Exemplary Violence. Rewriting History in Colonial Colombia, Paperback - Alberto Villate-Isaza

Explores Colombia's violent colonial history by examining three seventeenth-century historical accounts of the New Kingdom of Granada (modern-day C...

An interdisciplinary book highlighting the relationship between the Red Sea region's colonial history and its present instability. Colonial Chaos e...

The book that changed the conversation on the contemporary museumPublisher: Pluto PressAuthor(s): Dan HicksIllustration(s): 4 Tables, black and whi...

Using the insurrection by the Malayan Communist Party (1948-1960) as an example, this book argues that resorting to violence sped up the decolonisa...

Nancy Rose Hunt tells the affective history of the convergence of biopolitics and colonial violence in the Belgian Congo. By showing how the shifts...

A comprehensive account of how Europeans have used violence to conquer, coerce and police in pursuit of imperialism and colonial settlement

This collection of essays begins with the premise that violence, in its relationship to order, is a central element of history.Publisher: Oxbow Boo...

Reducere. DescriptionWhile the witchcraft mania that swept through Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 was significant, fascination with it has tended to overshado...

Reducere. Alberto J. Bolet was born in Vedado, Havana, Cuba, on December 14, 1941. In this book, written as a legacy for his children and grandchildren, he d...

Reducere. In this follow-up to his popular Science Secrets, Alberto A. Mart nez discusses various popular myths from the history of mathematics: that Pythago...

Reducere. The result of over seven years in-depth investigation into the unparalleled Billy Meier ET contact case, They Are Here reveals long-hidden findings...

Reducere. This unique two-volume set combines selected pairs of documents from Greenhaven's Opposing Viewpoints: American History Series with other carefully...

Reducere. During the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, countless slaves from culturally diverse communities in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast ...

Reducere. Unearth the incredible history of one of South America's most beautiful countries.Colombia is an amazing country with a rich history, vibrant geogr...

Reducere. DescriptionWhite servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. In fact more than half o...

Responding to Human Trafficking provides a new framework for critical analyses of anti-trafficking and other rights-based and anti-violence interve...

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...

Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompan...

Reducere. Como resultado de m s de siete a os de investigaci n a profundidad, sobre el incomparable caso del contactado Billy Meier, en el libro Ellos Est n ...

Reducere. DescriptionWelcome to Colombia See the sites. Enjoy the food. Hear the language. Discover this country's land, people, and traditions.

Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has increased in recent years and has played an important part in the ...

The definitive account of exploitation in the Congo, introduced by Adam HochschildPublisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Jules MarchalTranslator: Martin ...

Reducere. Step back in time and learn about the daily life and times of early American colonists. Young readers will experience an alphabetical snapshot of c...

For hundreds of years, the island of Sri Lanka was a crucial stopover for people and goods in the Indian Ocean. For the Dutch East India Company, i...

Reducere. Published to critical acclaim in 1959 and long out of print, Crusader Without Violence was the first biography of the dynamic leader who emerged fr...

Reducere. Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria looks closely at the conditions that created a legacy of violence in Nigeria. Toyin Falola examines violence as...

Reducere. This book opens new dimensions on race in Latin America by examining the extreme caste groups of colonial Mexico. In tracing their experiences, a b...

Reducere. Maria Elena Martinez's Genealogical Fictions is the first in-depth study of the relationship between the Spanish concept of limpieza de sangre (pur...

Readers will understand all the events- from the seemingly inconsequential to the major- that framed Colonial American life. Includes sections on f...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 8 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 260Collection: Theme...

Reducere. Soviet Women in Combat explores the unprecedented historical phenomenon of Soviet young women's en masse volunteering for World War II combat in 19...

Reducere. Foreword by James ScottThis classic work in subaltern studies explores the common elements present in rebel consciousness during the Indian colonia...

This interdisciplinary study examines how age norms shaped the experiences of Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans in colonial North ...

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 ...

What changes in the material culture can we observe, when a state is overwhelming a local population with soldiers, katoikoi, and civil officials o...

Reducere. Nicknamed the "Gateway to South America, " Colombia is filled with beauty and color! In this text, readers will explore the nation's landscape, peo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sophie WhiteBased on a sweeping range of archival, visual, and material evidence, Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians ex...

Reducere. In North America's first major conflict, known today as the French and Indian War, France and England-both in alliance with Native American tribes-...

Reducere. Here's another book that tackles the daily lives of families living in different times. History should be discussed as a time where people lived an...

Publisher: VerpublishingNumber of pages: 120Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 153 x 230 x 9Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Larrie Benton...

Presents the work of Guaman Poma, a native Andean born after the fall of the Incas, who protested against Spanish rule.

Reducere. Considered a classic study of southeastern Indians, Powhatan's Mantle demonstrates how ethnohistory, demography, archaeology, anthropology, and car...

This is the first English-language monograph on monarchy in the Dutch colonial world. It reveals the role of mass and amateur photography in foster...

Examines the evolving representations of the colonial past from the mid-19th century up to decolonization in the 1960s and 70s - the so-called era ...

Reducere. This in-depth narrative history of the interactions between English settlers and American Indians during the Virginia colony's first century explai...

This monograph offers a cultural history of the development of physics in India during the first half of the twentieth century, focusing on Indian ...