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The Human Journey offers a truly concise yet satisfyingly full history of the world from ancient times to the present. The book's scope, as the title implies, is the whole story of humanity, in planetary context. Its themes include not only the great...

The 1978 publication of Edward Said's Orientalism unsettled the world. Over two decades earlier Aime Cesaire had famously spoken of the boomerang effect of colonization, which dehumanized both the colonizer and the colonized. Over time, Said and his 1978...

At a moment when the term "Democracy " is evoked to express inchoate aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that may or may not benefit more than a select minority of the population, this book examines...

When we think of segregation, what often comes to mind is apartheid South Africa, or the American South in the age of Jim Crow--two societies fundamentally premised on the concept of the separation of the races. But as Carl H. Nightingale shows us in...

The 28 papers in this volume explore the practical life, domestic settings, landscapes and seascapes of the Viking world. Their geographical horizons stretch from Iceland to Russia, with particular emphasis on new discoveries in the Scandinavian...

The Guts of the Matter is a study of our oldest ecological problem: the transmission of infectious intestinal disease from human waste. Spanning the early hominin era to the present, this book explores the evolution of human waste disposal practices, the...

Humanity today functions as a gigantic, world-encompassing system. Renowned world historian, Patrick Manning traces how this human system evolved from Homo Sapiens' beginnings over 200,000 years ago right up to the present day. He focuses on three great...

Why was religion so important for rulers in the pre-modern world? And how did the world come to be dominated by just a handful of religious traditions, especially Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism? Drawing on sociology and anthropology, as well as a huge...

This revealing portrait of the Dutch Empire repositions our understanding of modern empires from the terrestrial to the oceanic. It highlights the importance of shipping, port cities, and maritime culture to the political struggles of the 1920s and 30s...

In this book Michele L. Louro compiles the debates, introduces the personalities, and reveals the ideas that seeded Jawaharlal Nehru's political vision for India and the wider world. Set between the world wars, this book argues that Nehru's politics...

The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society publish an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Volume eleven of the sixth series includes the...

Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years of the Columbian exchange, and its retraction from the...

Throughout human history, routes concentrated, funnelled, and mixed human experience. On them moved books, scrolls, and art, in addition to armies, ambassadorial entourages, slaves, brides, and pilgrims. The interaction of people on routes generated...

This is a study of international print networks developed across the English-speaking world over a significant part of the long nineteenth century. The first study of its kind, it draws on unique sources from Australasia, North America, South Africa, the...

This volume publishes texts from the British Academy's 2014 and 2015 lecture programmes, which were posted to the online Journal of the British Academy in 2015. The subjects covered include: Europe's rebuilding after the Second World War by Ian...

This short and well-written overview provides essential information on the history of international organizations (IOs), with particular focus on the League of Nations, the development of the United Nations, and the UN system. Starting at the beginning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190684969Author Stephen M SloanFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA

Margaret Conrad's history of Canada explains what makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state. Beginning in Canada's deep past with the arrival of its Indigenous peoples, she traces its history through the conquest by Europeans, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190090326Author Professor of Philosophy Deborah BoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press,...

The nineteenth century was an exciting and dynamic era of rapid progress in industry and technology. One of the most vigorous of the new industries was petroleum. It first transformed the way people lit their houses, displacing whale oil and other...

In this timely revision of their beloved #1 Western Civ text, authors Joshua Cole and Carol Symes help students see the relevance of history to their own lives and concerns. New material helps students think critically about the emergence of Western...

AP Teachers’ #1 Choice!Ready to succeed in your AP course and ace your exam? Our 5 Steps to a 5 guides explain the tough stuff, offer tons of practice and explanations, and help you make the most efficient use of your study time. 5 Steps to a 5: AP World...

The real and potential power of China, the world’s most populous nation, has long been seen as a threat by its smaller neighbors and global powers alike. The Fear of Chinese Power provides a history of this perceived threat from the 1880s to the present...

Composed of short articles, this book highlights some of the most momentous events in modern and contemporary history having an ongoing effect on the way international relations have evolved. Cardinal events in the history of international relations are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865439801Author Richard PankhurstFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 542g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943737970Author Ludwig NohlFormat HardbackPage Count 134Imprint Sea Raven PressPublisher Sea Raven PressWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143124153Author Neil MacGregorFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 867gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 132mm...

This collection of essays was put together to honour a lifetime's academic achievement by Professor G. Rex Smith, arabist, historian and scholar of the medieval history of the Yemen. Written by his friends, colleagues and former students, these essays...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948803625Author Constance Victoria BriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788418217524Author Tom HollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Atico de Los LibrosPublisher Atico de Los Libros

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442652286Author R F BrissendenFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780199352142Author JacobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint OxfordPublisher OxfordWeight(grams) 249g

The rise of terrorism and fundamentalism in recent times has brought about phenomenal changes in global politics. These call for a new, bold, and imaginative statecraft from world leaders. Underlining the need to transcend age old peace mechanisms and...

Featuring a renowned author team and the best recent scholarship, World in the Making: A Global History explores both the global and local dimensions of world history. Abundant full-color maps and images, along with other special pedagogical features...

Presenting a new framework for the study of revolutions, this innovative exploration of French, Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cuban, Iranian, South African, and more recent Arab revolutions, provides a theoretically grounded and empirically comprehensive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679750543Author Edward W. SaidFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319058944Author Merry E. Wiesner-HanksFormat PaperbackPage Count 1126Imprint Bedford/Saint Martin'sPublisher Macmillan Learning

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780199352159Author JacobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint OxfordPublisher OxfordWeight(grams) 249g

Canaan, Land of Israel, the Holy Land, Bibleland—Palestine. Many names for a small speck of earth, no bigger than Wales or Massachusetts. This land has suffered most of the world’s conquerors, from the Babylonians to the British, only to brighten its...

This two-volume collection of primary documents covers societies across different geographical regions during the last 5,000 years. While chronologically and geographically comprehensive in scope, this reader will focus on a central theme: the unequal...