Creolization and Contraband. Curacao in the Early Modern Atlantic World, Paperback - Linda M. Rupert

Reducere. Uses the history of Curacao to develop the first book-length analysis of the relationship between illicit interimperial trade and processes of soci...

This book explores the phenomenon of firsting in primary and secondary sources about the early modern Atlantic world, while proposing ways through ...

Reducere. Technically speaking, slavery was not legal in the English-speaking world before the mid-seventeenth century. But long before race-based slavery wa...

Reducere. In Detestable and Wicked Arts, Paul B. Moyer places early New England's battle against black magic in a transatlantic perspective. Moyer provides a...

DescriptionAs early as 1441, and well before other European countries encountered Africa, small Portuguese and Spanish trading vessels were plying ...

As early as 1441, and well before other European countries encountered Africa, small Portuguese and Spanish trading vessels were plying the coast o...

Reducere. Opening a window on a dynamic realm far beyond imperial courts, anatomical theaters, and learned societies, Pablo F. Gomez examines the strategies ...

Seafaring activity for trade and travel was dominant throughout the Spanish Empire, and in the worldview and imagination of its inhabitants, the sp...

A wide-ranging collection of essays on plants as market forces.

This book showcases the wide variety of commercial cosmopolitan practices that arose from the global economic entanglements of the early modern per...

Offers practical guidance for parents, teachers and other early years workers who want to give children a good start in mathematical development. S...

Reducere. The religious refugee first emerged as a mass phenomenon in the late fifteenth century. Over the following two and a half centuries, millions of Je...

Reducere. From a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century.Drawing on his vast experience a...

DescriptionA lively, expansive history of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the momentous changes they set in motion This fast-paced sur...

Reducere. This book shows that the first generation of Africans taken to English and Dutch colonies before 1660 were captured by pirates from these countries...

DescriptionOccult topics have long fascinated artists, and the subject of witches--their imagined bodies and fantastic rituals--was a popular one f...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Linda FrietmanIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 64Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 126 x 201 x 14...

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Explores the ambivalent legacy of indigenous peoples' natural rights articulated by Europeans in Spanish and English colonial contexts. It will app...

Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures.

All her life, Anne Frank wanted to be heard. Really, truly heard. Linda Elovitz Marshall introduces readers to the story of Anne Frank in this powe...

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This interdisciplinary collection takes a deep dive into early modern Hispanic health and demonstrates the multiples ways medical practices and exp...

This book explores the relationship between Shakespeare's most famous tragedies and the genre of 'domestic tragedy': plays about murder and adulter...

DescriptionEmerging at the turn of the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic rose to become a powerhouse of economic growth, artistic creativity,...

"Florence in the Early Modern World offers new perspectives on this important city by exploring the broader global context of the fifteenth and six...

Reducere. Resilience is about how you respond to challenges. Prosilience is about how you intentionally prepare yourself to deal with them. Everyone encounte...

Reducere. Encounters with an Enlightened Man reveals Linda Quiring's experience in a mental institution where she was told she would need to be on medication...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jon F. SensbachRebecca's Revival is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman--a slave turned evangelist--who helped inspir...

This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yor...

Examines the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. This work captures the mult...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 48 bw illusNumber of pages: 280Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

This volume explores the theme of religious and political practices in early modern Britain. -- .Publisher: Manchester University PressIllustration...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1762, British forces mobilized more than 230 ships and 26, 000 soldiers, sailors, and enslaved Africans to attack Havana, one of the ...

Reducere. European exploration and conquest expanded exponentially in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and as the horizons of imperial experience ...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. "We want to live as if there is no other place, " Hogan tells us, "as if we will always be here. We want to live with devotion to the world of wate...

Reducere. Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. In the eightee...