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Santiago Pérez Triana (1858–1916) Colombian Man of Letters and Crusader for Hemispheric Unity
	Rausch, Jane Subject: Latin Amerivan History, American History, World History, Biography,	The son of radical Colombian president Santiago Pérez Manosalbas, Pérez Triana was forced into exile after a scandal involving his business ventures, fleeing over the Andes and down three rivers to the Atlantic and a new life in the … More Information

The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil
	al Shihabi, Ali, Haykel Bernard Subject: Middle Eastern History	The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil presents a candid and insightful analysis of Saudi Arabia’s political instability in light of the mounting domestic and international challenges facing the country today. Directly addressing Saudi Arabia’s … More Information

Shaihu Umar: A Novel About Slavery in Africa
	Balewa, Sir Abubakar Tafawa, Alhaji (edited by Beverly Mack; translated by Mervyn Hiskett) Subject: Africa, World Literature, History of Slavery	Northern Nigeria, just before the turn of the century: a time of unrest and civil war, when the trans-Saharan slave trade still flourished. Against this turbulent backdrop is set the story of the Hausa, a black African people who practice … More Information

Short History of the Ismailis
	Daftary, Farhad Subject: Middle East, Religion	A major Shi’i Muslim community with a long and eventful history, the Ismailis were until recently studied primarily on the basis of the accounts of their enemies, including the Sunni polemicists and the Crusader chroniclers. As a result, a host … More Information

The Siege of Magdala: The British Empire Against the Emperor of Ethiopia
	Matthies, Volker (foreword by Richard Pankhurst; translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Africa, Europe, World History	In 1867-68, a petty diplomatic dispute between Ethiopian emperor Tewodros II and Queen Victoria led to one of the strangest and most dramatic military campaigns in history. The British Indian Army, with 60,000 men, 30,000 elephants, mules and horses, and … More Information

Simón Bolívar: History and Myth
	Zeuske, Michael (translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Latin America	All over Latin America, and especially in the Venezuela of Hugo Chavez, Latin America’s liberator, Simón Bolívar, is a political idol and symbol of that continent’s new political self-confidence. The legends about him remain alive and have been the basis … More Information

Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico: Conspiracies and Uprisings, 1795-1873
	Baralt, Guillermo A. Subject: Caribbean	Winner of the Puerto Rico PEN Club Award From the emergence of the first sugar plantations up until 1873, when slavery was abolished, the wealth amassed by many landowners in Puerto Rico derived mainly from the exploitation … More Information

Slavery in the Islamic Middle East
	Marmon, Shaun E., editor Subject: Middle East, Religion	Slavery, recognized and regulated by Islamic law, was an integral part of Muslim societies in the Middle East well into modern times. Recruited from the “Abode of War” by means of trade or warfare, slaves began their lives in the … More Information

Slavery on the Frontiers of Islam
	Lovejoy, Paul E., editor Subject: Africa, Middle East, Religion,History of Slavery,Latin America	This collection of essays offers a new paradigm, in which the trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic worlds of slavery are brought into focus under the same lens. While slave studies have considered either trans-Atlantic or Islamic slavery, rarely has any study combined … More Information

Somoza and the Legacy of U.S. Involvement in Central America
	Diederich, Bernard Subject: Caribbean, Latin America, Us History	This engaging story of Nicaragua’s notorious tyrant is more than a biography. Solidly written for a general as well as scholarly audience, it paints a portrait of the man against a backdrop of Nicaragua’s political structure, social circumstance, and economic … More Information

Space and History in the Caribbean
	Lara, Oruno D. Subject: Caribbean	Oruno D. Lara explains the history of the Caribbean as a history of exploitation. From Christopher Columbus to the modern vacationer, outside observers have looked upon the Caribbean as a paradise on earth. However, behind the images of sea, … More Information

Starting With Food: Culinary Approaches to Ottoman History
	Singer, Amy, editor Subject: Middle East	Food is a marker of identity, culture, and class, and it denotes power, routine, leisure, and celebration. Despite its importance to every aspect of historical research, this topic has not been sufficiently explored in Ottoman history. This volume places the … More Information

Stella: The Epic Saga of the Haitian Revolution
	Bergeaud, Emeric (translated by Adriana Umaña Hossman; introduction by Luis Duno-Gottberg) Subject: Caribbean, Latin America: Colonialism, World Literature	Emeric Bergeaud’s Stella (1859), the first Haitian novel ever published, combines descriptions of moving scenes with factual accounts of the thirteen years of the Haitian revolution (1791-1804). Stella is an epic saga: the novel’s chapter headings refer to major events … More Information

The Story of the Jamaican People
	Sherlock, Philip and Hazel Bennett Subject: Caribbean	The last general history of Jamaica was published in 1960. Since then, the country has become an independent nation and has developed a new sense of national identity out of the experience of 450 years of European colonization, African slavery, … More Information

Sudan in Turmoil: Hasan al-Turabi and the Islamist State, 1989-2003
	Collins, Robert O. and J. Millard Burr Subject: Africa	Sudan was the first Islamist nation created within the larger Sunni community. The authors specifically focus on the activity of Sudanese intellectual Hasan al-Turabi, the eminence gris of the Sudanese Islamist movement and its political guide (murshid). Turabi, a prominent … More Information

Sufism and Politics
	Heck, Paul L., editor Subject: Middle East, Religion	Sufism is often overlooked when it comes to scholarly consideration of the politics of the Muslim world. This is partly due to the difficulty of defining Sufism, which is both spiritual outlook and social institution. Both aspects, however, have been … More Information

Sufism and Religious Brotherhoods in Senegal
	Mbacké, Khadim (edited by John Hunwick; translated by Eric Ross) Subject: Africa, Religion	This book is a study of the state of Islam in Senegal and of the religious factors that influence it. Islam in Senegal is characterized by the strong intrenchment of a certain number of Sufi brotherhoods. In effect, the majority … More Information