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Remaking History: 1948 Police Action and the Muslims of Hyderabad
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Remembering Social Movements: Activism and Memory (Remembering the Modern World)
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Reminiscences the Memoirs of Sharadaben Mehta
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Renaissance Poetry
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Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History
0Original price was: ₹2,975.06.₹2,380.05Current price is: ₹2,380.05.Uncover the profound, transnational history of reparations for slavery and the slave trade. Professor Ana Lucia Araujo meticulously details centuries of persistent demands for justice, highlighting the voices of enslaved individuals and their descendants. This essential, updated edition delves into the global impact of Black Lives Matter and calls for accountability, offering critical insights for history students, researchers, and advocates of social justice. Explore the multifaceted dimensions of reparations and their enduring relevance.
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Representations of Islam in United States Comics, 1880-1922
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Research, Political Engagement and Dispossession: Indigenous, Peasant and Urban Poor Activisms in the Americas and Asia
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Researching China in Southeast Asia (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)
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Resistance And Reform In Tibet
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Resisting Bondage in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia
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Rethinking Conflict at the Margins: Dalits and Borderland Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir
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Rethinking Religion in India
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