On the Shores of the Caspian is the product of the author's journey through the Caspian region as part of an expedition headed by his cousin James Brant, the British Consul at Erzeroum. Holmes provid
The South China Sea has a rich and turbulent history. Today territorial disputes in the region—including China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia—make it potentially one of the most dangerous
What makes British television crime drama so perennially popular, both in the UK and internationally? What are the attractions and pleasures of these shows? How are detectives positioned in relation t
Hong Kong is at the heart of modern China’s position as a regional -- and potential world -- superpower. In this important and original history of the region, Steve Tsang argues that its current pros
Trade is the engine of history, and the acceleration in what scholars call 'globalism' from the beginning of the last millennium has been driven by communities interacting with each other through comm
Kira Muratova is a respected and original contemporary film director, yet her earliest works were not welcomed when they were first shown at the beginning of Brezhnev's ""period of stagnatio
Iran is a country which, despite its extensive coverage in the media, is often regarded as 'mysterious', 'exotic' and 'other-worldly'. This attitude often stems from a focus on the rhetoric of controv
How is home-grown contemporary art viewed within the Middle East? And is it understood differently outside the region? What is liable to be lost when contemporary art from the Middle East is 'transfer
Al-Mu'ayyad fi'l-DÌn al-ShÌrzÌ (d. 470/1087) was an outstanding, multi-talented Fatimid scholar of Persian origin. He excelled as a missionary-agent, statesman, poet, preacher and
John A. Walker vividly situates radical art in 1970s Britain in the context of left-wing politics and major social movements. Left Shift details, year by year, contending factions in the art world, an
The western frontier between Persia and the Ottoman Empire was long a source of disputed claims by each. Supposedly setlled under the Treaty of Ezerum of 1847 in reality it took a further seventy year
According to many Islamic jurists, the world is divided between dar al-Islam (the abode of Islam) and dar al-harb (the abode of war). This dual division of the world has led to a great amount of jurid
Pink Ice tells the compelling story of the political struggles over Antarctica and the South Atlantic. It shows how Britain and Argentina have sought to invest these thinly populated spaces with cultu
Britton and Pugin's Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London was a landmark work on the key buildings of London. Featuring both well loved and lesser known buildings by some of the greatest arc
In transcending territorial boundaries, satellite television has the potential to liberate viewers from government controls on national media. Why in the Middle East has this potential liberation yet
Coastal management has been greatly influenced by the rise of environmentalism, with its greater emphasis on the preservation of natural processes and restoration of habitats. Environmental change an
Between 1917 to 1975 Germany, Italy, Portugal, the Soviet Union, and Spain were ruled by authoritarian or totalitarian dictatorships. In order to bring about sweeping changes to the political system a
John Quincy Adams is regarded as one of the greatest diplomats and secretaries of state in U.S. history. He shaped America's foreign policy in line with his nationalist leanings, modernized the U.S. e
Despite the great geographical gulf that separates them, Armenia and Europe have maintained links for many centuries--at least since the late Middle Ages when the King of Armenia traveled to London to
At the height of the Cold War, art produced in divided Germany contested the cultural demarcation of East and West. Here Claudia Mesch shows how a wide group of artists struggled to take visual art be
The narrative of Cyprus' recent history has created numerous attitudes and prejudices which run deep but which have never before been explored on a human level. Now for the first time Yiannis Papadaki
