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1. Treasure Trove: Dream and Metaphor -- 2. 'That Dark Permanence of Ancient Forms' -- 3. Treasure Trove in Early Victorian Ireland and Scotland -- 4. Conversaziones -- 5. Of Angels and Half-Angels -- 6. The View from the Gloriette I -- 7. The View from the Gloriette II -- 8. The Royal Rummager of Dustbins: Scotland, 1859-2003 -- 9. 'Archaeological Objects': Ireland, 1860-2014; Northern Ireland, 1921-97 -- 10. 'Finding is the First Act'.

Herodotus, who has been rightly called the Father of Western history, tells us in the first sentence of the Persian Wars that the purpose of his enterprise is to preserve that which owes its existence to men (ta genomena ex anthrôpôn), lest it be obliterated by time, and to bestow upon the glorious, wondrous deeds of Greeks and Barbarians sufficient praise to assure their remembrance by posterity and thus make their glory shine through the centuries.

As a country's current development is path dependent, the rise of China and its strategic implications can only be understood in a historical context. Hence, the key to understanding contemporary China is the understanding of its past. So far there has been an absence of a comprehensive text dealing with Chinese economic history in the English language. An Economic History of Modern China fills this important gap, focusing on modern Chinese economic growth and comprehensively surveying the patterns of China's growth experience over the past 200 years, from the Opium wars to the present day. Key events are traced back to their foundations in history to explain their impact on China's modern economic growth

"Dirk Vandewalle is one of only a handful of scholars who have made frequent visits to Libya over the last four decades. His formidable knowledge of the region is encapsulated in his history of Libya which was first published in 2006. The history traces Libya back to the 1900s with a portrait of Libya's desert terrain, its peoples and the personalities that shaped it development. It then examines the harrowing years of the Italian occupation in the early twentieth century, through the Sanusi monarchy and, thereafter, to the revolution of 1969 and the accession of Qadhafi. The following chapters analyse the economics and politics of Qadhafi's revolution, offering insights into the man and his ideology as reflected in his Green Book. Now in 2011, as Qadhafi fights for his political life in a savage war against his rebel countrymen, the time is ripe for an updated edition of the history which will cover the years from 2003 to the present. This was the period when Libya finally came in from the cold after years of political and economic isolation. The agreement to give up the weapons of mass destruction program paved the way for improved relations with the west. By this time, though, Qadhafi had lost the support of his people and, despite attempts to liberalize the economy, real structural reform proved impossible. This, as Vandewalle contends in the foreward to the new edition, coupled with tribal rivalries, regional division and a general lack of unity, paved the way for revolution and civil war. In an epilogue, the author reflects upon Qadhafi's premiership, the Green Book's stateless society and the legacy that he will leave behind him"--

Oman and the Al Bu Said -- Oman, Zanzibar and empire -- Oman in the age of British ascendancy and the Arab Nahda -- The sultanate as nation, 1932-1959 -- Dhofar -- Oil, government and security, 1955-1980 -- Shura, diplomacy and economic liberalisation, 1980-2000 -- Oman in the twenty-first century

From 1980 until Dr. Bidwell's death in 1994, much of his time was taken up with the writing and compilation of this encyclopaedic work which represents, in the true sense of the word, a unique account of the Arab world from 1798 and a readable assessment of all its aspects. Whereas the classical period is covered in many publications, notably "The Encyclopaedia of Islam", the reader look up assessments and accounts of 14 presidents of modern Syria; all prime ministers of Egypt; the definition and effect of "Resolution 242"; the Istiqlal Party; the Rogers Plan; Saddam Hussein; Dair Yassin; the

Burma under colonial rule -- The colonial centre -- Self-government without independence, 1937-1947 -- The democratic experiment, 1948-1958 -- Dress rehearsals, 1958-1962 -- The revolutionary council -- The BSPP years -- Toward democracy, 1988-1990 -- Perpetual delay, 1990 to the present

Eva Bischoff s Imperialism in Modern German History is the first comprehensive, English-language exploration of the history of German imperialism. It follows German colonial aspirations from their imaginary beginnings in the 1880s through to the plans of the Nazi regime to create a territorial empire in Eastern Europe and the lingering colonial legacies of postcolonial Germany in the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition, the volume introduces its readers to key aspects of research debates centring on class, race, sexuality and Nazism that shape the way historians see German imperialism today.Examining Germany s past from a transnational and global perspective, this is a vital text for all students of modern German history and the history of European empires

Book review: Renat Bekkin, Almira Tagirdzhanova. Muslim Petersburg. Historical guide-book. The life of Muslims in St. Petersburg and its suburbs. - Moscow, St. Petersburg: Institute for African Studies, 2016. - 640p.

Cover; A DARK HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preliminary Matters; 1 Fissures in the History of Modern Philosophy; Prelude: On Anteriority; 2 Spinoza's Abysmal Rationalism; Intermezzo: On the Putative History of German Idealism; 3 Unruly Greek Schelling; Coda: Nietz sche as Crux; Bibliography; Index