General and world history

Ghana, the former British colony of the Gold Coast, is historically known for being the first country to the south of the Sahara to attain political independence from colonial rule.

The Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate.

This collection of essays brings together an international roster of contributors to provide historical insight into women's agency and activism in education throughout from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.

This book shows that the connected histories of decolonization and globalization concern the practices of individuals and movements as much as they do the ideologies of states, institutions and organizations.

The long 19th century-stretching from the start of the American Revolution in 1776 to the end of World War I in 1918-was a pivotal period in the history of disability for the Western world and the cultures under its imperial sway.

A history of criminology as a history of science and practice.

With new information from Russian archives, this work examines the historical roots of Gorbachev's perestroika and the reforms that would eventually lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

In The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going, Ryan P.

The post-Cold War diplomacy of the United States evolved in stages that reflected changes in the international system.

In recent decades historians and film scholars have intensified their study of colonial cinema in Africa.

Denaturalises political science, stressing the contestability and contingency of ideas, traditions, subfields, and the discipline itself.

This book examines the impact of violence, economics, and civil society in the ebb and flow of slavery and antislavery during the last five centuries.

Would it surprise you to know that New Testament scholars, missiologists, and church-planting authorities cannot agree on how to define tentmaking, whether or not the church should be practicing it today, or even why Paul did it in the first place?

Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) is best remembered for his major work, the New Science (Scienza nuova), in which he sets forth the principles of humanity and gives an account of the stages common to the development of all societies in their historical life.

First published in 1997.

The Mediterranean is the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet.

An excellent resource for students of Native American women's history, Wilma Mankiller provides an overview of contemporary federal Indian policy and explores how Mankiller negotiated the relationship between the Cherokee Nation and the United States in the late 20th century.

In 1895, the newly formed Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association (Dainippon Butokukai) held its first annual Martial Virtue Festival (butokusai) in the ancient capital of Kyoto.

An examination of Jewish martyrdom in the context of Christianity revealing their martyrological interaction.

A powerful and unique study of the realities and long-term impact of occupation, "e;Mussolini's Greek Island"e; reveals the Italian dictator's imperial vision, the mechanisms of Italian occupation and its tragic consequences.

A prize-winning scholar offers a sweeping exploration of the role doors have played in history Exploring a chapter not yet probed in the cultural history of the West, The Strait Gate demonstrates how doors, gates, and related technologies such as the key and the lock have shaped the way we perceive and navigate the domestic and urban spaces that surround us in our everyday lives.

The commissioned officer ranks in the British Army from 1740-1815 were almost entirely composed of the affluent and educated the sons of the landed gentry, the wealthy, and other professional people.

The story of how the womens rights movement began at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 is a cherished American myth.

Im Mai 2009 jährt sich zum sechzigsten Mal die Verabschiedung des Grundgesetzes.

This book, first published in 1982, collects together a wide range of Western reportage on this major revolt in nineteenth century China.

These studies examine the physical remains of Frankish settlement in Palestine in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Enjoy over seventy delicious, seasonal recipes from the country's best independent breweries in this cookbook and beer pairing guidea must-have book for craft beer lovers, home cooks, and fans of homebrewing.

The bestselling author and activist “has delivered another impressive argument that the U.

The Soviet Far East (1957) examines the Soviet economic and political development of the Russian Far East between Lake Baikal and the Pacific, as it gained importance as the geographic base of Soviet power in the Far Eastern theatre of international politics and strategy.

Offering a revisionist theory that shifts the focus from labour services required by the lord to capital required by the customary tenant, Raftis reveals that "e;peasant economic development"e; and "e;manorial economy"e; are not mutually exclusive terms.

A comprehensive, highly illustrated study of US tanks and other armoured vehicles used in World War II.

Queens of Poland are conspicuously absent from the study of European queenship-an absence which, together with early modern Poland's marginal place in the historiography, results in a picture of European royal culture that can only be lopsided and incomplete.

Much has been written on the centenary of the First World War; however, no book has yet explored the tragedy of the conflict from a theological perspective.

Environment, Modernization and Development in East Asia critically examines modernization's long-term environmental history.

During the final decade of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), young citizens found themselves at the heart of a rigorous programme of socialist patriotic education, yet following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the emphasis of official state rhetoric, textbooks and youth activities changed beyond recognition.

They sought to transform the world, and ended up transforming twentieth-century AmericaBetween the 1890s and the Vietnam era, many thousands of American Protestant missionaries were sent to live throughout the non-European world.

The overriding theme of this work is that women's struggles, human rights, myths, and literary expression are indispensable to an understanding of the modern culture and socio-political development of the Middle East region.

Publishing for the first time in paperback.

The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions-thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative introductions, and close integration with A Short History of the Middle Ages-and adds significant new materials, especially on the Byzantine and Islamic worlds and the Mediterranean region.

Gorbachev's Third World Dilemmas (1989) examines the strategic, political and ideological criteria which shaped Soviet policies toward the developing world.

Yegor Gaidar, the first post-Soviet prime minister of Russia and one of the principal architects of its historic transformation to a market economy, here presents his lively account of governing in the tumultuous early 1990s.

In the early hours of 22 November 1970, six Portuguese warships surrounded Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, on the West African coast.

The wit and weizen of wheat beers.

What are the best practices of mission work?

Sixty years after the birth of Israel, this fascinating and original book of essays brings together a number of the leading experts on Zionism and Israel to examine the domestic and international context of Israel's transition from community to state in 1948.