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From the Battlefield of Books: Essays Celebrating 50 Years of the Taylor-Sche…
This collection of essays celebrates 50 years since the founding of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University Library. Three generations of scholars contributed their research and memories from their time at the GRU, stretching back to 1974. Their work comprises 18 articles on medieval Jewish History, Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts, archival history, and the story of the…
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- 978-90-04-71233-1
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- xiv, 303
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- Études sur le judaïsme médiéval, Volume: 99/16
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From Small Places : Toward the Realization of Literacy as a Human Right
From Small Places: Toward the Realization of Literacy as a Human Right brings together history, theory, research, and practices that can lead to the realization of this right, both in itself, and as a means of achieving other rights. The premise of this book is that this right begins early in life within small places across the world. This idea originates from the words of Eleanor Roosevelt, C…
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- 978-94-6300-136-6
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- 258 pp.
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Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 12 (2005-2006)
The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. This is the first publication of its kind edited by a team of leading international law scholars from across Asia. The Asian Yearbook of International Law provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law, and…
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- Volume: 12
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- 978-90-47-42390-4
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Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 11 (2003-2004)
The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. This is a special publication of its kind edited by a team of leading international law scholars from across Asia. The Asian Yearbook of International Law provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law, and…
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- Volume: 11
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- 978-90-47-41830-6
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Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 10 (2001-2002)
The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. This is a special publication of its kind edited by a team of leading international law scholars from across Asia. The Asian Yearbook of International Law provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law, and…
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- Volume: 10
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- 978-90-47-40825-3
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Carolingian Medical Knowledge and Practice, c.775-900: New Approaches to Reci…
Carolingian Medical Knowledge and Practice explores the practicality and applicability of the medical recipes recorded in early medieval manuscripts. It takes an original, dual approach to these overlooked and understudied texts by not only analysing their practical usability, but by also re-evaluating these writings in the light of osteological evidence. Could those individuals with access to …
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- Volume: 14
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- 978-90-04-46617-3
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Cars, Conduits, and Kampongs: The Modernization of the Indonesian City, 1920-…
Cars, Conduits and Kampongs offers a wide panorama of the modernization of the cities in Indonesia between 1920 and 1960. The contributions present a case for asserting that Indonesian cities were not merely the backdrop to processes of modernization and rising nationalism, but formed a causal factor. Modernization, urbanization, and decolonization were intrinsically linked. The various chapter…
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- Volume: 295
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- 978-90-04-28072-4
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Casuistry and Early Modern Spanish Literature
Casuistry and Early Modern Spanish Literature examines a neglected yet crucial field: the importance of casuistical thought and discourse in the development of literary genres in early modern Spain. Faced with the momentous changes wrought by discovery, empire, religious schism, expanding print culture, consolidation of legal codes and social transformation, writers sought innovation within exi…
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- Volume: 66
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- 978-90-04-50682-4
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Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Othe…
From as early as the 1600s, Dutch scholars and scholarship have displayed a keen interest in the studies of the Islamic world. Over the centuries, they have collected a wealth of source texts in various languages, Turkish texts being prominent among them. The present catalogue is the fourth and final volume in a series that covers the Turkish manuscripts preserved in public libraries and museu…
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- Volume: 3
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- 978-90-04-22191-8
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Censorship of Literature in Austria, 1751-1848
The influence of censorship on the intellectual and political life in the Habsburg Monarchy during the period under scrutiny can hardly be overstated. This study examines the institutional foundations, operating principles, and results of the censorial activity through analysis of the prohibition lists and examination of the censors themselves. The effects of censorship on the authors, publishe…
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- 978-90-04-51928-2
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