Old-country music in a new land : folk music of immigrants from Europe and the Near East.

Judaism in practice : from the Middle Ages through the early modern period /

Table of Contents: “…Jewish Sectarianism in the Near East : A Muslim's Account /…”
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A universal history of the destruction of books : from ancient Sumer to modern Iraq / by Báez, Fernando, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part One: The Ancient World -- The near East -- Egypt -- Greece -- The Library of Alexandria -- Other Ancient Libraries and Aristotle's lost books -- China -- Rome and Early Christianity -- Oblivion and the fragility of books -- Part Two: From Byzantium to the Nineteenth Century -- Constantinople -- Between monks and barbarians -- The Islamic world -- Misplaced Medieval fervor -- The destruction of Pre-Hispanic culture in the Americas -- The Renaissance -- England -- Revolutions in France, Spain, and Latin America -- Fires, wars, mistakes, and Messiahs -- Books destroyed in fiction -- Part Three: From the Twentieth Century to the Present -- The rise of Fascism -- Censorship and self-censorship in the Modern Age -- China and the Soviet Union -- Spain, Chile, and Argentina -- A particular kind of hatred -- On the natural enemies of books -- Iraq -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of names.…”

Mediterráneos : an interdisciplinary approach to the cultures of the Mediterranean Sea /

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Umayyad legacies : medieval memories from Syria to Spain /

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