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By Title
West Africa, Islam, and the Arab World
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Hunwick, John
Subject: Africa, Religion, Middle East
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West Africa is defined as the area south of the Sahara between the Atlantic and Lake Chad, encompassing the Sahel zone, tropical forests, and pasturelands. West Africans speak languages belonging to three major families: Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, and Afro-Asiatic, as well …
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The White Minority in the Caribbean
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Johnson, Howard and Karl Watson
Subject: Caribbean
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This collection of essays by historians, anthropologists and political scientists locates a discussion of the white minority in the Caribbean within the mainstream of the social science literature on the region. This is especially important because white minorities — particularly …
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Women in Caribbean History
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Shepherd, Verene
Subject: Caribbean Women's History
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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 …
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Women in San Juan: 1820-1868
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Matos Rodríguez, Félix V.
Subject: Latin America, Caribbean
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When the threat of political revolution lurked behind the shadows of the Spanish colonial state in Puerto Rico, one of the earliest casualties of anti-independence persecution in San Juan was a woman — Maria de las Mercedes Barbudo, who was …
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Women in the Islamic World: From Earliest Times to the Arab Spring
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Schneider, Irene (translated by Steven Rendall)
Subject: Middle Eastern Studies, Women Studies, Religion, World History
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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 …
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Women’s Voices on Africa: A Century of Travel Writings
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Romero, Patricia W.
Subject: Africa, Women's History
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In African Women: A Historical Panorama, Patricia W. Romero seeks to address what she perceives as a gap in existing scholarship on the history of African women, namely a lack of personalisation and case studies in accounts of women who …
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