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The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude: Seventh-Twentieth Century
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Bat Ye'or, Bat, Miriam Kochan (Translator)
In this study Bat Ye'or provides a lucid analysis of the dogma and strategies of jihad, offering a vast panorama of the history of Christians and Jews under the rule of Islam. This epic story sheds light on the areas of fusion, interdependence, and confrontation between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
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Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide
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Bat Ye'or, Miriam Kochan (Translator), David Littman (Translator)
In this study of the legal and social condition of Jews and Christians subjected to Islamic rule (the dhimmis), Bat Ye'or examines various religious and historical sources, using the new term "dhimmitude" to describe their common history and legal status. Some of the laws derive from the special status institutionalized by the Church Fathers for ...
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A Social History of France in the 19th Century
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Charle Christophe, Christophe Charle, Miriam Kochan (Translator)
Translated from the French by Miriam Kochan. This essential overview for history students and general readers introduces and analyses the dynamics and relationships of the various social groups or classes of 19th century France - the nobility, bourgeoisie, elites, middle classes, and petty bourgeoisie. Professor Charles explores the hierarchies, ...
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Fashion Under the Occupation
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Dominique Veillon, Miriam Kochan (Translator)
Before the outbreak of WWII, French fashion represented the very pinnacle of style, and French women the epitome of chic. At home and abroad, couturiers wealthy clients eagerly awaited the latest collections, and design houses throughout the world looked to Paris for inspiration. Unparalleled for glamour and elegance, all things French were noted ...
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Foul and the Fragrant P
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Alain Corbin, Miriam L Kochan (Translator)
In a book whose insight and originality have already had a dazzling impact in France, Alain Corbin has put the sense of smell on the historical map. He conjures up the dominion that the combined forces of smells--from the seductress's civet to the ubiquitous excremental odors of city cesspools--exercised over the lives (and deaths) of the French ...
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Haim Nahum: A Sephardic Chief Rabbi in Politics, 1892-1923
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Esther Benbassa (Editor), Miriam Kochan (Translator)
Relates the history of Turkish Jewry during the last decades of the Ottoman empire. This story is told through the life and work of one of its central figures, Haim Nahum (1872-1960), Chief Rabbi of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1920.
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From Voltaire to Wagner
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Leon Poliakov, Miriam Kochan (Translator)
Covering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, "The History of Anti-Semitism" presents in elegant and thoughtful language a balanced, careful assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly ubiquitous in the history of Europe. "From Voltaire to Wagner" reviews the period of the ...
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The last days of imperial Russia
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Miriam Kochan
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Life in Russia under Catherine the Great.
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Miriam Kochan
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The Jewish family album : the life of a people in photographs
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Franz Hubmann, Miriam Kochan, Lionel Kochan
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Norm of Truth
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Pascal Engel, Miriam Kochan (Translator)
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The Jewish family album : yesterday's world in old photographs
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Franz Hubmann, Miriam Kochan, Lionel Kochan
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Britain's Internees in the Second World War
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Miriam Kochan
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Prisoners of England
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Miriam Kochan
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Maya cities
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Paul Rivet
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Catherine the Great
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Miriam Kochan
A biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of a great enlightened monarch.
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Russian Themes
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Lionel Kochan (Editor), Miriam Kochan (Editor), Marion Kochan (Editor)
From 1703 to 1953, the period when Russia was adapting European science and culture to her changing needs, St. Petersburg became the microcosm of the turbulent nation. Alexander Radischev emerged as a founding figure in the liberal tradition of the Russian intelligentsia. Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, began his life as a liberal visionary and ...
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