Life and Society in the Early Spanish Caribbean: The Greater Antilles, 1493-1550, Paperback - Ida Altman

Reducere. The half century of European activity in the Caribbean that followed Columbus's first voyages brought enormous demographic, economic, and social ch...

Reducere. Set along both the physical and social margins of the British Empire in the second half of the seventeenth century, Everyday Life in the Early Engl...

Space and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds - Michael Scott

DescriptionLet us guide you on every step of your travels.An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what ...

A major history of the impact of Caribbean migration to the United States.

DescriptionIn popular imagination few phenomena are as strongly associated with medieval society as knighthood and chivalry. At the same time, and ...

Reducere. This book explores the links among ecology, disease, and international politics in the context of the Greater Caribbean - the landscapes lying betw...

By 1940 going to the movies was the most popular form of public leisure in Britain's empire. This book explores the social and cultural impact of t...

A collection of essays examining literary discussions of the role of science, focusing on the interactions between processes of knowledge formation...

Ashley M. Williard argues that early Caribbean reconstructions of masculinity and femininity sustained occupation, slavery, and nascent ideas of ra...

This volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.

Reducere. Long before the Jewish settlements in North America, Sephardic Jews came to the Caribbean, first as crew members on Columbus's ships. By the 1600s,...

Reducere. DescriptionThis study of politics and the role of the state in the Arab world is aimed at students of Middle East politics, political theory and po...

Expanded and updated, Charles Eisenstein's classic treatise on capitalism, currency, and the gift economy. This revised version traces the history ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Alan R. H. (University of Cambridge, UK) BakerIllustration(s): 13 MapsNumber of pages: 248Publica...

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 ...

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. The War for Independence touched virtually every American. It promised liberty, the opportunity for a better life, and the excitement of the battle...

The Kuwaiti population includes around 100, 000 people - approximately 10 per cent of the Kuwaiti nationals -whose legal status is contested. Often...

DescriptionThe diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colon...

The stateless (bidun) of Kuwait represent around 10 per cent of Kuwaiti nationals - approximately 100, 000 people. In this book, the author argues ...

Publisher: HAU Society Of Ethnographic TheoryAuthor(s): Marion FourcadeNumber of pages: 474Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 229 x 38Cover ty...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Anthony GiddensModernity differs from all preceding forms of social order because of its dynamism, its deep undercutting of...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 226Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 174 x 244 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Tom O...

Analyses the successful stability of Oman despite very real social pressures

Illustrates the complex ways in which biblical women's narratives could be reimagined for a variety of rhetorical and religious purposes -- .

Journalist. Suffragist. Antilynching crusader. In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi. In 2020, she won a Pulitzer P...

Publisher: Proquest, Umi Dissertation PublishingAuthor(s): Allison J GunneIllustration(s): colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 118Publication date...

DescriptionAs recently as the 1970s, gay and lesbian history was a relatively unexplored field for serious scholars. The past quarter century, howe...

In Maimonides and the Merchants, Mark R. Cohen reveals the extent of pragmatic revisions to the halakha, or body of Jewish law, introduced by Moses...

By their social and material context as markers of graves, dedications and public signs of honour, inscriptions offer a distinct perspective on the...

"This volume emerged from an international conference, "The Jewish Diaspora of the Caribbean, " convened in Kingston, Jamaica, from 12 to 14 Januar...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom 1550 to colonial partition in the mid-1880s, trade was key to Afro-European relations on the western Slave Coast (the coastal areas...

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

'!A Volar!' is a new 5-level primary Spanish course from Collins, offering a fun and engaging approach to language learning.

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 1 Tables, black and whiteNumber of pages: 236Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 157 x 234 x 22Cover ...

This book is a study of the British casino industry and how it has been shaped by criminality, prohibition, regulation and liberalization since the...

Reducere. Humanity is emerging into a Greater Community of worlds. Contact has begun and our isolation in the universe is over. This is the greatest event in...

A pioneering treatment of the development and importance of writing in ancient Cypriot society, throughout the second and first millennia BC. Explo...

Reducere. Welcome to the Caribbean! Readers are invited along to learn about a tropical paradise in this nonfiction reader that features vibrant, colorful ph...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ann VanderhoofWhile sailing around the Caribbean, Ann Vanderhoof and her husband Steve track wild oregano-eating goats in t...

Reducere. The gripping history of Afro-Latino migrants who conspired to overthrow a colonial monarchy, end slavery, and secure full citizenship in their home...

Politics and society in Central and South-East Europe - Zsuzsanna Kopeczny

The first section of this Element reviews the history of LGBTQ rights in the region since the 1960s. The second section reviews explanations for th...

Reducere. An exciting collection of original interviews with the infamously outspoken director of Short Cuts. From Nashville to The Player to Gosford Park, R...