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The crisis of Islamic civilization by Allawi, Ali A., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Tearing the fabric -- The break with the past -- The counter-revolt of Islam -- Disenchanting the world -- The reformations of Islam -- Territory and power -- Where next for the Islamic state? -- The rights of man: the duties of man -- Wealth and poverty -- The decline of creativity -- The last crisis.…”
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The crisis of Islamic civilization by Allawi, Ali A., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Tearing the fabric -- The break with the past -- The counter-revolt of Islam -- Disenchanting the world -- The reformations of Islam -- Territory and power -- Where next for the Islamic state? -- The rights of man: the duties of man -- Wealth and poverty -- The decline of creativity -- The last crisis.…”
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The Future of ISIS : Regional and International Implications /

Table of Contents: “…Wirtz -- Local actors -- Syria and Iraq : ISIS and other local actors in historical context / Kevin Martin -- Islamic State-Khurasan Province / Amin Tarzi -- Joint action : U.S. and regional powers -- International and regional responses : an appraisal / Hussein Banai -- Regional constraints on the U.S. confrontation of ISIS / Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi -- U.S. interests -- ISIS's territorial sanctuary and the risk of complex terrorist attacks in the United States / Risa Brooks -- A state, an insurgency, and a revolution : understanding and defeating the three faces of ISIS / Peter Krause.…”
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The Future of ISIS : Regional and International Implications /

Table of Contents: “…Wirtz -- Local actors -- Syria and Iraq : ISIS and other local actors in historical context / Kevin Martin -- Islamic State-Khurasan Province / Amin Tarzi -- Joint action : U.S. and regional powers -- International and regional responses : an appraisal / Hussein Banai -- Regional constraints on the U.S. confrontation of ISIS / Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi -- U.S. interests -- ISIS's territorial sanctuary and the risk of complex terrorist attacks in the United States / Risa Brooks -- A state, an insurgency, and a revolution : understanding and defeating the three faces of ISIS / Peter Krause.…”
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The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898 / by Searcy, Kim

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The formation of the Sudanese Mahdist state ceremony and symbols of authority : 1882-1898 / by Searcy, Kim

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Militant Jihadism : Today and Tomorrow /

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Militant Jihadism : Today and Tomorrow /

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Remaking Muslim politics pluralism, contestation, democratization /

Table of Contents: “…White -- Dilemmas of reform and democracy in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Bahman Baktiari -- Thwarted politics : the case of Egypt's Hizb al-Wasat / Augustus Richard Norton -- Rewriting divorce in Egypt : reclaiming Islam, legal activism, and coalition politics / Diane Singerman -- Empowering civility through nationalism : reformist Islam and belonging in Saudi Arabia / Gwenn Okruhlik -- An Islamic state is a state run by good Muslims : religion as a way of life and not an ideology in Afghanistan / Thomas Barfield -- Islam and the cultural politics of legitimacy : Malaysia in the aftermath of September 11 / Michael G. …”
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Remaking Muslim politics pluralism, contestation, democratization /

Table of Contents: “…White -- Dilemmas of reform and democracy in the Islamic Republic of Iran / Bahman Baktiari -- Thwarted politics : the case of Egypt's Hizb al-Wasat / Augustus Richard Norton -- Rewriting divorce in Egypt : reclaiming Islam, legal activism, and coalition politics / Diane Singerman -- Empowering civility through nationalism : reformist Islam and belonging in Saudi Arabia / Gwenn Okruhlik -- An Islamic state is a state run by good Muslims : religion as a way of life and not an ideology in Afghanistan / Thomas Barfield -- Islam and the cultural politics of legitimacy : Malaysia in the aftermath of September 11 / Michael G. …”
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Studies on Asia and Africa from Latin America /

Table of Contents: “…Devalle - The rise and consolidation of the Islamic State / Manuel Ruiz Figueroa - Secularist discourse as ethnic ideology: a case from the Arab East / Santiago Quintana Pali - Les offrendes funeraires à Mari: expression rituelle d'un état dimorphe / Jorge Silva Castillo - L'État et la reproduction ethnique en Afrique / Yarisse Zoctizoum - Langues, ethnies et construction nationale en Afrique noire: le cas du Zaïre / Sylvain Carreau.…”
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Studies on Asia and Africa from Latin America /

Table of Contents: “…Devalle - The rise and consolidation of the Islamic State / Manuel Ruiz Figueroa - Secularist discourse as ethnic ideology: a case from the Arab East / Santiago Quintana Pali - Les offrendes funeraires à Mari: expression rituelle d'un état dimorphe / Jorge Silva Castillo - L'État et la reproduction ethnique en Afrique / Yarisse Zoctizoum - Langues, ethnies et construction nationale en Afrique noire: le cas du Zaïre / Sylvain Carreau.…”
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Muslim rap, halal soaps, and revolutionary theater artistic developments in the Muslim world /

Table of Contents: “…Hardcore Muslims: Islamic themes in Turkish rap between diaspora and homeland / Thomas Solomon -- Contesting Islamic concepts of morality: heavy metal in Istanbul / Pierre Hecker -- Iranian popular music in Los Angeles: a transnational public beyond the Islamic state / Farzaneh Hemmasi -- Part 2. Motivations. …”
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Muslim rap, halal soaps, and revolutionary theater artistic developments in the Muslim world /

Table of Contents: “…Hardcore Muslims: Islamic themes in Turkish rap between diaspora and homeland / Thomas Solomon -- Contesting Islamic concepts of morality: heavy metal in Istanbul / Pierre Hecker -- Iranian popular music in Los Angeles: a transnational public beyond the Islamic state / Farzaneh Hemmasi -- Part 2. Motivations. …”
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Contours of the world economy, 1-2030 AD essays in macro-economic history / by Maddison, Angus

Table of Contents: “…69 -- The driving forces that explain the acceleration in western growth since 1820 73 -- Changes in the structure of demand and employment 74 -- The european transformation of the Americas, 1500--1820 88 -- Endnotes 105 -- References 108 -- 3The interaction between Asia and the West, 1500--2003 111 -- European--Asian interaction from 1500 to 1820 112 -- The impact of Asian trade on Europe, 1500--1820 115 -- The impact of Europe on Asia, 1500--1820 116 -- Endnotes 178 -- References 179 -- 4The impact of Islam and Europe on African development: 1--2003AD 183 -- Introduction 183 -- The European impact on North Africa before the seventh century 185 -- The Islamic conquest and its implications 188 -- Egypt as Islamic state 192 -- The Maghreb and the initiation of Trans-Saharan trade in gold and slaves 206 -- The changing character of Moroccan dynasties and their interaction with Europe and Black Africa 209 -- Black Africa and the impact of Islam 214 -- The European encounter with Africa 217 -- Africa from 1820 to 1960 227 -- Post-colonial Africa, 1960 onwards 231 -- Appendix 237 -- Endnotes 239 -- References 240 -- Advances in macro-measurement since 1665 -- 5political arithmeticians and historical demographers: the pioneers of macro-measurement 249 -- William Petty (1623--87) 250 -- John Graunt: the first demographer (1620--74) 256 -- Gregory King (1648--1712) and Charles Davenant (1656--1714) 258 -- Patrick Colquhoun (1745--1820) 282 -- French political arithmetic, 1695--1707 284 -- Macro-measurement in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century 287 -- Bibliography 288 -- 6Modern macro-measurement: how far have we come? …”
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Contours of the world economy, 1-2030 AD essays in macro-economic history / by Maddison, Angus

Table of Contents: “…69 -- The driving forces that explain the acceleration in western growth since 1820 73 -- Changes in the structure of demand and employment 74 -- The european transformation of the Americas, 1500--1820 88 -- Endnotes 105 -- References 108 -- 3The interaction between Asia and the West, 1500--2003 111 -- European--Asian interaction from 1500 to 1820 112 -- The impact of Asian trade on Europe, 1500--1820 115 -- The impact of Europe on Asia, 1500--1820 116 -- Endnotes 178 -- References 179 -- 4The impact of Islam and Europe on African development: 1--2003AD 183 -- Introduction 183 -- The European impact on North Africa before the seventh century 185 -- The Islamic conquest and its implications 188 -- Egypt as Islamic state 192 -- The Maghreb and the initiation of Trans-Saharan trade in gold and slaves 206 -- The changing character of Moroccan dynasties and their interaction with Europe and Black Africa 209 -- Black Africa and the impact of Islam 214 -- The European encounter with Africa 217 -- Africa from 1820 to 1960 227 -- Post-colonial Africa, 1960 onwards 231 -- Appendix 237 -- Endnotes 239 -- References 240 -- Advances in macro-measurement since 1665 -- 5political arithmeticians and historical demographers: the pioneers of macro-measurement 249 -- William Petty (1623--87) 250 -- John Graunt: the first demographer (1620--74) 256 -- Gregory King (1648--1712) and Charles Davenant (1656--1714) 258 -- Patrick Colquhoun (1745--1820) 282 -- French political arithmetic, 1695--1707 284 -- Macro-measurement in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century 287 -- Bibliography 288 -- 6Modern macro-measurement: how far have we come? …”
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