1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457363103321

Autore

Burns Robert A

Titolo

Christianity, Islam, and the West [[electronic resource] /] / Robert A. Burns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, 2011

ISBN

1-283-32053-3

9786613320537

0-7618-5560-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

261.27

290

Soggetti

Islam - Relations - Christianity

Christianity and other religions - Islam

Islam - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The Islamic religion -- pt. 2. Current areas of concern.

Sommario/riassunto

This work touches upon the origins and central teachings of the Islamic religion and discusses the commonalties and differences between Islam and Christianity. The purpose of this book is to help alleviate the misinformation surrounding Islam and to inspire a dialogue between the two religions.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962288603321

Autore

Eckstein Susan <1942->

Titolo

Back from the future : Cuba under Castro / / Susan Eva Eckstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-93605-6

1-135-93606-4

0-415-94793-6

1-280-05286-4

0-203-49167-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Disciplina

338.97291

Soggetti

Communism - Cuba

Cuba Social policy

Cuba Economic policy

Cuba Politics and government 1959-1990

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-311) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; ABBREVIATIONS; The Limits and Possibilities of Socialism; The ~Push for Communism~ and the ~Retreat to Socialism~: 1959 to 1985; The Late 1980s Campaign to ~Rectify Errors and Negative Tendencies~ Socialist Renegade or Retrograde in the Era of Perestroika?; From Communist Solidarity to Communist Solitary: The 1990s ~Special Period in Peacetime~; The Irony of Success: Social Accomplishments and Their Unintended Consequences

~A Maximum of Ruralism, a Minimum of Urbanism~: From Idealism to RealismInternationalism; The Relevance of the Revolution; Epilogue: Dollarization and its Discontents in the Post-Soviet Era; TABLES; NOTES; INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

This updated, second edition contains a new epilogue by the author that covers the last decade, including such newsworthy events as the Elian Gonzalez controversy and the growing immigrant community of



Cuban-Americans in Florida.