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(0)Matthew Cook
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Brill
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Annexation and the Unhappy Valley : The Historical Anthropology of Sindh's Colonization addresses the nineteenth century expansion and consolidation of British colonial power in the Sindh region of South Asia. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach and employs a fine-grained, nuanced and situated reading of multiple agents and their actions. It explores how the political and administrative incorporation of territory (i.e. annexation) by East India...
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Born into poverty, Hadassah grows up to become a beauty who catches the eye of the powerful King Xerxes - and ultimately becomes his bride. But despite her postilion, Hadassah's life is in danger, as the state has decreed that all Jews will be put to death. Defying warnings to remain silent, however, Hadassah struggles to save her people, even as she attempts to hide her heritage, in the exciting and inspiring story about courage, faith and destiny....
