|
All Titles
Page 21 of 271...10...20212223...27
Political Words and Ideas in Islam
|
Lewis, Bernard
Subject: Religion
|
This book brings together 11 essays on Islamic political thought by Bernard Lewis, the acknowledged doyen of Middle Eastern studies. Few historians have garnered such a broad audience as Lewis, whose works are widely read by scholars, politicians, journalists, and …
More Information
|
The Pond (La Charca): Puerto Rico’s 19th-Century Masterpiece
|
Zeno-Gandia, Manuel (preface by Kal Wagenheim; introduction by Juan Flores)
Subject: Caribbean, World Literature
|
Before the turn of the century, while the rich in Madrid, Paris and Rome capped their sumptuous dinners with sips of Puerto Rico’s exquisite black café, the anemic men, women and children who harvested the precious crop lived in squalid …
More Information
|
Problems in African History: The Pre-Colonial Centuries (Expanded Edition)
|
Iyob, Ruth and Robert O. Collins, editors
Subject: African History, Pre-Colonial Africa
|
This updated and expanded new collection covers the major problems in the field, incorporating classic texts, the newest research, and recent controversies about the origins of African history and Africa’s contributions to non-Western world history.
The themes presented include: • …
More Information
|
Puerto Rican Arrival in New York: Narratives of the Migration, 1920–1950
|
Flores, Juan
Subject: Caribbean, U.S. History
|
“First to disembark were passengers traveling first class, businessmen, well-to-do families, students. In second class, where I was, there were the emigrants, most of us tabaqueros, or cigar workers. . .”
Thus writes Bernardo Vega in this collection of engaging …
More Information
|
The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary 50th Anniversary Edition 2023 Edition
|
de Wagenheim, Olga, Jiménez and Kal Wagenheim, Luis Martînz-Fernandez, editors
Subject: Puerto Rican History, Caribbean History, US History
|
A panorama of Puerto Rican life from the 15th to the 21st century
For 50 years thousands of students, and readers interested in the history of Puerto Rico based on facts and documents have turned to this book. …
More Information
|
Puerto Rico 1898: The War After the War
|
Picó, Fernando
Subject: Latin America, Caribbean
|
Picó’s text was originally published in Spanish in 1987, as one of several works written in the late-1990s marking the centennial of the Spanish-American-Cuban War of 1898 and its consequences for Puerto Rico. When the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico in …
More Information
|
|