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Cuban Music
	Roy, Maya (translated by Denise and Gabriel Asfar) Subject: Caribbean	Native Americans supplied the maracas. African slaves brought drums and ritual music, and Spaniards brought guitars, brass instruments, and clarinets along with European ballroom dancing. The advent of blues and jazz gave new forms to styles of songs, notably feeling … More Information

Cuentos: Stories from Puerto Rico (Bilingual)
	Wagenheim, Kal, editor Subject: Caribbean	*Cuentos* is a bilingual anthology of twelve short stories, many of which appeared in the 1960s in the English-language magazine The San Juan Review, co-founded by Kal Wagenheim and Augusto Font. Written by six of Puerto Rico’s leading writers, the … More Information

Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster (Updated 2008 Edition)
	Burr, J. Millard and Robert O. Collins Subject: Africa	Images of the genocide in Darfur have shocked the Western world; upwards of 300,000 of its inhabitants have died, and another 2.5 million have become refugees. Those affected by the violence are estimated at almost 4 million, 700,000 of whom … More Information

Directory of Accounting Dissertations: Second Updated Edition
	Spiceland, J. David and Kay Zekany Subject: Accounting	The second edition of The Directory of Accounting Dissertations identifies and classifies accounting dissertations during the 1985 to 1995 academic years by functional area, topic, and research method.

Documents from the African Past
	Collins, Robert O., editor Subject: Africa	This fascinating collection spans two millennia, beginning with a first-century merchant’s guide to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean ports. Primary sources describe ancient and medieval trade routes, China’s discovery of Africa, the slave trade, kingdoms and court life in … More Information

Dominican Cultures: The Making of a Caribbean Society
	Vega, Bernardo (translated by Christine Ayorinde) Subject: Caribbean	The Spanish brought their religion, language, values, and traditions to the island to form the cornerstone of Dominican culture. What is not as widely recognized is that a later influx of Germans, Irish, Italians, and Sephardic Jews from the Dutch … More Information

The Dominican People: A Documentary History
	Sagás, Ernesto and Orlando Inoa Subject: Caribbean	The vanquished Taíno Indians, the Spanish conquistadors, rebellious slaves, common folk, foreign invaders, bloody dictators, gallant heroes, charismatic politicians, and committed rebels — all have left their distinct imprint on Dominican society and left behind printed records. Nevertheless, the five-hundred-year … More Information

The Dominican Republic: A National History (Second Updated and Enlarged Edition)
	Moya Pons, Frank Subject: Caribbean	“This book is excellent.” — Junot Diaz, in the New York Times Book Review “Frank Moya Pons is the best-known contemporary Dominican historian. The author of many books and articles, he is a recognized scholar both at home and … More Information

Dr. Moritz (Don Mauricio) Hochschild, 1881–1965: A German Jewish Mining Entrepreneur in South America
	Waszkis, Helmut (edited by Heinrich Schipperges) Subject: South America	The colorful life and activities of Dr. Moritz Hochschild in Latin America between 1911 and 1965 are the center of the first biography of the man, an important mining entrepreneur and ore buyer, and his companies. Moritz Hochschild became one … More Information

East Africa and the Indian Ocean
	Alpers, Edward A. Subject: Africa, World History	For centuries, East Africa has played a central role within the Indian Ocean world. The Arabs built the first trade networks there; these were laid siege to by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century, followed by British colonialists in the … More Information