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Series
Publisher
Peace Hill Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives―and our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, this revised edition of The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 2: The Middle Ages weaves world history into a story book format. Who discovered...
Author
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Buckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful hardback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia and Europe, to incredible adventures in Asia and Africa. Organized by continent, each route features a first-hand account, awe-inspiring photographs, illustrated maps and practical advice on when to go, how...
Author
Publisher
Thomson/Gale
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
This book describes the Atlantic slave trade, from the late 1400s to the mid-1800s, discussing the triangular trade route, the active role of Africans in selling other Africans, the dreaded middle passage, the destinations of the enslaved, and the slave trade's grim legacy.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
For review see: Roderick A. McDonald, in The economic historic review : a journal of economic and social history, vol. 46, no. 2 (May 1993); p. 423-424. - Hiliary Beckles, in Slavery and Abolition : a journal of slave and post-slave studies, vol. 14, nr. 2 (August 1993); p. 128-129. - The essays in this book (e.g. by Pieter Emmer) describes e.g. the transfer of slavery from the Old World, its role in forging the interdependence of the economics bordering...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"David Ingram was an ordinary seaman of the Elizabethan age. He served on a slave ship captained by John Hawkins, the Queen's slaver. After sailing first to Africa and then taking enslaved people to sell in the Caribbean, the little fleet was nearly destroyed in a furious battle with the Spanish. Ingram and two other marooned men then walked over 3600 miles from Mexico to New Brunswick in eleven months before being rescued. A dozen years later Ingram...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Why did the Founding Fathers fail to include blacks and Indians in their cherished proposition that "all men are created equal"? Racism is the usual answer. Yet Nicholas Guyatt argues in Bind Us Apart that white liberals from the founding to the Civil War were not confident racists, but tortured reformers conscious of the damage that racism would do to the nation. Many tried to build a multiracial America in the early nineteenth century, but ultimately...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A biography of the folklorist and novelist who recorded the traditional songs and stories of the people of Haiti, the Hopi Indians, and black communities in the South, connecting the African-American traditions to the cultures of Africa.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Description
"What modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped). Ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountability while robbing their people of resources and corroding or destroying democracy. Their mutual-admiration club also draws on models from the past. Vladimir Putin rehabilitates Soviet tyrant Joseph Stalin, Donald Trump praises Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi, Jair Bolsonaro...