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Nigerian Foreign Policy under Military Rule, 1966-1999
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 112.00Abegunrin provides a significant and comprenhensive examination of Nigerian foreign policy (1966-1999) during the almost 33 years of military rule, punctuated by the four-year civilian interregnum, 1979-1983. He analyzes what led to the military rule in 1966, and the foreign policy performance of each military regime that ruled the country since 1966.... more...
An Index to African-American Spirituals for the Solo Voice
ABC-CLIO 1999; US$ 139.00Spirituals were an intrinsic part of the African-American plantation life and were sung at all important occasions and events. This volume is the first index of African-American spirituals to be published in more than half a century and will be an important research tool for scholars and students of African-American history and music. The first collection... more...
Deepening Democracy
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 112.00Adams surveys the impact of transnational organizations and NGOs on Latin American politics since 1990. The transition from military to civilian rule in Latin American countries has benefited local progressive forces, but resilient remnants favoring the past's authoritarian politics have compelled organizations like the UN, IMF, OAS, and World Bank... more...
Iraq's Burdens
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 144.00Oil revenue has been an economic curse for Iraq. In the second half of the 20th century the international oil sector shaped Iraq's economy, forcing it to rely too heavily on revenue brought in by oil production and exports. Iraq's failure to use copious oil rents to diversify the economy has proven disastrous for its people and economy. Its over-reliance... more...
Discovering the Welfare State in East Asia
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 119.00Aspalter asserts that the belief that the development of high standard welfare states is primarily based on the ideology that pro-welfare, mostly leftwing, parties dominate welfare state literature and common thought in the Western world. Instead, in this examination of the welfare states of East Asia, Aspalter and his contributors show that they grew... more...
Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 190.00This book is a comparative study of the sociological field in two different Muslim societies: Malaysia and Egypt. It analyses the process of the production of 'knowledge' through the example of the modern 'Islamization of knowledge debate' and local empirical variations. more...
Culture and Customs of Turkey
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 70.00A comprehensive study on the world's most exotic, culturally diverse nations: Turkey. more...
Vanguard or Vandals
BRILL 2004; US$ 46.00This book contains a range of original studies on one of the major challenges in Africa today: the controversial role of youth in politics, conflict and rebellious movements. The issue is not only the drafting of child soldiers into insurgent armies or predatory militias, as in Somalia, Sierra Leone or Congo, but, more generally, that of the problematic... more...
Developmentalism and Dependency in Southeast Asia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 195.00This book provides a detailed cross-country study of the automotive industry in South East Asia. Abbott argues that, contrary to prevailing opinion, the diffusion of manufacturing in the Asia-Pacific has been characterized by hierarchical networks of production linked to Japan for technology. more...
Ragged but Right
University Press of Mississippi 2007; US$ 75.00The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. "Coon songs," with their ugly name, defined ragtime for the masses.... more...









