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Book Cover for: Late Ottoman Origins of Modern Islamic Thought: Turkish and Egyptian Thinkers on the Disruption of Islamic Knowledge, Andrew Hammond

Late Ottoman Origins of Modern Islamic Thought: Turkish and Egyptian Thinkers on the Disruption of Islamic Knowledge

Andrew Hammond
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

‘Modern Islamic Thought Through a Different Lens: Bringing the Late Ottomans Into the Story', a new blog by @Hammonda1 author of LATE OTTOMAN ORIGINS OF MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT ☑️ https://t.co/YfWxVJ5Qxk #MiddleEasthistory #MiddleEast

Hardcover, 2022

$99.99$74.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Buried in the Red Dirt, Frances S. Hasso

Buried in the Red Dirt

Frances S. Hasso
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

Congrats to @nasawiyya whose book Buried in the Red Dirt: Race, Reproduction, and Death in Modern Palestine is winner of the 2023 ISA-IDSS Book Award! ☑️ https://t.co/LX5NgtvV8W https://t.co/fAym6ZWVKn

Paperback, 2024

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Monitoring American Federalism: The History of State Legislative Resistance, Christian G. Fritz

Monitoring American Federalism: The History of State Legislative Resistance

Christian G. Fritz
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

The History of State Interposition Shows Federalism is a Deliberative Process, not a Set of Rules', a new blog by Christian G. Fritz, author of MONITORING AMERICAN FEDERALISM ☑️ https://t.co/d0mdFxA1jT #americanhistory #ushistory #earlyrepublic

Hardcover, 2023

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman, Jeremy Adelman

Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman

Jeremy Adelman
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

“Carl Nightingale will change how you think about where we come from, the places we live in, and the resources we consume from this planet and its sun.” - Jeremy Adelman, author of Worldly Philosopher. Use code ECN20 for 20% off your copy today! https://t.co/2CLnLVJOWm https://t.co/4XlB59dRQp

Paperback, 2014

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement, G. C. Peden

Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement

G. C. Peden
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

Churchill, Chamberlain and Appeasement by G. C. Peden The first study to compare Churchill and Chamberlain systematically in relation to appeasement and defence policy in the 1930s. ☑️ https://t.co/eqI75dpOuV #britishhistory #20thcentury https://t.co/sQfHkVSwpD

Hardcover, 2023

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks

Early Modern Europe, 1450-1789

Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

Out now! Wiesner-Hanks's Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789 3rd ed | Thoroughly updated edition of a best-selling, acclaimed book, placing early modern European history in a global and environmental context. Find out more: https://t.co/5NtrYE7Od3 #europeanhistory https://t.co/Jy7saR1fEz

Paperback, 2022

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Israel, Colin Shindler

Israel

Colin Shindler
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

Out now! Colin Shindler's Israel: A History in 100 Cartoons. Read a free chapter here: ☑️ https://t.co/PRBfOoxw0u 20% discount available for a limited time: ☑️ https://t.co/D01NqXkk3y #israelihistory #jewishstudies https://t.co/U6NE1Taj9N

Hardcover, 2023

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Courtly Mediators: Transcultural Objects Between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic World, Leah R. Clark

Courtly Mediators: Transcultural Objects Between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic World

Leah R. Clark
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

Courtly Mediators by Leah R. Clark @DrLeahRClark Courtly Mediators examines Italian Renaissance collecting practices from the perspective of trade, diplomacy, and global encounters. ☑️ https://t.co/cNHQzvD8tL #rentwitter https://t.co/EHpVmSWK4g

Hardcover, 2023

$130.00$105.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Running from Bondage, Karen Cook Bell

Running from Bondage

Karen Cook Bell
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

'Running from Bondage', written by award-winning author and historian Karen Cook Bell, tells the compelling stories of enslaved women who escaped or tried to escape from slavery during the eighteenth century. Now available in paperback! Available at: https://t.co/leLN4TRnMq https://t.co/J0zSGyfezp

Paperback, 2023

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age, Ian Milligan

The Transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age

Ian Milligan
History at CambridgeHistory at Cambridge

Don’t miss your chance to read new Cambridge Element The Transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age by Ian Milligan! Free access available. #cambridgeelements #history https://t.co/UiJ6fTNrky https://t.co/IeIWnAEbG5

Paperback, 2022

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book