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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

Politics in a Half-Made Society: Trinidad and Tobago 1925–2001
	Meighoo, Kirk Subject: Caribbean	This book tells the story of 20th-century politics in Trinidad and Tobago, a multiracial Caribbean state located on two small islands. The enquiry begins in 1925 with the then-colony’s first elections for seats in the Legislative Council. It ends in … 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

Posmodernismo y Teatro en América Latina: Teorías y Practícas en el Umbral del Siglo XXI
	Rizk, Beatriz J. Subject: Latin America, World Literature	Main topics in contemporary Latin American theater include feminism, minorities and other marginalized people, and mixed genres and performances. In this work, Beatriz J. Rizk examines the impact of these topics on styles of Latin American expression on the threshold … More Information

The Price of Blood: History of Repression and Rebellion in Haiti Under Dr. François Duvalier, 1957–1962
	Diederich, Bernard Subject: Caribbean	This is the terrifying history of how Dr. François “Papa Doc” Duvalier used terrorism to reach power, and how he institutionalized terrorism as a weapon of the State. The book reports in detail the stories of the many unsuccessful attempts … 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

Problems in the History of Modern Africa (Vol. III in the Problems in African History Series)
	Collins, Robert O., editor Subject: Africa	This work continues the saga begun in the first two volumes of the Problems in African History series, Problems in African History: The Precolonial Centuries and Historical Problems of Imperial Africa (both also available from Markus Wiener). With this sweeping … 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