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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

Kitsch Tropical: Los medios en la literatura y el arte en América Latina
	Santos, Lidia Subject: Latin America	Named the Best Book on Brazilian Studies 2006 by the Latin American Studies Association “Santos takes a keen look at the way mass culture has influenced artistic production in Latin America during the past 40 years. Santos maintains … More Information

Tropical Kitsch: Mass Media in Latin American Art and Literature
	Santos, Lidia Subject: Latin America	Named the Best Book on Brazilian Studies 2006 by the Latin American Studies Association “Santos takes a keen look at the way mass culture has influenced artistic production in Latin America during the past 40 years. Santos … More Information

The Letters and Other Writings of Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano, the African): Documenting Abolition of the Slave Trade
	Sapoznik, Karlee Anne, editor (foreword by Paul Lovejoy) Subject: African Studies, Caribbean Studies, History of Slavery	Gustavus Vassa (alias Olaudah Equiano, the African) was on the vanguard of the anti-slavery movement in England at the end of the eighteenth century. He provided a voice for people of African descent in the British Atlantic world. His … More Information

Bahamian Society After Emancipation
	Saunders, Gail Subject: Caribbean	This book examines the social aspects of Bahamian society between the early 19th- and mid-20th- centuries, advancing our knowledge of Bahamian history and helping to locate the Bahamas within the regional and historical context of the West Indies. It shows … More Information

Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism
	Schenker, Hillel and Ziad Abu-Zayyadis, editors Subject: Middle East, Religion	Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, based on often-interchangeable historic stereotypes, fan the flames of fear and hatred against the “other.” Thus Jews and Muslims serve as convenient scapegoats for many of society’s ills and leaders’ misguided agendas. In the post-9/11 world, the … More Information

Hildegard of Bingen: Healing and the Nature of the Cosmos
	Schipperges, Heinrich (translated by John A. Broadwin) Subject: Europe, Religion	Hildegard of Bingen’s contemporaries called her “prophetissa teutonica,” honoring her philosophical writings and interpretation of the cosmos. Medievalists still consider her one of the leading mystics, and point to her active spiritual and artistic life in the twelfth century as … More Information

Ancient South Arabia: From the Queen of Sheba to the Advent of Islam
	Schippman, Klaus (translated by Allison Brown) Subject: Middle East, Archaeology,Relion	At a crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe, the South Arabian kingdoms were major commercial and cultural players in world history. Their art and architecture, and especially their irrigation system, featuring a gigantic dam high in the mountains, give witness … More Information

Women in the Islamic World: From Earliest Times to the Arab Spring
	Schneider, Irene (translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Middle Eastern Studies, Women Studies, Religion, World History	This book describes and analyzes the different roles women have played in the Islamic world, past and present. Starting with Sharia regulations and their applications in societies throughout history, Schneider observes and pinpoints the obstacles and opportunities women … More Information

Eunuchs and Castrati: A Cultural History
	Scholz, Piotr (translated by Shelley L. Frisch) Subject: World History	This fascinating study of eunuchs guides readers as they travel through various lands and periods, familiarizing themselves with the duties and responsibilities, the unspeakable torments, and the passions and joys of these individuals. Eunuchs were not simply “bedchamber attendants,” as … More Information

Hidden Lives of Jews and Africans: Underground Societies in the Iberian Atlantic World
	Schorsch, Jonathan Subject: Caribbean, Jewish Studies, Afro-Latino, Religion	“A real tour de force” –Reviews in History “Schorsch introduces a cast of characters in a series of one-act plays, short stories, and extended mediations that describe particular engagements with what it meant to live between identities.” –Journal of … More Information

Germany and the Middle East: 1871–1945
	Schwanitz, Wolfgang G., editor Subject: Europe, Middle East	Before World War II, Germany intended to set up a greater Arabia under the influence of the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan. But the war changed everything. Now the Middle East became a potential battlefield at the crossroads … More Information

The Bork Hearings: Highlights From the Most Controversial Judicial Confirmation Battle in U.S. History
	Shaffer, Ralph E., editor Subject: U.S. History	The Bork hearings marked the beginning of a trend toward ideological evaluation of Supreme Court judicial nominees. These were the first and last hearings to feature such extensive discussion of legal and constitutional issues, as presidents quickly discovered that a … More Information

Toward Pearl Harbor: The Diplomatic Exchange Between Japan Japan and the United States, 1889-1941
	Shaffer, Ralph editor Subject: Japan, US History	On oil boycott was the crucial factor in the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was organized by the U.S. against Japan, which feared economic strangulation, and attacked Pearl Harbor as the culmination of a period of political, economic, and … More Information

The Berbers and the Islamic States
	Shatzmiller, Maya Subject: Africa, Middle East, Religion	Medieval Fez was a main center of education, art, and commerce from the 13th to the 16th centuries after the Berber tribe of the Marinids seized power in Morocco and moved the capital from Marrakesh to Fez. As non-Arabs, they … More Information

From Berber State to Moroccan Empire: The Glory of Fez Under the Marinids
	Shatzmiller, Maya Subject: Africa, Middle East, Religion	“A masterpiece of historical scholarship”–Midwest Book Review (March 2020) Medieval Fez was a main center of education, art, and commerce from the 13th to the 16th centuries after the Berber tribe of the Marinids seized power in Morocco and moved … More Information

Women in Caribbean History
	Shepherd, Verene Subject: Caribbean Women's History	Early historical works portrayed women, especially those of African descent, in a sexist and racist manner. Women in Caribbean History embodies the progress of research on Caribbean women. It reveals new historical information on Caribbean women and provides detail on … 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

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

Olympia: Cult, Sport, and Ancient Festival
	Sinn, Ulrich (translated by Thomas Thornton) Subject: World History	In antiquity, Olympia stood for sports. A victory at the Olympic games led to lifelong honors and often to a political career and wealth. Alexander the Great and other kings and emperors as well as wealthy and powerful men and … 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.

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

Age of the Caliphs: A History of the Muslim World
	Spuler, Bertold Subject: Middle East, Religion	“In this concise history of the Muslim countries [which begins with Rome, Persia, and the pre-Islamic Bedouins and ends with the fall of Bagdad to the Mongols in 1258], Spuler has provided the educated reader with a reliable presentation. The … More Information

The Mongol Period: History of the Muslim World
	Spuler, Bertold (introduction by Arthur Waldron) Subject: Middle East, Religion	First published by E.J. Brill (The Netherlands) in 1969 as Geschichte der Islamischen Länder, this volume is still one of the few studies to deal — authoritatively, comprehensively, and clearly to the non-specialist — with the Mongols. It provides a … More Information

Blacks in Bondage: Letters of American Slaves
	Starobin, Robert S., editor Subject: U.S. History, Slavery	Written while enslaved or shortly after escape, the words recorded here express complexity and diversity of thought and feeling about slavery and being black. Blacks in Bondage is a landmark document in understanding the human side of history. … More Information

Law and Society in Islam
	Stewart, Devin J., Baber Johansen, and Amy Singer Subject: Religion	This book covers significant themes explaining the practice of Islamic law. The first essay treats taqiyyah (literally, “caution”), the concealment of one’s religion when to reveal it would incur danger, which is based on a Koranic passage. The author provides … More Information

American Policy in Nicaragua: The Lasting Legacy
	Stimson, Henry L. (introduction by Paul H. Boeker) Subject: Latin America, U.S. History	Perhaps the most illuminating document ever published on American foreign policy in Nicaragua, this book represents a full spectrum of critical perspectives. Henry Stimson’s memoirs as a special envoy to Nicaragua, first published in 1927, are reprinted here in their … More Information

Massacre Averted: An Armenian Town, An American Nurse, and the Turkish Army They Resisted
	Super, Mary (edited by Nancy Klancher) Subject: Europe, Middle East	Between 1920 and 1923, American relief workers managed to prevent the massacre of three hundred Armenian orphans at the hands of Turkish and Kurdish troops. One of them, a nurse, kept a diary that illuminated in dramatic detail the struggle … More Information