Trevor Burnard 
Writing the History of Global Slavery [EPUB ebook] 

First published in 1993. The Yezidis are a community of around 200, 000 Kurds who possess their own religion, quite distinct from Islam, which most other Kurds profess, and from the Christian and Jew …

First published in 2001. The psychological basis of the Roman Empire was a ruthless, frequently sadistic ”will to power”. This impulse is highly manifest in Ancient Roman attitudes towards sex. Aft …

First Published in 1970. Written before the term sociology was in use, this book has two main principles. One concerns the conception of what a state is and what its relation is to the other organiza …

First published in 1970. This vivid account of the missionary work of the Rev. Hope Masterton Waddell in the West Indies and Central Africa was first published in 1863. During his sixteen years in Ja …

During the past two decades, the surge of religious fundamentalism in the United States and in the Muslim world has resulted in many studies of the status of women and other family issues. This volum …

The Middle Ages was a critical and formative time for Western approaches to our natural surroundings. An Environmental History of the Middle Ages is a unique and unprecedented cultural survey of atti …

Ruslan Khasbulatov has played a central role in the dramatic changes in Russia over the last three years. He became Acting Speaker of the Russian parliament in July 1991 and helped to defend the Russ …

The term ‘technological fix’ should mean a fix provided by technology–a solution for all of our problems, from medicine and food production to the environment and business. Instead, technological fi …

Published in the year 2006, The Profession of English Letters is a valuable contribution to the field of Major Works. …

Despite claims that written exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children s health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously …