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“kenneth perkins”

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  • A History of Modern Tunisia

    by Kenneth Perkins ...
    Kenneth Perkins's second edition of A History of Modern Tunisia carries the history of this country from 2004 to the present, with particular emphasis on the Tunisian revolution of 2011 - the first critical event of that year's Arab Spring and the inspiration for similar populist movements across the Arab world. After providing an overview of the country in the years preceding the inauguration of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Maghrib in Question

    Essays in History and Historiography

    Edited by Michel Le Gall, Kenneth Perkins ...
    A wealth of historical writing dealing with the Maghrib (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) has been published during the roughly forty years since European colonial control ended in the region. This book provides a "state of the field" survey of this postcolonial Maghribi historiography.The book contains thirteen essays by leading Maghribi and North American scholars. The first section surveys ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    Altered States, Ordinary Miracles

    by Richard Dowden ...
    After a lifetime's close observation of the continent, one of the world's finest Africa correspondents has penned a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa. It takes a guide as observant, experienced, and patient as Richard Dowden to reveal its truths. Dowden combines a novelist's gift for atmosphere with the scholar's grasp of historical change as he spins tales of cults and commerce in ... Read more

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  • Dreams and Shadows

    The Future of the Middle East

    by Robin Wright ...
    "Wright has long been one of the best-informed American journalists covering the Middle East, and her reputation is born out here....Her book will be essential reading for anybody who wants to know where it is heading." -The New York Times Book ReviewThe transformation of the Middle East is an issue that will absorb-and challenge-the world for generations to come. Dreams and Shadows is the book to ... Read more

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  • The Merchant Navy

    by Richard Woodman ...
    Series Book 736 - Shire Library
    At one time British ships carried half of the world's trade, transporting every conceivable type of freight from and to all four corners of the globe – and in times of crisis the merchant fleet has also offered military assistance. In fact, the merchant convoys and armed cruisers that defied the German blockades to supply Britain in the First World War were so pivotal that they were recognised as ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • In Sorcery's Shadow

    A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger

    by Paul Stoller, Cheryl Olkes ...
    The tale of Paul Stoller's sojourn among sorcerors in the Republic of Niger is a story of growth and change, of mutual respect and understanding that will challenge all who read it to plunge deeply into an alien world. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Justice on the Grass

    Three Rwandan Journalists, Their Trial for War Crimes and a Nation's Quest for Redemption

    by Dina Temple-Raston ...
    The 1994 Rwandan genocide, in which more than 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were massacred in just 100 days, was an unparalleled modern-day slaughter. How does a nation pick up the pieces after the killing has stopped?In a gripping narrative that examines the power of the press and sheds light on how the media turned tens of thousands of ordinary Rwandans into murderers, award-winning author and ... Read more

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  • Democracy in Africa

    Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform

    by Nic Cheeseman ...
    Series Book 9 - New Approaches to African History
    This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic Cheeseman grapples with some of the most important questions facing Africa and democracy today, including whether international actors should try and promote democracy abroad, how to design ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • A History of Modern Oman

    by Jeremy Jones, Nicholas Ridout ...
    The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout offer a distinctive new approach to Omani history, building on postcolonial thought and ... Read more

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  • Great Lakes Conflagration

    Second Congo War, 1998–2003

    by Tom Cooper ...
    Series Book 14 - Africa@War
    Great Lakes Conflagration' is the second in two volumes covering military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the turn from the 21st century. This volume explores developments in the DRC that led to the outbreak of violence in August 1998, and systematically details the continued build-up and status of the Congolese, Rwandan and Ugandan armies, as well as the forces of Angola, ... Read more

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  • A History of South Sudan

    From Slavery to Independence

    by Øystein H. Rolandsen, M. W. Daly ...
    South Sudan is the world's youngest independent country. Established in 2011 after two wars, South Sudan has since reverted to a state of devastating civil strife. This book provides a general history of the new country, from the arrival of Turco-Egyptian explorers in Upper Nile, the turbulence of the Mahdist revolutionary period, the chaos of the 'Scramble for Africa', during which the South was ... Read more

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  • New News Out of Africa

    Uncovering Africa's Renaissance

    by Charlayne Hunter-Gault ...
    For twenty years an acclaimed correspondent on PBS's The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and the winner of two Emmys and two Peabody Awards (the latter two for her coverage of Africa), Charlayne Hunter-Gault was until recently the Johannesburg Bureau Chief for CNN. In New News Out of Africa, this eminent reporter offers a fresh and surprisingly optimistic assessment of modern Africa, revealing that ... Read more

    $8.99 USD