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Inventing obsolescence -- Urban obsolescence -- The promise of obsolescence -- Fixing obsolescence -- Reversing obsolescence -- Sustainability and beyond

Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; PREFACE; Contents; I INTRODUCTION; II THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND ARBITRATION; III BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS EGYPT; IV TREATIES OF GUARANTEE; V THE GUARANTEE TO GREECE BY THE THREE PROTECTING POWERS; VI THE PROBLEM OF SECURITY:; (i) THE GUARANTEE TREATIES 1814/5-1919. A Comparison; (ii) ENGLAND AND THE LOW COUNTRIES; (iii) BRITISH POLICY AND THE GENEVA PROTOCOL FOR THE PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES; VII THE ACQUISITION OF CYPRUS IN 1878; VIII THE BLACK SEA, THE BOSPHORUS AND THE DARDANELLES

Presenting selected histories in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, this work discusses: political and economic issues; marriage practices, motherhood and enslavement; and religious beliefs and spiritual development. Famous women, including Hatshepsut, Hortensia, Aisha, Hildegard of Bingen and Sei Shonangan, are discussed as well as lesser known and anonymous women. Both primary and secondary source readings are included