[MR] New books to be published- medieval studies

[Sarah J. Toich]

The following titles in Area Studies are to be published during May 2002:
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A Mediterranean Emporium: The Catalan Kingdom of Majorca (Paperback)
David Abulafia
The first account of the trade and commercial life of the medieval Spanish
kingdom of Majorca.
http://uk.cambridge.org/order/WebBook.asp?ISBN=0521894050

Commodity and Exchange in the Mongol Empire: A Cultural History of Islamic
Textiles (Paperback)
Thomas T. Allsen
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
In a fascinating account, the author considers the significance of cloth
and colour in the political and cultural life of the Mongols.
http://uk.cambridge.org/order/WebBook.asp?ISBN=0521893143

Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought (Paperback)
Louise Marlow
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
A wide-ranging study of Arabic and Persian literature, contrasting the
egalitarian ideal of early Islam with the hierarchical impulses of the
classical period.
http://uk.cambridge.org/order/WebBook.asp?ISBN=052189428X

Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo (Paperback)
Boaz Shoshan
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
This is the first book-length study of popular culture in Islamic society.
http://uk.cambridge.org/order/WebBook.asp?ISBN=0521894298

Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The Ulama of Najaf and Karbala
(Paperback)
Meir Litvak
Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies, No. 10
Explores the social and political dynamics of nineteenth-century Shi?ism
and through this sheds light on modern debates.
http://uk.cambridge.org/order/WebBook.asp?ISBN=0521892961

State and Provincial Society in the Ottoman Empire: Mosul, 1540-1834
(Paperback)
Dina Rizk Khoury
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
A new interpretation of relations between the central Ottoman Empire and
provincial Iraqi society in the early modern period.
http://uk.cambridge.org/order/WebBook.asp?ISBN=0521894301

The Divided Economy of Mandatory Palestine (Paperback)
Jacob Metzer
Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies, No. 11
A systematic analysis of the economic history of Arab and Jewish
communities in Mandatory Palestine.
http://uk.cambridge.org/order/WebBook.asp?ISBN=0521894387

The Immortal Emperor: The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos, Last
Emperor of the Romans (Paperback)
Donald M. Nicol
The first biography of the last Byzantine Emperor.
http://uk.cambridge.org/order/WebBook.asp?ISBN=0521894093

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