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  • A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820

    de John K. Thornton ...
    A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250–1820 explores the idea that strong links exist in the histories of Africa, Europe and North and South America. John K. Thornton provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the Atlantic Basin before 1830 by describing political, social and cultural interactions between the continents' inhabitants. He traces the backgrounds of the populations on ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Igbo in the Atlantic World

    African Origins and Diasporic Destinations

    de Audra A. Diptee, John K. Thornton, Kenneth Morgan, A.E. Afigbo, Gloria Chuku, Nwando Achebe, Hannah N. Eby Chukwu, Gendolyn Midlo Hall, Paul E. Lovejoy, Douglas B. Chambers, Chima J. Korieh, Vincent Carretta, Maureen Warner-Lewis, Robert W. Nicholls, Waibinte Elekima Wariboko, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, Ogbu U. Kalu ...
    The Igbo are one of the most populous ethnic groups in Nigeria and are perhaps best known and celebrated in the work of Chinua Achebe. In this landmark collection on Igbo society and arts, Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku have compiled a detailed and innovative examination of the Igbo experience in Africa and in the diaspora. Focusing on institutions and cultural practices, the volume ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • A History of West Central Africa to 1850

    de John K. Thornton ...
    Series Libro 15 - New Approaches to African History
    Based on substantial new research from primary sources and archives, this accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 gives comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region. With equal focus given to both internal histories or inter-state interactions and external dynamics and relationships, this study represents an original approach to regional histories ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800

    de John K. Thornton ...
    Series series Warfare and History
    Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of:: * the relationship between war and the slave trade * the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies * the influence of climatic ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD

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    de Matthew Restall, Kris Lane ...
    Few milestones in human history are as momentous as the meeting of three great civilizations on American soil in the sixteenth century. The fully revised textbook Latin America in Colonial Times presents that story in an engaging but informative new package, revealing how a new civilization and region - Latin America - emerged from that encounter. The authors give equal attention to the Spanish ... Leer más

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  • The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Matthew Restall, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    With startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the world's resources and balance of power. They changed the course of history, but the myth they established was even stranger than their real achievements. This Very Short Introduction deploys the latest ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Empires of the Atlantic World

    Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830

    de Prof. J. H. Elliott FBA ...
    This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus’s arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century. J. H. Elliott, one of the most distinguished and versatile historians working today, offers us history on a grand scale, contrasting the worlds built by Britain and by Spain on the ruins of the ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Brazil - An Interpretation

    de Gilberto Freyre ...
    A series of lectures on the ethnic and social fusion that makes Brazil the country it is today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Leer más

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  • Our America

    A Hispanic History of the United States

    de Felipe Fernández-Armesto ...
    “A rich and moving chronicle for our very present.” —Julio Ortega, New York Times Book ReviewThe United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the significance of America’s Hispanic past. With the profile of the United States increasingly Hispanic, the ... Leer más

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  • The Atlantic World

    Europeans, Africans, Indians and their Shared History, 1400–1900

    de Thomas Benjamin ...
    From 1400 to 1900 the Atlantic Ocean served as a major highway, allowing people and goods to move easily between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. These interactions and exchanges transformed European, African, and American societies and led to the creation of new peoples, cultures, economies, and ideas throughout the Atlantic arena. The Atlantic World provides a comprehensive and lucid history of ... Leer más

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  • Mexico in World History

    de William H. Beezley ...
    Series series New Oxford World History
    Drawing on materials ranging from archaeological findings to recent studies of migration issues and drug violence, William H. Beezley provides a dramatic narrative of human events as he recounts the story of Mexico in the context of world history. Beginning with the Mayan and Aztec civilizations and their brutal defeat at the hands of the Conquistadors, Beezley highlights the penetrating effect of ... Leer más

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  • La Patria del Criollo

    An Interpretation of Colonial Guatemala

    Traducido por W. George Lovell, Susan M. Neve ...
    de Severo Martínez Peláez ...
    This translation of Severo Martínez Peláez’s La Patria del Criollo, first published in Guatemala in 1970, makes a classic, controversial work of Latin American history available to English-language readers. Martínez Peláez was one of Guatemala’s foremost historians and a political activist committed to revolutionary social change. La Patria del Criollo is his scathing assessment of Guatemala’s ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD