This ambitious work offers the first comprehensive transcultural history of historiography. The contributors transcend a Eurocentric approach not only in terms of the individual historiographies they assess but also in the methodologies they use for comparative analysis. Moving …
This ambitious work offers the first comprehensive transcultural history of historiography. The contributors transcend a Eurocentric approach not only in terms of the individual historiographies they assess but also in the methodologies they use for comparative analysis. Moving …
Westerners have long fetishized Oreintal warfare, hoping wither to emulate enemy strategy or assimilate members of Eastern and martial races into their ranks. Yet, at the same time, Eastern warriors such as the Taliban and Hezbollah inflict shock and surprise, reinventing themse…
This book argues against the idea that culture dictates the strategy of war and only encompasses an ambiguous repertoire of ideas rather than a clear code of action. The author warns of the danger of fetishizing the exotic, which complicates a more accurate understanding of the …
This book examines the effects of a study abroad experience on students' culture and identity and the impact of these effects on their readjustment to their home culture. It explores issues of culture and identity from the perspective of French students studying in Australia. Is…