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Spatial histories of occupation : colonialism, conquest and foreign control i…
This open access book explores how different spatial geographies emerged, adapted or were transformed in various occupied and colonial settings around Asia, showing how the experiences of those living under occupation shaped and was shaped by new interpretations and typologies of ‘space’. With case studies across South, Southeast and East Asia and through a variety of disciplinary perspecti…
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- 4
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781350252622
- Collation
- xii, 264p.
- Series Title
- -
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- 950.4 SPA b
The Pitfalls of Protection : Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan
Since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, violence against women has emerged as the single most important issue for Afghan gender politics. The Pitfalls of Protection, based on research conducted in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2015, locates the struggles over gender violence in local and global power configurations. Torunn Wimpelmann finds that aid flows and geopolitic…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780520966390
- Collation
- xi, 231 p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 305.4095810905 PIT T
Socio-environmental dynamics along the historical silk road
This open access book discusses socio-environmental interactions in the middle to late Holocene, covering specific areas along the ancient Silk Road regions. Over twenty chapters provide insight into this topic from various disciplinary angles and perspectives, ranging from archaeology, paleoclimatology, antiquity, historical geography, agriculture, carving art and literacy. The Silk Road is a …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030007287
- Collation
- xxvi, 525p. : ill.
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- 304.2 SOC s
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