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"Family history begins with missing persons," Alison Light writes in Common People. We wonder about those we've lost, and those we never knew, about the long skein that led to us, and to here, and to now. So we start exploring. Most of us, however, give up a few generations back…
Explores the origins of Egyptian 'modern men' who became a new middle-class elite in colonial-era Egypt, drafted and carried out the state's modernization policies, made and consumed modern forms of politics and national culture, and assumed key roles in the state both before an…
Explores the origins of Egyptian 'modern men' who became a new middle-class elite in colonial-era Egypt, drafted and carried out the state's modernization policies, made and consumed modern forms of politics and national culture, and assumed key roles in the state both before an…
This book aims at helping students and professionals avoid the common pitfalls that international business people typically step into when dealing with Germans for the very first time. Unlike with the other business- or textbooks focusing on culture, this book will do more than …
"Deep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children. But in a nation experiencing unprecedented prosperity, even for many families who seem to be doing everything right, this i…
"Deep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children. But in a nation experiencing unprecedented prosperity, even for many families who seem to be doing everything right, this i…
