The History of the Book in South Asia covers not only the various modern states that make up South Asia today but also a multitude of languages and scripts. For

This series on the history of the book in the East focuses attention on three areas of the world which for a long time have been undeservedly left on the margin

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Bernard Lewis looks at the new era in the Middle East. With the departure of imperial powers, the region must now, on its own, resolve the political, economic,

In the beginning, North America was Indian country. But only in the beginning. After the opening act of the great national drama, Native Americans yielded to th