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Religion and the Politics of Identity in Kosovo - Ger Duijzings - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=aJRYkzl5YC4C&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73
Kosovo is a frontier society where two Balkan nations, Albanian and Serb, as well as two religions, Islam and Christianity, clash. This rift has often been perceived as a hard and fast line of division, but the area also has a history of co-existence…
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Palace of the People: The Crystal Palace at Sydenham 1854-1936 - Jan Piggott - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=1W49qPQKJEwC&pg=PA182
This book traces the rise and fall of what became known as 'The People's Palace', the Crystal Palace at Sydenham in South London.
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The Serbian Project and Its Adversaries: A Strategy of War Crimes - James Gow - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=LCAbMi9yeGsC&pg=PA157#v=onepage
"The book is based on extensive research, which contributed to and benefited from the author's work as an expert adviser and expert witness for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, using a variety…
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Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000 - Richard L. Sims - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=0IxTMRmBB50C&pg=PT1&dq=Japanese+Political+History+Since+the+Meiji+Renovation+1868-2000.&ei=dHDrS
Modern Japanese political history has been eventful, as Japan transformed from a decentralized feudal regime into a nation state which seemed to be following a Western pattern of modernisation until the 1930s. This volume explores the changes in the…
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The Struggle for Greece, 1941-1949 - Christopher M. Woodhouse - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=qYAwZFwyYdwC&pg=PA23#v=onepage
"The three-round Communist struggle for Greece began in 1941, against a background of conflicting Communist doctrine, shifting foreign alliances, territorial disputes, and key personality differences. During the German occupation of Greece (1941-1944), the…
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Siam Becomes Thailand: A Story of Intrigue - Judith A. Stowe - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=YTgJ8aRwZkAC&pg=PA251#v=onepage
Since the end of the absolute monarchy in Siam in 1932, the country has seemed to lurch from one military coup to another despite the democratic ideals proclaimed by the men who established the first constitutional government. Just how the military came to…
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Minorities in Greece: Aspects of a Plural Society - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=231XALxmFFsC&pg=PA165ff#v=onepage
Greece has traditionally been one of the most ethnically and religiously homogeneous countries in the Balkans. This book features chapters on inter alia, the Old Calendarists, Catholocs, Evangelicals, Jews, Muslims, Armenians, Vlachs, Slavs and…
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Greece: The Modern Sequel : from 1831 to the Present - Giannēs Koliopoulos, Thanos Veremēs - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=R91oOELLSc4C&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false
This historical essay explores Greece in the 1990s. It seeks to illuminate vital aspects of the Greek phenomenon using themes such as politics, institutions, society, ideology, foreign policy, geography and culture. Founding principles, the inspiration of…
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Communist Terror in Romania: Gheorghiu-Dej and the Police State, 1948-1965 - Dennis Deletant - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=hRn56_qAwiYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0
This is a single-volume history of Romania under Gheorghiu-Dej, the Communist ruler and predecessor of Nicolae Ceausescu. It investigates the Communist's use of terror in their attempt to totally transform Romanian society, including appalling abuses and…
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Reclaiming Al-Andalus - Sardar Ziauddin Et - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=eXz1AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA259&dq=Agust%C3%ADn+Lara+tenor+granada&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI_baM2dLYAhVE0x
Ziauddin Sardar sides with the philosophers of al-Andalus in their struggle with orthodox theologians, Robin Yassin-Kassab goes on a poetic journey, Nazry Bahrawi reveals how the Andalusi philosophers tamed the secular, Gema Martin Munoz is dismayed by the…
