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Paperback. Condizione: Good. This work covers topics such as gender, religion, war, ecology, and nationalism, creating both thematic narratives and the strands of a larger chronological account. It explores major historical turning points, and reveals the dynamic of increasing global interactions.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This work demonstrates that the notion of "jihad" ("Holy War") is very much alive in the Islamic world, and plays a prominent political role. It shows how Islamicists emphasize jihad as a crusade against drugs and other societal scourges. Six translated Islamic texts are presented.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This work demonstrates that the notion of "jihad" ("Holy War") is very much alive in the Islamic world, and plays a prominent political role. It shows how Islamicists emphasize jihad as a crusade against drugs and other societal scourges. Six translated Islamic texts are presented.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Return to an era when Zanzibar was ruled by sultans, and enter a vanished world of harems, slave trading, and court intrigues. In this insider's story, a sultan's daughter who fled her gilded cage offers a compelling look at nineteenth-century Arabic and African royal life. After years of exile in Europe, the former princess wrote this fascinating memoir as a legacy for her children and a warm reminiscence of her island home.Born Salamah bint Said, Princess of Zanzibar, in 1844, author Emily Ruete grew up in a harem with scores of siblings. The royal family maintained its fabulous wealth and luxury with a robust traffic in ivory, spices, and human bondage. Ruete ventures beyond the palace, into the city and plantations where European traders, missionaries, and colonists exercised a growing influence. After her dramatic elopement with a German trader, Ruete attained the perspective to form a comparison of the lives of women in Muslim society with those of their European contemporaries. Originally published in 1886, this remarkable autobiography will captivate readers interested in Zanzibar and Eastern Africa as well as students of Arabic, Islam, and women's studies.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Return to an era when Zanzibar was ruled by sultans, and enter a vanished world of harems, slave trading, and court intrigues. In this insider's story, a sultan's daughter who fled her gilded cage offers a compelling look at nineteenth-century Arabic and African royal life. After years of exile in Europe, the former princess wrote this fascinating memoir as a legacy for her children and a warm reminiscence of her island home.Born Salamah bint Said, Princess of Zanzibar, in 1844, author Emily Ruete grew up in a harem with scores of siblings. The royal family maintained its fabulous wealth and luxury with a robust traffic in ivory, spices, and human bondage. Ruete ventures beyond the palace, into the city and plantations where European traders, missionaries, and colonists exercised a growing influence. After her dramatic elopement with a German trader, Ruete attained the perspective to form a comparison of the lives of women in Muslim society with those of their European contemporaries. Originally published in 1886, this remarkable autobiography will captivate readers interested in Zanzibar and Eastern Africa as well as students of Arabic, Islam, and women's studies.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 'Cuentos' is a bilingual anthology of 12 short stories, many of which appeared in the 1960s in the English-language magazine 'The San Juan Review'. Written by six of Puerto Rico's leading writers, the themes vary in time from the 16th century Spanish conquest to the migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 'Cuentos' is a bilingual anthology of 12 short stories, many of which appeared in the 1960s in the English-language magazine 'The San Juan Review'. Written by six of Puerto Rico's leading writers, the themes vary in time from the 16th century Spanish conquest to the migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. An exploration of African-American freedom fighters in Jamaica, presenting a history of resistance instead of a history of domination. The context of marronage is carefully established: the plantation system as an economic and ideological machine fuelled by the abuse of black working power.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. A detailed analysis of Puerto Rican society during the Spanish colonial period, highlighting the roles and responsibilities of women and workers. Rather than celebrating the victors, the author has composed the book from the viewpoint of the colonized, suppressed and exploited.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This volume discusses 500 years of western African history, beginning with the writings of travellers Ibn Battuta, Leo Africanus and Mungo Park. Topics covered include: religious wars; the trans-Sahara and cross-Atlantic slave trade; the French and British colonial periods; and modern times.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This work presents the development of humankind across cultures and economies in a global manner, from ancient times on, as a gigantic drama played out with the cradles of civilization as the stage. It also highlights the exploits of daring traders, missionaries and warriors.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Abu Abdalla Ibn Battuta (1304-1354) was one of the greatest travelers of pre-modern times. He traveled to Black Africa twice. He reported about the wealthy, multi-cultural trading centers at the African East coast, such as Mombasa and Kilwa, and the warm hospitality he experienced in Mogadishu. He also visited the court of Mansa Musa and neighboring states during its period of prosperity from mining and the Trans-Saharan trade. He wrote disapprovingly of sexual integration in families and of hostility towards the white man. Ibn Battuta's description is a unique document of the high culture, pride, and independence of Black African states in the fourteenth century. This book is one of the most important documents about Black Africa written by a non-European medieval historian.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Features essays that deal with continuity and change in Puerto Rico. This title presents a window onto San Juan's cultural mosaic. It records descriptions of older Puerto Ricans and reflects on turning points in Puerto Rican history. It also describes bus riding etiquette and documents how neighborhoods are changing.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This work covers topics such as gender, religion, war, ecology, and nationalism, creating both thematic narratives and the strands of a larger chronological account. It explores major historical turning points, and reveals the dynamic of increasing global interactions.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This work demonstrates that the notion of "jihad" ("Holy War") is very much alive in the Islamic world, and plays a prominent political role. It shows how Islamicists emphasize jihad as a crusade against drugs and other societal scourges. Six translated Islamic texts are presented.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This work demonstrates that the notion of "jihad" ("Holy War") is very much alive in the Islamic world, and plays a prominent political role. It shows how Islamicists emphasize jihad as a crusade against drugs and other societal scourges. Six translated Islamic texts are presented.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A study of problems in African history during the pre-colonial era. The author guides the reader through a range of theories and interpretations concerning issues relating to: Africa and Egypt; Bantu origins and migration; African states and trade; Islam in Africa; women; and slavery. …

Condizione: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Examines world history from 1450 to the beginning of the twentieth century. The book begins with an examination of the five newly forming gunpowder empires and develops the themes of industrialization and the formation of nation-states. The second half of the book covers Europe's growing global power.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Return to an era when Zanzibar was ruled by sultans, and enter a vanished world of harems, slave trading, and court intrigues. In this insider's story, a sultan's daughter who fled her gilded cage offers a compelling look at nineteenth-century Arabic and African royal life. After years of exile in Europe, the former princess wrote this fascinating memoir as a legacy for her children and a warm reminiscence of her island home.Born Salamah bint Said, Princess of Zanzibar, in 1844, author Emily Ruete grew up in a harem with scores of siblings. The royal family maintained its fabulous wealth and luxury with a robust traffic in ivory, spices, and human bondage. Ruete ventures beyond the palace, into the city and plantations where European traders, missionaries, and colonists exercised a growing influence. After her dramatic elopement with a German trader, Ruete attained the perspective to form a comparison of the lives of women in Muslim society with those of their European contemporaries. Originally published in 1886, this remarkable autobiography will captivate readers interested in Zanzibar and Eastern Africa as well as students of Arabic, Islam, and women's studies.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Presents vignettes of the principal actors in Mexico City and sharp profiles of leading U.S. politicians and diplomats to provide an brief analysis of migration and an insightful account of the circumstances that led to Fox's victory.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 'Cuentos' is a bilingual anthology of 12 short stories, many of which appeared in the 1960s in the English-language magazine 'The San Juan Review'. Written by six of Puerto Rico's leading writers, the themes vary in time from the 16th century Spanish conquest to the migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 'Cuentos' is a bilingual anthology of 12 short stories, many of which appeared in the 1960s in the English-language magazine 'The San Juan Review'. Written by six of Puerto Rico's leading writers, the themes vary in time from the 16th century Spanish conquest to the migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. An exploration of African-American freedom fighters in Jamaica, presenting a history of resistance instead of a history of domination. The context of marronage is carefully established: the plantation system as an economic and ideological machine fuelled by the abuse of black working power.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. A detailed analysis of Puerto Rican society during the Spanish colonial period, highlighting the roles and responsibilities of women and workers. Rather than celebrating the victors, the author has composed the book from the viewpoint of the colonized, suppressed and exploited.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. From the ninth to the early 20th century, probably as many black Africans were forcibly taken across the Sahara, up the Nile valley, and across the Red Sea, as were transported across the Atlantic in a much shorter period. This work provides an introduction to this other slave trade.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. From the ninth to the early 20th century, probably as many black Africans were forcibly taken across the Sahara, up the Nile valley, and across the Red Sea, as were transported across the Atlantic in a much shorter period. This work provides an introduction to this other slave trade.…