Internationally admired for her fearless reporting, especially on the Chechen wars, award-winning journalist Anna Politkovskaya has turned her steely gaze on the man who, until very recently, was a darling of the Western media. A former KGB spy, Vladimir Putin was named President of Russia in 2000. From the moment he entered the public arena, he marketed himself as an open, enlightened leader e…
Buku ini berisi: 1. Latar belakang 2. Kontak awal Suku Kamoro dengan dunia luar 3. Suku Kamoro 100 tahun lalu: Ekspedisi British ornithological 4. Pemerintah Belanda, Perutusan Gereja Katolik roma, dan perang dunia II: Berbagi perubahan drastis 5. Periode sesudah Perang Dunia II 6. Struktur sosial 7. Berbagai ritual Kamoro 8. Karapao pada masa sekarang 9. Kesenian Kamoro 10. Festival …
PROF. DR. ACHMAD MOCHTAR (1891-1945) adalah ilmuwan kedokteran Indonesia paling terkemuka pada masanya, menulis 54 karya ilmiah yang sebagian besar diterbitkan dalam jurnal kedokteran paling bereputasi di Hindia Belanda. Dalam hal ini ia hanya bisa dibandingkan dengan sejawat segenerasinya, Prof. Dr. R. Sardjito, Rektor Universitas Gadjah Mada yang pertama yang telah ditetapkan sebagai Pahlawan…
This book examines the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan, particularly since 1947, and analyzes its connections to the Pakistani army's corporate interests and U.S.-Pakistan relations. It includes profiles of leading Pakistani militant groups with details of their origins, development, and capabilities. The author begins with an historical overview of the introduction of Islam to the Indi…
The Arab world is not one shaped by Islam, nor one simply explained by reference to the sectarian conflicts of a "mosaic" society. Instead, Barakat reveals a society that is highly complex, with many and various contending polarities. It is a society in a state of becoming and change, one whose social contradictions are at the root of the struggle to transcend dehumanizing conditions. Arguing f…
Why has the Arab world failed to achieve the political freedom, social stability, and economic improvement experienced in much of the rest of the world since the end of the Cold War? In Brutal Truths, Fragile Myths, veteran journalist Mark Huband argues that few of the region's leaders are capable of initiating the deep political changes necessary to address the challenges confronting them, and…
Ibn Battutah was just 21 when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another 29 years, traveling instead through more than 40 countries on the modern map, covering 75,000 miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far east as China, and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer…
With a land mass larger than the continental United States, a unique culture that is part European, African, and indigenous, and the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil is one of the most important--yet one of the least understood--nations in the world. Thomas Skidmore, a preeminent authority on Brazil, vividly traces the 500 years of Brazil's development. Its epic story begins in the wak…
Prior to the original publication of Africa in History, the history and development of Africa had been measured by the European concept of "civilization," applying a Eurocentric approach to African art and literature. Basil Davidson's landmark work presents the inner growth of Africa and its worldwide significance, the internal dynamic of its old civilizations and their links with Asia, Europe …
This major book by the renowned Israeli historian, unveils the hidden and systematic ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in 1948, and its relevance to resolving the conflict. Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred and around a million men, women, …