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Argues that growth of the Atlantic trade stimulated the development of slavery within West Africa. Dr Searing's concern is with the effects of the Atl

West African societies were transformed by the slave trade, even in regions where few slaves were exported. While many books have been written on the

Now more than ever, we are living in a free speech paradox: powerful speakers weaponize their rights in order to silence those less-powerful speakers

Offers intermediate Greek students a reliable, up-to-date introduction to Plato's most influential work. Plato's Greek is not difficult, but his ideas

This book examines the late twentieth-century rise of the urban, right-wing Hindu nationalist ideology known as metropolitan Hindutva. This ideology,

Dictionaries are a powerful genre, perceived as authoritative and objective records of the language, impervious to personal bias. But who makes dictio

This book explores the making of an agricultural revolution by tens of thousands of small-scale peasant farmers engaged in the cultivation of cotton.

This book explains how actions and inactions change in social contexts, connecting psychological research with problems of interest in communication,

Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe examines the important roles of women who campaigned with armies from 1500 to 1815. Lynn argues that

This is the first full-length study of James Joyce to subject his work to ethical and political analysis. It addresses important issues in contemporar

This innovative program of research combines qualitative and quantitative methods to develop a distinctive communication-based framework for understan

This major contribution to the history of European ideas investigates the philosophical and political significance of Judaism in the intellectual life

Drawing on a historicist perspective, this book explores the development of Durkheim's social realism using newly discovered material to explore the

The ancient city of Cahokia developed in the Mississippi valley in North America a millennium ago and has left an extraordinarily rich archaeological

Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe examines the important roles of women who campaigned with armies from 1500 to 1815. Lynn argues that

Spanning a period of 2000 years from the Roman conquest of Dacia to the present day, A Concise History of Romania traces the development of a unique n

Taking a fresh look at mistaken identity in the work of an author who helped to introduce the device to comedy, in this book Professor Traill shows ho

This book is a history of European interpretations of the gift from the mid-seventeenth to the early twentieth century; it demonstrates how European i

The Thirty-three Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, represent Beethoven's most extraordinary achievement in the art of variation-writing. In