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Why is the World Bank so successful? How has it gained power even at moments in history when it seemed likely to fall? This pathbreaking book is the first close examination of the inner workings of the Bank, the foundations of its achievements, its propensity for intensifying the problems it intends... More

Home to a fifth of the world's population and the largest democracy in the world, India holds a prominent place in current events yet remains misunderstood in many ways by students, professionals and others who seek a single, authoritative source for information on this important region. The "Encycl... More

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The present book “Rural Transformation: Socio-Economic Issues” is a companion volume to the earlier title “Rural Transformation: Infrastructure and Micro-Finance”. To achieve rural transformation on ground, two primary factors i.e. economic policies and upliftment of rural population need to... More

A follow-up to the author's successful Unsolved Mysteries of American History widens the lens to the entire world to probe some of the most vexing events in human history. 12,000 first printing.... More

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES of AMERICAN HISTORY Did Leif Ericsson beat Columbus to America? Did Pocahontas really save John Smith? Was Amelia Earhart a spy? Who killed JFK? These are just a few of the intriguing mysteries of American history. Unsolved Mysteries of American History re-creates the most mystify... More

Argentina is a country of enormous potential and challenging problems. In recent decades, violence and military dictatorships have upset the political system, and economic instability has held in check efforts to develop the country's industries. Covering the entire sweep of Argentina's history from... More

A History of the Order of the Temple.Malcolm Barber's lucid narrative separates myth from history in this full and detailed account of the Order, from its origins, flourishing and suppression to the Templars' historical afterlife.The Order of the Temple, founded in 1119 to protect pilgrims around Je... More

Praise for Unsolved Mysteries of American History "The facts are presented clearly and concisely, and the answers have been thoroughly researched using the most up-to-date sources." -Newark Star Ledger "Everything that would make a great detective story. It has intellectual twists and turns, alleywa... More

In the last 20 years postmodernism has had a powerful effect on the discipline of history and is now forcing empiricist historians to articulate their methods, and to defend them as both possible and virtuous. In this concise introduction, Stephen Davies explains what historians mean by empiricism, ... More

The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was writ... More

"Interpreting Archaeology" argues that archaeologists must understand their own subjective approaches to the material they study as well as recognize how past researchers imposed their value systems on the evidence they presented. This volume provides a forum for debate between the varied approaches... More

This is a lively collection of 10 short, annotated and illustrated biographies of aristocratic ladies of the final years of the Byzantine Empire. Some were ambitious mothers, others, unhappy wives, some were nuns or scholars, one became the wife of a Turkish sultan and the stepmother of a famous son... More

"Real Life at the White House" celebrates two centuries of domestic life in this historic abode. In a chapter for each administration, this stylish sourcebook takes readers on an intimate tour of the daily life of each president and his family, bringing into view everything from china patterns to bu... More

The dramatic, tumultuous, often tragic human events that erupted in the Balkan Peninsula following the collapse of communism between 1989 and 1991 have captured the Western world's attention throughout the past decade. "The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans" provides 50 two-color, ful... More

The tragedies in Bosnia and Kosovo are often explained away as the unchangeable legacy of "centuries-old hatreds." In this richly detailed, expertly balanced chronicle of the Balkans across 15 centuries, Dennis Hupchick sets a complicated record straight. Organized around the three great civilizatio... More