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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.

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.

By addressing some of the most fundamental issues in Avicenna's psychology, epistemology, natural philosophy and metaphysics, this work aims to make Avicenna's thought more accessible to Latinists and Islamicists alike.

The stories, essays and poems collected in this work show the author's fascination with his ancestral religion. It provides a modern defense of the persecuted Jew.

At the outset of the 21st century, the Alawi political is ascendance in Damascus in the south, Israeli dominates the Palestinians and Jordanians. The alteration in the affairs of the Levant through the 20th century since 1920 is in continuous flux. This work attempts to assess the affairs of the Levant, since Roman times.

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.

Offers teachers of African history with fully annotated translations of important Greek and Roman sources for the history of these two ancient African civilizations. This edition gives coverage of the history of Kush and Axum. It also includes a chapter that treats the origins of the kingdom of Kush and its relations with Egypt and Persia.

Describes university level study of world history at undergraduate and especially graduate levels, conveying some advances in conceptualization of the global past and explaining the curricula they have implemented for directing students in world historical research.

Features essays that deal with continuity and change in Puerto Rico. This title presents a window onto San Juan's cultural mosaic. It records descriptions of older Puerto Ricans and reflects on turning points in Puerto Rican history. It also describes bus riding etiquette and documents how neighborhoods are changing.