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Investigates the social reality embodied in the colonial relationship between the US and Mexico.

The African Diaspora was a consequence of the enslavement in the interior of West Africa. This work examines the conditions of slavery facing Muslims and converts to Islam both in the central Sudan and in the broader diaspora of Africans. It considers the consequences of European colonization.

A history of the Caribbean from the European discovery through to the 19th century. It includes thumbnail biographies of such figures as Amerigo Vespucci, Raleigh, Toussaint, Miranda, Lafitte, William Walker and de Lessep. This edition also contains an introduction by Norman Girvan.

From the 9th to the 15th century Arab travellers and observers produced a rich literature in West Africa. An annotated translation of this body of work is found in ""Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History"". This title is a simplified form of this corpus for students.

This work weaves together details about women in colonial societies in East and Southeast Asia. It provides insights into the rigorous jurisprudence of the day, and sketches the policies of the East India Company.

An analysis and summary of the events of the Cold War. It discusses different interpretations and provides a selection of essays on the Cold War by well-known politicians and scholars. This third edition draws upon documentation from Soviet archives that was previously unavailable.

This dissertation is written by an African slave. He was brought to Holland by his owner, and educated at the University of Leiden with grants from wealthy burghers. Thereafter he returned to Guinea as a missionary. His analysis presents an intellectual genealogy of Western thought on slavery.

An anthology of Victorian women's writings on Africa. It offers an overview of the roles of women as scholars, missionaries, adventurers, spies and journalists, and gathers examples of their ground-breaking scholarly treatises, popular accounts, letters, articles and adventure stories.

The reader follows the author's experiences of Russia - experiencing local customs, the St. Petersburg flood and the Decembrist revolt - to her time in Jamaica as a missonary to the newly emancipated blacks.

First published in 1894, this was widely acknowledged as the first major novel to emerge from Puerto Rico. The bitter melodrama offers stark contrasts: the beautiful Puerto Rican countryside, a veritable Garden of Eden; yet within it, starved, diseased human beings cling desperately to life.

An account of the golden trade of the Moors, and a source book on Saharan trade routes, caravan organization and Sudanese history. The author covers anthropology and economic geography as well as history, and seeks to encourage and inspire readers to discover more about Africa.

This work surveys major issues in African history through historical document in chronological order.

Originally published in 1970, this is the story of Haiti under the rule of Dr Francois Duvalier. Bernard Diederich lived in Haiti for fourteen years and had personal experience of the early Duvalier days and the period of Maloire's rule. His work exposes the evil of Duvalier's rule and the tale of how Duvalier undid US policy.

A bilingual anthology of twelve short stories, many of which appeared in the 1960s in the English-language magazine ""The San Juan Review"". Written by six of Puerto Rico's leading writers, it has themes that vary in time from the 16th-century Spanish conquest to the migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States.

A 10th century Iraqi took to collecting verse graffiti left behind by travellers. The result of his pastime was a little book that conjures up his nostalgic mood in a manner rarely attempted in Arabic literature. This work offers a translation of his work and discusses its cultural context.

An examination of the institution of slavery in Islam in a range of cultural settings. It discusses: the role of domestic slavery and clientage in mediaeval Egypt; the social and spatial mobility provided by the institution of slavery in Ottoman Anatolia; skin colour and slavery; and more.

A history of the Muslim countries. It begins with Rome and Persia and the pre-Islamic Bedouins and ends with the fall of Baghdad to the Mongols (1258), and Granada to the Christians (1492). The author seeks to unravel the motivations and influences that went into the making of Islamic history.

Certain years are pivotal in global history, and one such year was 1959. 1959 was indeed an historic year during which Fidel Castro's guerrilla war in Cuba toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista. This book traces a pivotal year that began with Fidel Castro's victory in Cuba, triggering reverberations that changed the Caribbean.

Presents Haiti, pearl of the Antilles, during the presidency of General Paul E (Bon Papa) Magloire (1950-56). This work gives us a balanced and unbiased history of Haiti of the period. Those who did not live in this period may be surprised to learn of the other Haiti, the beautiful bygone Haiti in which the future was full of promise.

With a section on Hugo Chavez, this work focuses on the social history and the analysis of the spectrum of revolutionary change since Bolivar. It also includes sections such as: Simon Bolivar - The Liberator; The Age of Caudillos - Juan Manuel de Rosas; and, Hugo Chavez - A Venezuelan Populist in the Era of Globalization.

Conveys the essence of the confirmation hearing which turned into the remarkable seminar on constitutional law in the history of the US Senate.

This study encompasses the process of colonization and decolonization from the early modern period to the twentieth century. It shows that the Europeans were normally not considered dangerous invaders by local populations until they threatened the traditional cultures with missionaries, European schools, and bureaucracy.

An Arab view of a turning point in modern history. This chronicle is a combination of historical narration and reflection combined with daily observations about the atmosphere in Cairo and the mood among the locals. The French view provides a stinging critique of French preoccupation with Egypt and the resulting cultural 'Orientalism.'

Presents the development of humankind across cultures and economies in a global manner. Chronological events are supplemented by thematic ones. The areas covered are the Ancient Middle East, North and East Africa, Central Asia, India, China, Iran, Rome and Greece, as well as Meso-America.