The Routledge Atlas Of South Asian Affairs

Title : The Routledge Atlas Of South Asian Affairs

 

ISBN : 9780415545136

Author : Robert W. Bradnock

Publisher : THE ROUTLEDGE

Year : 2016

Pages : 319

Language : English

file : pdf

The Routledge Atlas Of South Asian Affairs

South Asia has developed from a group of newly independent post-Colonial states of at most secondary importance to the wider world to its current position as a region of central strategic importance to both global economic development and world peace and stability.

This Atlas highlights the global significance of South Asia in relation to economic, geopolitical and strategic interests. It provides a coherent descriptive and analytical account of the key elements of the complex societies that make up the region and its component countries. Illustrated with more than 100 original maps and offering concise entries on key issues, the book is structured thematically in these sections:

Global Context

Geographical Environments

Historical Evolution of South Asia

Key Issues in modern South Asia

Economy and Security

Designed for use in teaching undergraduate and graduate classes and seminars in geography, history, economics, anthropology, international relations, political science and the environment as well as regional courses on the South Asia, this book is also a comprehensive reference source for libraries and decision makers focusing on South Asia.

The Routledge Atlas Of Jewish History

 

Title : THE ROUTLEDGE ATLAS OF BRITISH HISTORY (eight edition)

ISBN : 9780415558112

Author : Martin Gilbert

Publisher : THE ROUTLEDGE

Year : 2010

Pages : 162

Language : English

file : pdf

The Routledge Atlas Of Jewish History

'An unusual and compelling insight into Jewish history... sheer detail and breadth of scale' BBC History Magazine

This newly revised and updated edition of Martin Gilbert’s Atlas of Jewish History spans over four thousand years of history in 154 maps, presenting a vivid picture of a fascinating people and the trials and tribulations which have haunted their story.

The themes covered include:

• Prejudice and Violence- from the destruction of Jewish independence between 722 and 586 BC to the flight from German persecution in the 1930s. Also covers the incidence of anti-semitic attacks in the Americas and Europe.
• Migrations and Movements- from the entry into the promised land to Jewish migration in the twenty- first century, including new maps on recent emigration to Israel from Europe and worldwide.
• Society, Trade and Culture- from Jewish trade routes between 800 and 900 to the situation of world Jewry in the opening years of the twenty- first century.
• Politics, Government and War- from the Court Jews of the fifteenth century to the founding and growth of the modern State of Israel.

This new edition is also updated to include maps showing Jewish museums in the United States and Canada, and Europe, as well as American conservation efforts abroad. Other topics covered in this revised edition include Jewish educational outreach projects in various parts of the world, and Jews living under Muslim rule. Forty years on from its first publication, this book is still an indispensible guide to Jewish history.

THE ROUTLEDGE ATLAS OF BRITISH HISTORY

Title : THE ROUTLEDGE ATLAS OF BRITISH HISTORY

ISBN : 9780415608763

Author : Martin Gilbert

Publisher : THE ROUTLEDGE

Year : 2011

Pages : 212

Language : English

file : pdf

THE ROUTLEDGE ATLAS OF BRITISH HISTORY

The evolving story of the British Isles forms the central theme of this fascinating and compelling atlas, which covers England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales – and the expansion and gradual disintegration of Britain’s overseas empire. This new edition includes:

• Politics – from the Saxon kingdoms and the collapse of England’s French Empire to the Tudors and Stuarts, the English Civil War, the Restoration, Parliamentary Reform, the Commonwealth and Europe, the European Union and the Coalition Government formed in 2010

• War and conflict – from Viking attacks and the Norman Invasion to the Armada, two World Wars and the end of empire, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, British forces overseas, terror at home and the wars in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq

• Trade and industry – from the post-Norman economy and Tudor trade to industrial unrest and the opening of international trade routes, imports and exports, arms sales and British humanitarian aid overseas

• Religion – from the Saxon Church to the Reformation and the multi-cultural Britain of modern times

• Society and economics – from civilian life in Roman Britain to the Industrial and Agricultural revolutions, the General Strike and the growth of universities, unemployment, homelessness, charitable activities and government expenditure

• Immigration – the growth of immigrant communities, the wide range of countries from which immigrants came, citizenship applications and citizenship granted.

Sir Martin Gilbert is Winston Churchill’s official biographer, and one of Britain’s leading historians, having written eighty-two books in total. He is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a Distinguished Fellow of Hillsdale College, Michigan. He has also most recently served on the committee of the Iraq Inquiry set up by the British Government.

Philip's Atlas Of World History (Concise Edition, 2007)

Philip's Atlas Of World History

Title: Philip's Atlas Of World History (Concise Edition, 2007) | ISBN : 0-540-8867-6 | General Editor: Patrick K. O’Brien | Publisher: Philip's an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group | Year: 1st edition (May 1, 2002) | ISBN-13 : 978-0-540-08867-6 | Pages: 312 | Language : English | file: pdf

Philip's Atlas Of World History (Concise Edition, 2007)

Philip's Atlas of World History presents the entire story of civilization, from man's earliest beginnings to the latest political developments of the twentieth century.

It is specially designed to help the reader visualize the great historical themes and turning points of the past by combining more than 400 color maps, which graphically depict the scope of these events, with over 200,000 words of text to explain key historical themes and contexts.

It also contains a 20-page gazetteer of historical places, biographies of important figures, and a 22-page time chart.

Ideal for home, secondary school and college use. This atlas gives a fascinating, accessible and truly global, picture of events and their impact on the world we live in today

Having already written a lushly illustrated overview of the beliefs and practices of the world's religions (World Religions, also from DK), Bowker turns his attention to God and produces a book chock-full of facts, stories, legends and illustrations about the ways that religious traditions have developed their beliefs in God. Bowker first examines the ideas of Nietzsche, Feuerbach, Freud and others to demonstrate that all individuals and societies grapple with the meaning of God. In roughly chronological order, Bowker surveys the history of belief in God in animistic religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He explores various aspects of this belief, such as the meaning of dharma, the concept of wisdom and the nature of pilgrimage. Yet Bowker's book contains numerous problems. First, he never explains what he means by God. Is God the same as the Sacred or the Divine? Without a clearer explanation, many of the religions that he examines—Buddhism, for example—cannot be said to have a God. Second, does God indeed have a history? That implies that God would have had a beginning and will have an end, which runs counter to the notion that God is eternal and ahistorical. Third, because he does not provide a clear definition of God, Bowker levels the differences among the world's religions so that it appears that the God of Judaism is the same as the God of Hinduism. At best, Bowker provides a superficial overview of the history of belief in God for the "religion lite" crowd.