observance
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
In the urban communities of medieval Germany and northern France, the beliefs, observances, and practices of Jews allowed them to create and define their communities on their own terms as well as in relation to the surrounding Christian society. Although medieval Jewish texts were written by a learned...
by Marc Sageman
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
On July 7, 2005, at the end of the morning rush hour, three near-simultaneous explosions tore apart the London Underground. Within an hour, the entire subway network was evacuated, and a fourth explosion in a bus underscored that this was a terrorist operation. The bombings shattered the British counterterrorism...
by Maximianus, A. M. Juster
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Not much can be known about the life of Maximianus, who has been called "the last of the Roman poets," beyond what can be inferred from his poetry. He was most likely a native of Tuscany, probably lived until the middle of the sixth century, and, at an advanced age, went as a diplomat to...
Masking Terror
How Women Contain Violence in Southern Sri Lanka
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
In Sri Lanka, staggering numbers of young men were killed fighting in the armed forces against Tamil separatists. The war became one of attrition—year after year waves of young foot soldiers were sent to almost certain death in a war so bloody that the very names of the most famous battle scenes...
Human Rights Under African Constitutions
Realizing the Promise for Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Some of the most massive and persistent violations of human rights occur in African nations. In Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves, scholars from a wide range of fields present a sober, systematic assessment of the prospects for legal protection of human...
Unmaking the Global Sweatshop
Health and Safety of the World's Garment Workers
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
The 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza, an eight-story garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh, killed over a thousand workers and injured hundreds more. This disaster exposed the brutal labor conditions of the global garment industry and revealed its failures as a competitive and self-regulating industry....
On the Move for Love
Migrant Entertainers and the U.S. Military in South Korea
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Since the Korean War, gijichon—U.S. military camp towns—have been fixtures in South Korea. The most popular entertainment venues in gijichon are clubs, attracting military clientele with duty-free alcohol, music, shows, and women entertainers. In the 1990s, South Korea's rapid economic advancement,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Human rights are increasingly described as being in crisis. But are human rights really on the verge of disappearing? Human Rights Transformation in Practice argues that it is certainly the case that human rights organizations in many parts of the world are under threat, but that the ideals of justice,...
by Antonius C. G. M. Robben
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
For decades, Argentina's population was subject to human rights violations ranging from the merely disruptive to the abominable. Violence pervaded Argentine social and cultural life in the repression of protest crowds, a ruthless counterinsurgency campaign, massive numbers of abductions, instances...
From Dictatorship to Democracy
An Insider's Account of the Iraqi Opposition to Saddam
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title
Today, Hamid al-Bayati serves as Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations. But for many years he lived in exile in London, where he worked with other opponents of Saddam Hussein's regime to make a democratic and pluralistic Iraq a reality....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology addresses the global issue of equal access to information and communications technology (ICT) by persons with disabilities. The right to access the same digital content at the same time and at the same cost as people without disabilities is implicit...
by Tricia Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
Terrorist groups with a shared enemy or ideology have ample reason to work together, even if they are primarily pursuing different causes. Although partnering with another terrorist organization has the potential to bolster operational effectiveness, efficiency, and prestige, international alliances...
Along the Hudson and Mohawk
The 1790 Journey of Count Paolo Andreani
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
In the summer of 1790 the Italian explorer Count Paolo Andreani embarked on a journey that would take him through New York State and eastern Iroquoia. Traveling along the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, Andreani kept a meticulous record of his observations and experiences in the New World. Published complete...