Academic Book Titles | All Titles

All Titles

Holy City on the Nile: Omdurman During the Mahdiyya, 1885–1898
	Kramer, Robert S. Subject: Africa, Religion, Middle East	The late 19th century of the Common Era also marked the end of the 13th Islamic century, a time when millions of Muslims—especially in sub-Saharan Africa—fervently expected the arrival of a Mahdi, a “divinely guided one,” who would fill the … More Information

The Horrors of Slavery and Other Writings by Robert Wedderburn
	Wedderburn, Robert (edited by Iain MacCalman) Subject: Caribbean	Robert Wedderburn was one of the first promoters of black power by revolutionary force, if necessary. His publications had an enormous impact in his time. The Horrors of Slavery is a vivid record of the history, ideas, and rhetoric of … More Information

Human Drama Series, Volumes I through IV
	Johnson, Jean and Donald Johnson Subject: Text Books, World History	In this four-part series, the authors present 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. The past involves … More Information

Human Rights Policy of the Organization of American States in Latin America: Philanthropic Endeavors or the Exploitation of an Ideal?
	Dykmann, Klaas Subject: Latin America	This book provides a historical analysis of the human rights policy of the Organization of American States (OAS) between 1970 and 1991. It offers new insights based on extensive research in archives and expert interviews in various countries. A description … More Information

Ibn Battuta in Black Africa
	Ibn Battuta, Abu Abdalla (edited by Said Hamdun and Noël Q. King) Subject: Africa, Middle East, World History	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 of the African East coast, such as Mombasa and Kilwa, and the … More Information

Ibn Fadlan’s Journey To Russia: A Tenth-Century Traveler From Baghdad to the Volga River
	Frye, Richard N., editor Subject: Asia, Europe, Middle East, Religion	This is the first English translation of the famous Risala, letters by the tenth-century traveler Ibn Fadlan, one of the great medieval travelers in world history, akin to Ibn Battuta. Ibn Fadlan was an Arab missionary sent by the Caliph … More Information

The Impact of Intervention: The Dominican Republic during the U.S. Occupation of 1916-1924
	Calder, Bruce Subject: Caribbean History, Dominican History, US Foreign Policy	First U.S. paperback edition, spring 2006. Reprint of the 1984 edition with a new, extensive introduction by the author. “A comprehensive and tolerant study, devoid of jargon….Calder, a historian at the University of Illinois at Chicago, fairly describes the mixed … More Information

La Indianidad: The Indigenious World Before Latin Americans
	Horna, Hernán Subject: Latin America	Among the few historical documents by or about early Native American history are pre-Columbia Mayan manuscripts and stone glyphs, and documents written in Spanish by Indians and Mestizos from the Andes and Mesoamerica in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The … More Information

International Guide to Accounting Journals: Second Enlarged Edition
	Spiceland, J. David and Surendra Agrawal, editors Subject: Accounting	This volume is the most comprehensive national and international guide to accounting journals available. It is an indispensable directory for researchers who are looking for publication possibilities or for sources and an extraordinary reference book for librarians. It covers about … More Information

Inward Hunger: The Education of a Prime Minister
	Williams, Eric (introduction by Colin Palmer) Subject: Caribbean	“When the author, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was a lad, his country was a British crown colony, and its government offered one university scholarship a year to the entire population. Young Williams won it, and went off … More Information