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Engels, penseur de la guerre, penseur de la révolution (1997)
Book Chapter
Achcar, G. (1997). Engels, penseur de la guerre, penseur de la révolution. In G. Labica, & M. Delbraccio (Eds.), Friedrich Engels, savant et révolutionnaire (139-160). Presses Universitaires de France

The transformation of domesticity as an ideology: Calcutta, 1880-1947. (1997)
Thesis
Banerjee, S. The transformation of domesticity as an ideology: Calcutta, 1880-1947. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This study of the ideology of domesticity among the Bengali Hindu middle-class of Calcutta between 1880 and 1947 problematises the relation between anti-colonial nationalism and domesticity by contextualising it in a social history perspective. The t... Read More about The transformation of domesticity as an ideology: Calcutta, 1880-1947..

The Silent Traditions of Developing Cooks (1997)
Book Chapter
Crewe, E. (1997). The Silent Traditions of Developing Cooks. In R. D. Grillo, & R. L. Stirrat (Eds.), Discourses of Development: Anthropological Perspectives. Berg

The Japanese experience in Britain, 1862-1876: Japan's cultural discovery of the Victorian world in the early years of overseas travel. (1997)
Thesis
Cobbing, A. J. The Japanese experience in Britain, 1862-1876: Japan's cultural discovery of the Victorian world in the early years of overseas travel. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The overseas investigations undertaken in the pursuit of knowledge by early Japanese travellers during the 1860s and 1870s have left a unique record of life in the West as seen by visitors whose understanding of developments in the world outside had... Read More about The Japanese experience in Britain, 1862-1876: Japan's cultural discovery of the Victorian world in the early years of overseas travel..

The religious establishment in Ithna'ashari Shi'ism: A study in scholarly and political development. (1997)
Thesis
Al-Qazwini, J. K. The religious establishment in Ithna'ashari Shi'ism: A study in scholarly and political development. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis deals mainly with the historical development of the religious institution of Ithna ashari Shi'ism in both its scholarly and political aspects. It is divided into six chapters. The word "school" has been used to describe the place in which... Read More about The religious establishment in Ithna'ashari Shi'ism: A study in scholarly and political development..

From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews: The external influences for change c. 1860-1960. (1997)
Thesis
Summerfield, D. P. From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews: The external influences for change c. 1860-1960. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The arrival of a Protestant mission in Ethiopia during the 1850s marks a turning point in the history of the Falashas. Up until this point, they lived relatively isolated in the country, unaffected and unaware of the existence of world Jewry. Followi... Read More about From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews: The external influences for change c. 1860-1960..

An analysis of the emergence of early Masonic symbolism. (1997)
Thesis
Pollard, F. E. An analysis of the emergence of early Masonic symbolism. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The subject of this thesis is English Masonic symbolism set within the limits of the middle of the seventeenth to the late eighteenth century which allows for the study of the earliest sources. The objective of the thesis is to analyse and compare th... Read More about An analysis of the emergence of early Masonic symbolism..

Age, Ageing, and Age Organization (1997)
Book Chapter
Spencer, P. (1997). Age, Ageing, and Age Organization. In J. Middleton (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara (8-13). Simon and Schuster Macmillan