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This work covers topics such as gender, religion, war, ecology, and nationalism, creating both thematic narratives and the strands of a larger chronological account. It explores major historical turning points, and reveals the dynamic of increasing global interactions.

This collection examines the Taino revival movement, a grassroots conglomeration of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos who promote or have adopted the culture and pedigree of the pre-Columbian Taino Indian population of Puerto Rico and the western Caribbean.

This work provides an indigenous history without bypassing western historiography. In the pre-Columbian period, it concentrates on the Aztecs, Incas and Mayas, but broadens out to an analysis of all Amerindians.

An English translation of the risala, letters by the 10th-century traveler Ibn Fadlan, one of the great Medieval travelers. He journeyed from Baghdad to Bukhara in Central Asia and then continued across the desert to the town of Bulghar, near present Kazan. He describes the tribes he meets on his way and gives an account of their customs.

The decades after 1750 saw the Ottoman Empire undergo tremendous stresses that culminated in the first stirrings of nationalism among Christian subjects and an irrevocable commitment to reform by the Muslim state. This volume examines instances of problems affecting the Balkans and of state efforts to fix them.

A description of the arrival and experiences of the Chinese in the Caribbean, also exploring the ways in which the Chinese have adapted to and altered the region. It looks at the discrimination they suffered, their rise to economic success, and their contribution to art, cuisine and literature.

English translation reprinted from bilingual ed., originally published by: Ann Arbor: Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan, 1975.

With a list of recommended books, videos, and films to enhance the written documents in each section, this work includes sections such as: Columbus and the Transit of Civilization; Was Inca Rule Tyrannical?; Patterns of Conquest; Spanish Struggle for Justice; The Introduction of African Slavery in Spanish America; and, Historical Interpretations.

A history of the science of hydrology as applied to the Nile, whose annual flows can produce acute drought or disastrous floods. The author makes it clear that the decisive forces in his complex story are political ones, in a context of internal and international rivalries and brutal civil wars.

This work dismantles the myth of a dominant Spanish and racially white national culture in Puerto Rican history. It claims that the national identity is mainly Mestizo with a significant contribution from Africa, and that Puerto Ricans must acknowledge that their culture is primarily Caribbean.

An exploration of 12th century mystic, Hildegard of Bingen. The author draws a complex picture of her life and work, and delineates Hildegard's view of the human being as a microcosm of the universe, intricately bound by the senses to the life of the soul, nature, and God.

This work covers topics such as gender, religion, war, ecology, and nationalism, creating both thematic narratives and the strands of a larger chronological account. It explores major historical turning points, and reveals the dynamic of increasing global interactions.

Food is a marker of identity, culture, and class, and it denotes power, routine, and celebration. This volume places the study of food in the mainstream of Ottoman history by analyzing major issues - origins, identity, minorities, Ottomanization, the golden age, foreign relations, the nature of modernity - all from the perspective of food.

In the twentieth century, north-central Namibia experienced both dramatic deforestation and reforestation as a result of population pressure. This title focuses on evaluating environmental change against a base line to assess whether the outcome is environmentally neutral or whether it constitutes environmental degradation or improvement.

An edition that extends the narrative from 1990 to the first decade of the 21st century, beginning with the collapse of the Dominican economy. It includes chapters that focus on financial crises, the economic reforms of the 1990s, the free trade agreement with the United States, and party politics.

One hundred and fifty years after its publication, this document remains an important source for the study of 19th-century Cuba and especially of slavery in the Caribbean. This edition includes an English translation of the missing chapter on slavery.

Frobenius' pivotal works on African culture represented a landmark in ethnography. Frobenius was credited with giving Black Africa back its soul and its identity in the early part of the last century. This title was originally published in Germany and edited by Eike Haverlund, the 1971 recipient of the Haile Selassie prize for Ethiopian studies.

In the 10th-century, Bukhara was a cultural center that rivaled Baghdad, and was known as ""the dome of learning in the East."" It was a dynamic metropolis, capital of the semi-independent dynasty that ruled Iran and Central Asia. This work presents insights into life in Eastern Iran and Central Asia during a period of change in the Islamic world.

Sufism is often overlooked when it comes to scholarly consideration of the politics of the Muslim world. This is partly due to the difficulty of defining Sufism, which is both spiritual outlook and social institution. This volume aims to consolidate thinking about the political dimension of Sufism across culture and history.

African-derived religions enrich all aspects of Cuba's social, cultural, and everyday life, and encompass all ethnic and social groups. This work discusses the roles of music and dance as forms of Cuban religious expression and describes the specific instruments and symbols they employ.

Jews have often been a marginalized minority, yet they have enriched Africa culturally and economically, serving as innovators and middlemen, government servants and educators. This book covers topics such as Jews in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt; Jews in Ethiopia from antiquity to the 20th century; and, Jewish communities in the Muslim world.

Examining instances of problems affecting the Balkans and of state efforts to fix them, this volume considers issues like law and justice, centralization and provincial autonomy, taxation and land disputes, and the stresses of war. It offers a clearer picture of the forces of change at work during this era of transition.

Presents the history of one of the powerful empires of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern era. This text traces the political history of the Ottomans from the 14th century to the dissolution of the empires after WWI, and it employs a balanced approach that encompasses economic, social, and cultural history.

No country in the Islamic Middle East presents as unique and distinguished a history and culture as Iran. The author presents the history of this country from the Islamization of the 7th century and describes the cultural, social, and religious developments that shaped Iran and the Iranian self-image.

An exploration of African-American freedom fighters in Jamaica, presenting a history of resistance instead of a history of domination. The context of marronage is carefully established: the plantation system as an economic and ideological machine fuelled by the abuse of black working power.

Attempts to provide an overview of African history without getting bogged down in details and data. This book offers an account of the African past, its peoples, and their institutions. It is aimed at general readers who seek to gain an understanding of the major trends and developments.

Iranian and Ottoman travelers to Japan in the late nineteenth century found a model to admire. This book explores the encounters between these two separate, but fatefully linked cultures and the ensuing reciprocal influences in developing ""Eastern modernity"" against a looming backdrop of Western imperial domination.