Central Asian & Islamic textiles & works of art

This book is a decentred study of how textiles shaped, disrupted, and transformed subjectivities in the age of the first globalisation. The volume presents a radically cross-discip...

Modern Central Asia: A Primary Source Reader is an academic resource that discusses the basic political, social, and economic evolution of Central Asian civilization in its colonia...

Palaces like the Aljafería and the Alhambra rank among the highest achievements of the Islamic world. In recent years archaeological work at Córdoba, Kairouan and many other sites ...

A reference work that thoroughly documents the extensive military history of the Islamic world between the 7th century and the present day. Military-political conflict—an...

With California's passage of the Save Our State Initiative in 1994, fear of aliens has once again appeared in U.S. legislative history. Since 1790, congressional legislation on fed...

J.J. Pizzuto’s Fabric Science Swatch Kit, 12th Edition reinforces the study of textiles for students in courses such as Fashion Design, Fashion Business, Merchandising, Fashion Ret...

Selected Issues in Islamic Economics is a collection of articles discussing various issues from the perspective of Islamic economics.The book provides readers with new and contrast...

The first of its kind, this open access book provides in-depth discussions of Islamic thought across the 20th century, encompassing the breadth of self-expression in Muslim communi...