The Jamaica Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Paperback - Diana Paton

From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. Yet many of its most i...

Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic Afr...

Reducere. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ra...

While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European ...

Reducere. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago, encompassing nearly eighteen thousand islands. The fourth-most populous nation in the world, it has a...

Reducere. DescriptionTracking Cuban history from 1492 to the present, The Cuba Reader includes more than one hundred selections that present myriad perspecti...

From prehistoric times to the present, the Ocean has been used as a highway for trade, a source of food and resources, and a space for recreation a...

Reducere. Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by ...

Reducere. Long characterized as an exceptional country within Latin America, Costa Rica has been hailed as a democratic oasis in a continent scorched by dict...

Reducere. The Mexico Reader is a vivid introduction to muchos Mexicos--the many Mexicos, or the many varied histories and cultures that comprise contemporary...

Reducere. The Sri Lanka Reader is a sweeping introduction to the epic history of the island nation located just off the southern tip of India. The island's r...

Reducere. Bordering all but two of South America's other nations and by far Latin America's largest country, Brazil differs linguistically, historically, and...

Reducere. Alaska is home to more than two hundred federally recognized tribes. Yet the long histories and diverse cultures of Alaska's first peoples are ofte...

This revised and updated edition of The Mexico Reader provides an expansive and comprehensive guide to the many varied histories and cultures of Me...

Reducere. DescriptionJohn G. Paton narrates his eventful life as a missionary to the New Hebrides - modern-day Vanuatu - in a frank and vivid manner. Beginni...

Reducere. The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200...

DescriptionJohn Gray is the bestselling author of such books as Straw Dogs and Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern which brought a mainstream r...

Reducere. SINKING THE DAYSPRING, Introducing John Paton -- Working at the docks is a dangerous occupation--especially for someone who doesn't know how to swi...

DescriptionThe American founders did not endorse a citizen's right to know. More openness in government, more frankness in a doctor's communication...

Suitable for students of art history as well as those seeking an understanding of art and of the cultural and historical context in which it is mad...

Reducere. The Afro-Latin@ Reader focuses attention on a large, vibrant, yet oddly invisible community in the United States: people of African descent from La...

Jamaican dancehall has long been one of the most vital and influential cultural and artistic forces within contemporary global music. This title pr...

Reducere. Following the multi award-winning "The Diamond of Drury Lane, " here we present the fifth volume from our famous feisty heroine "Cat Royal...Black ...

A definitive reader for all students of food history, comprised of primary source extracts spanning the globe from classical antiquity to the prese...

Reducere. Ragged Coast, Rugged Coves explores the untold story of cannery workers in Southeast Alaska from 1878, when the first cannery was erected on the Al...

Reducere. This is a lively and richly illustrated history of the island of Jamaica from its discovery (1494) to the abolition of slavery (1838). Find more ab...

The Backward Glance: A Miscellany of Irish History, Politics & Culture is a rare bird. It deals with topics of Irish political and cultural history...

This book makes available, for the first time in English, essays and poetry published in the seminal postcolonial Moroccan journal of culture and p...

Together, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, and the Institut des Musees Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ) in the Congo have defined...

Description'The authors draw on an impressive array of contemporary literature and critical studies to provide original and illuminating analyses o...

Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa with an internal market of 150 million people and an economy growing at around 8 percent a year, is po...

Canada is the second-largest country in the world, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and spanning six time zones. From coast to coa...

Queer Wales provides varied perspectives on queer history, culture, politics and life in Wales, launching an important discussion and suggesting th...

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 ...

DescriptionIn this autobiographical account of the Reverend Hugh Sherlock, 'Father' to many. Yvonne Coke records and reflects on the life and times...

Reducere. Collected in this massive 500 page omnibus editions are Walter Lippman's four most important books. These four books are seminal texts in the field...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Diana Hollingsworth GesslerA travel guide with character, this fact-filled keepsake offers all the history, beauty, charm, ...

Reducere. Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of A Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic hist...

This new edition of an established text has been thoroughly revised and updated, bringing the story up to Hollande's presidency. It now incorporate...

Reducere. Besides the overwhelming business success of Henry Jaghai OD. JP. noteworthy are his passions and pastime in the sports activities of Pigeon breedi...

This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200, 000 years.

A thoroughly revised and updated 3rd edition, highlighting the transformed and expanded nature of globalized visual cultures. Contains 47 essays by...

This book offers the reader a critical and interdisciplinary introduction to Brazilian history. Combining a didactic approach with insightful histo...

John Breuilly brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to examine Germany's history from 1780 to 1918, featuring chapters on...

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 ...

Contributor(s): Editor: Carolyn KorsmeyerEditor: David HowesTaste is recognized as one of the most evocative senses. The flavors of food play an im...

Reducere. Collected in this massive 500 page omnibus editions are Walter Lippman's four most important books. These four books are seminal texts in the field...