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Explores the question of how free and enslaved Africans and secret Jews interacted in daily life. The book focuses on two stories that exemplify the sexual, religious and commercial contacts between the castes.

The United States during World War II was unprepared for one of Germany's most destructive war efforts: a U-boat assault on Allied ships in the Caribbean that sank about 400 tankers and merchant ships, with few losses to the German submarine fleet.

Medieval Fez was a main centre of education, art, and commerce from the 13th to the 16th centuries after the Berber tribe of the Marinids seized power in Morocco and moved the capital from Marrakesh to Fez. Maya Shatzmiller draws a historical panorama of this era.

In this updated and expanded edition of the 2016 The Kurds: A Modern History, Michael Gunter adds over 50 new pages that recount and analyze recent political, military, and economic events from 2016 to the end of 2018.

Draws on protocols of the inquisition to create a panorama of the lives of free and enslaved people from Europe and Africa to Central and South America, including Conversos and freed Africans who were business partners and rivals, some involved in clandestine relations between dominated groups.

The newly updated and expanded second volume in this fascinating series examines: The Partition of Africa; Collaboration or Resistance to European Rule in Africa; Colonial Rule in Africa; Educating the African Populations; Forging a National Identity; and Exploitation or Development in Africa.

An Arab view of Napoleon's conquest of Egypt in 1798 - the first contact between a Western power with imperial goals and an "ancien regime" of an African society. Historical narration and reflection is combined with daily observations on the atmosphere in Cairo and the mood among the locals.

Records the journey of Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan jurist who travelled to the East, and offers fascinating details into the cultures and dynamics of the region, along with a first-hand account of increased globalisation due to the rise of Islam, and the relationship between the Western world, India, and China in the 14th century.

Chronicles the observations of Chinese travellers who travelled to the Turkish Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century, and features the notes of historical figures including Shi Zhaoji, the first Chinese ambassador to the US, and Hu Hanmin, an early leader in the Kuomintang.

Examines the ways in which developments in the courts and commercial centers of the Americas, Europe, and Africa have affected the common people of Puerto Rico, who have tried since the nineteenth century to take control of their political, social and economic lives.

An updated 2013 edition of the classic reader by Robert O. Collins. This collection covers the major problems in the field, incorporating classic texts, the newest research, and recent controversies about the origins of African history and Africa's contributions to non-Western world history.

Original title: A history of Latin America.

Now combined into a single volume, these three brief history texts provide a concise and eye-opening overview of the history of the Middle East. Each is written by a leading expert, and all have been hailed as outstanding introductions for the general reader.

Gustavus Vassa (alias Orlauda Equiano, the African) was on the vanguard of the anti-slavery movement in England at the end of the eighteenth century. He provided a voice for people of African descent in the British Atlantic world. His Interesting Narrative has influenced countless works, both fiction and nonfiction.

Marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education, whose decision legally ended state-mandated racial segregation in primary and secondary education. This critical contribution allows the primary documents to speak for themselves, whilst also offering a general introduction, extensive commentary on each primary source, and a new preface.

For two hundred years Simon Bolivar has been a political idol of and symbolic figure for both left and right politicians. The author examines the real historical figure, as well as the dimensions of the myth around him.

Presents the important issues in the study of modern Africa such as: Decolonization and the End of Empire; Democracy and the Nation-State; Epidemics in Africa: The Human and Financial Costs; Development: Failure or Success; The African Environment: Origins of a Crisis; and, Return of the Empires.

Stella, the first Haitian novel, combines descriptions of moving scenes with factual accounts of the 13 years of the Haitian revolution (1791-1804). It is an epic saga. Chapter headings refer to major events in Haiti's history and major historical figures are present. The allegorical figures are mainly episodic and are meant to hold the plot together.

Originally published as: Geschichte der Amistad. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2012.

The 19th century was a time of great political and economic upheaval in the Caribbean. The Sephardic Jews of Curacao were active participants in this changing environment. They were traders, politicians, doctors, and lawyers, each contributing in their own way to the growth of the countries that became their homes. This book tells their stories.

The revolt of African slaves in Iraq from 869 to 883 AD - the revolt of the Zanj - was one of the greatest rebellions in world history and the first major uprising in the history of the African diaspora. In this text Alexandre Popovic offers a study of the revolt and its consequences.

A history of Lamu, once an important East African port city, now an unspoiled tourist destination. It covers the impact of slavery and the slave trade, the introduction of British colonial rule, health issues, agricultural practices, religious and ceremonial practices, family life, and more.

The world's newest Jewish community is located in Nigeria, where upwards of 20,000 Igbos have embraced Judaism.

About the world in which the French general Marie-Louis Ferrand thrived and in which he ultimately lost his life. He can be seen as an overarching link between the four revolutions from 1775 to 1825 through which he lived.

This volume discusses 500 years of western African history, beginning with the writings of travellers Ibn Battuta, Leo Africanus and Mungo Park. Topics covered include: religious wars; the trans-Sahara and cross-Atlantic slave trade; the French and British colonial periods; and modern times.