A World Transformed. Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power, Hardback - Professor James Walvin

A comprehensive study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern worldPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Professor James Walvi...

Publisher: Little, BrownAuthor(s): James WalvinPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 270 x 30Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii s...

Recognized national AI expert, and the US Air Force's first Chairperson for Artificial Intelligence, Michael Kanaan weaves an intriguing new spin o...

James Walvin offers a new and an original interpretation of the barbaric world of slavery and of the historic end to the slave trade in April 1807....

Reducere. The first full review of the mass murder by crew members on the slave ship Zong and the lasting repercussions of this horrifying event On November ...

'Long before the friends of African freedom began to agitate for black freedom, the enslaved themselves had created their own strategies of resista...

Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonpla...

Presents an account of the Atlantic slave trade which helps us to understand the rise and fall of one of the most shameful chapters in British hist...

This history of the struggles to regenerate France's colonial empire in the eighteenth century reveals how political economists, colonial administr...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): James PoskettNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 323 x 286 x 40Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

Reducere. In 1906, William J. Seymour (1870-1922) preached Pentecostal revival at the Azusa Street mission in Los Angeles. From these and other humble origin...

A new global history of slavery from ancient origins through the horrors of the Atlantic trade to the present day.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Hugh R. (University of Otago) SlottenIllustration(s): 10 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pa...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Derek OffordNumber of pages: 144Collection: Russian ShortsPublication date: 2022Dimensions...

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

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why N...

Acclaimed comics scholar Frederick Luis Aldama shines light on how mainstream comics have clumsily distilled and reconstructed Indigenous identitie...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking collection, editors Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie M. Harris place sexuality at the center of slavery studies in the Americas ...

This book offers a nuanced and detailed examination of two of the most important current debates about contemporary Russia's international activity...

This book offers a nuanced and detailed examination of two of the most important current debates about contemporary Russia's international activity...

Analyzing more than one hundred and fifty historical maps, this book traces the Jesuits' significant contributions to mapping and mapmaking from th...

A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War IIPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s...

Reducere. Ethnologue(R) is the comprehensive reference work that catalogs all the knownliving languages in the world today. It has been an active research pr...

How did writing histories of the world change after the discovery of America? Focusing on a set of case studies, this book explores creative works ...

The keys to global business success, as taught by a T-shirt's journey The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically-acclaimed narr...

Reducere. In this pathbreaking new work, Vitor Izecksohn attempts to shed new light on the American Civil War by comparing it to a strikingly similar campaig...

Mastering Emotions examines the interactions between slaveholders and enslaved people, and between White people and free Black people, to expose ho...

An examination of shifting global power dynamics in climate change politics, and how this affects our ability to achieve equitable and sustainable ...

Compelling addition to the continuing conversation on the complicity of white, southern women in the slave labor economy.Publisher: The University ...

... a much-needed volume on a neglected topic that is of great interest to scholars of women, slavery, and African American history." --Drew FaustG...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Leigh MarzNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 235 x 37Cover type: HardbackRedescopera fa...

Buckle up and get ready to hit the road for 50 of the Americas' greatest drives. Ranging in duration from a few hours to a week or more, each route...

Lace up your hiking boots and get ready to explore 50 of the Americas' most epic hikes. Ranging from one-day walks to multi-day treks, each route i...

DescriptionA finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the ...

This book is about the origins of agriculture and plant domestication that occurred in the Neolithic Near East 10, 500 years ago. It is directed no...