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The Slave Shipby Marcus Rediker
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 13.99In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, The Slave Ship is riveting and sobering in its revelations, reconstructing in chilling detail a world nearly lost to history: the ?floating dungeons? at the forefront of the birth of African American culture. more...
The Shadow of the Sunby Ryszard Kapuscinski
Knopf Publishing Group 2001; US$ 11.99In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski hitchhikes with caravans, wanders the Sahara with nomads, and lives in the poverty-stricken slums of Nigeria. He wrestles a king cobra to the death and suffers through a bout of malaria. What emerges is an extraordinary depiction of Africa--not as a group of nations or geographic locations--but as a vibrant and frequently joyous montage of peoples, cultures, and encounters.... more...
Conflict and Confrontation in South East Asia, 1961-1965by Matthew Jones
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 28.00Matthew Jones provides a detailed insight into the origins, outbreak and development of the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation within the context of Britain and American diplomacy. Using new archival sources, he illuminates the creation of Malaysia, Indonesia's opposition to the new state and the Western Powers' reactions to the resulting conflict. more...
Women and Confucian Cultures in Premodern China, Korea, and Japanby Dorothy Ko; JaHyun Kim Haboush; Joan R. Piggott
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95Representing an unprecedented collaboration among international scholars from Asia, Europe, and the United States, this volume rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between Confucianism and women. The authors discuss the absence of women in the Confucian canonical tradition and examine the presence of women in politics, family, education, and art in premodern China, Korea, and Japan. more...
Africa since 1800by Roland Oliver; Anthony Atmore
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 26.00This book looks at the peoples of Africa at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, partition and colonisation, and the colonial rule up to 1960. The last third of the book is concerned with the history of independent Africa during the last years of the twentieth century. more...
Making English Moralsby M. J. D. Roberts; Margot Finn; Keith Wrightson; Colin Jones
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 37.00Campaigns for moral reform were a recurrent and distinctive feature of public life in later Georgian and Victorian England. This book sets out to explore the world of these volunteer networks, their foci of concern, their patterns of recruitment, their methods of operation, and the responses they aroused. more...
The Ancient Egyptians For Dummiesby Charlotte Booth
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2011; US$ 19.99Unravel the history behind of one of the most fascinating ancient civilisations with this engaging, entertaining and educational guide to the ancient Egyptians. With a complete rundown of ancient Egyptian history and culture alongside insights in to the everyday lives of the Egyptians, you’ll discover how they kept themselves entertained, the gory details of mummification, the amazing creation of the pyramids, the deciphering of hieroglyphs and much more. more...
Regime Hegemony in Museveni's Ugandaby Joshua B. Rubongoya
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 85.00A study of the struggle for the restoration of legitimate power in Uganda following the 1986 National Resistance Army/Movement liberation battle. This book emphasizes the normative basis for the exercise of power in reconstruction efforts, tracing a philosophical thread through studies of democratization, human rights, and the role of women. more...
Africansby John Iliffe
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 23.00A vast and all-embracing history of Africa, from the origins of mankind to the aids epidemic. more...
China in Africaby Chris Alden
Zed Books 2007; US$ 22.95Nowhere in the world is Chinas rapid rise to power more evident than in Africa. From multi-billion dollar investments in oil and minerals to the influx of thousands of merchants, labourers and cheap consumer goods, Chinas economic and political reach is redefining Africas traditional ties with the international community. This book investigates the emerging relationship between China and Africa to determine whether this engagement will be that of a development partner, economic competitor or new hegemon. Alden argues that in order to understand Chinese involvement on the continent, we need to recognize the range of economic, diplomatic and security rationales behind Beijings Africa policy as well as the response of African... more...