How did the the descendants of Tamerlane, collectively known as the Timurids, make the transition from a nomadic empire to a sedentary polity based on the Perso-Islamic model , and what effect did the process of transition have on their Turko-Mongolian customs and identity? This volume seeks to answer these questions by utilizing the Weberian concepts of the “routinization” of ...(展开全部)

How did the the descendants of Tamerlane, collectively known as the Timurids, make the transition from a nomadic empire to a sedentary polity based on the Perso-Islamic model , and what effect did the process of transition have on their Turko-Mongolian customs and identity? This volume seeks to answer these questions by utilizing the Weberian concepts of the “routinization” of ...(展开全部)

Review "This book is a deeply learned study of the government and society of Eastern Iran and Central Asia under Shahrukh (1409-1447), the son and successor of Tamerlane....This admirably researched book explores the historically events in exhaustive detail and provides rich anecdotal material about the policies and careers of the Timurid elites..." - Ira M. Lapidus, University...(展开全部)

Review "This book is a deeply learned study of the government and society of Eastern Iran and Central Asia under Shahrukh (1409-1447), the son and successor of Tamerlane....This admirably researched book explores the historically events in exhaustive detail and provides rich anecdotal material about the policies and careers of the Timurid elites..." - Ira M. Lapidus, University...(展开全部)

What were the effects of Mongol rule in Iran? This book focuses on Shiraz and the province of Fars to provide a detailed political, social and economic history of Ilkhanid rule from the first Mongol invasions in 1220 until the end of the Injuid Dynasty in 1357. Using a vast collection of sources, Denise Aigle combines local and global approaches to integrate the history of the ...(展开全部)

What were the effects of Mongol rule in Iran? This book focuses on Shiraz and the province of Fars to provide a detailed political, social and economic history of Ilkhanid rule from the first Mongol invasions in 1220 until the end of the Injuid Dynasty in 1357. Using a vast collection of sources, Denise Aigle combines local and global approaches to integrate the history of the ...(展开全部)

罗伯特·林德 (Robert Lynd，1892-1970) 和海伦·林德 (Helen Lynd，1894-1982)，夫妇二人均是美国社会学家，罗伯特·林德曾担任美国社会科学研究委员会委员，并在哥伦比亚大学教授社会学；海伦·林德曾在纽约莎拉劳伦斯学院任教。夫妇二人闻名于他们20世纪二三十年代对美国东北部一个小城镇“中镇”持续的社会研究，其成果凝结为《中镇》（1929）和《转变中的中镇》（1937）两部著作，他们的研究也使得“中镇”成为美国文化研究的重要标本。 梁文静，北京大学人类学博士，现任教于重庆大学中国语言文学系。 王晓燕，北京大学社会学硕士。 高卉，北京大学人类学博士，石河子大学法学院院长、教授。

罗伯特·林德 (Robert Lynd，1892-1970) 和海伦·林德 (Helen Lynd，1894-1982)，夫妇二人均是美国社会学家，罗伯特·林德曾担任美国社会科学研究委员会委员，并在哥伦比亚大学教授社会学；海伦·林德曾在纽约莎拉劳伦斯学院任教。夫妇二人闻名于他们20世纪二三十年代对美国东北部一个小城镇“中镇”持续的社会研究，其成果凝结为《中镇》（1929）和《转变中的中镇》（1937）两部著作，他们的研究也使得“中镇”成为美国文化研究的重要标本。 梁文静，北京大学人类学博士，现任教于重庆大学中国语言文学系。 王晓燕，北京大学社会学硕士。 高卉，北京大学人类学博士，石河子大学法学院院长、教授。

Reform of the welfare sector is an important yet difficult challenge for all countries in transition from socialist central planning to market-oriented democracies. Here a scholar of the economics of socialism and post-socialist transition and a health economist take on this challenge. This 2001 book offers health sector reform recommendations for ten countries of Eastern Europ...(展开全部)