Edward B. Barbier 
Scarcity and Frontiers [PDF ebook] 
How Economies Have Developed Through Natural Resource Exploitation

Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who had usurped the throne of Egypt, was born into a privileged position within the royal household. Married off to her own brother, she was expected to bear son …

The vision, controversy and political rivalries that shaped America’s capital are examined in this fascinating history of Washington, D.C. When America’s first congress declared that a national capit …

Forcing a fundamental rethinking of the Asian American elite, many of whom have attained top positions in business, government, academia, sciences, and the arts, this book will be certain to generate …

Pictures of Cold War: Marshall Plan, Korean War, Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Suez Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, 1967 Arab—lsraeli War, Vietnam War (1955—75), Soviet war in Afghanistan, Sovi …

One hundred years ago on April 28, 1917, 25-year old Thomas D. Lindholtz enlisted in the US Army for service in World War I. The War had begun in Europe in 1914, but America did not enter the conflic …

These are the stories of the women behind the Rulers of France. Its often intimate and personal stories of how famous women controlled their husbands / lovers to change the history of France and ther …

Drawing upon the author”s extensive field research among pastoral peoples in the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean, and on more than 30 years of comparative study of pastoralists around the …

Emphasizing the political discourse and conflict that have surrounded Japanese education, this book focuses on the three main issues of central versus local control, elitism versus equality, and nati …

Although women have long been active residents in African cities, explorations of their contributions have been marginal. This volume brings women into the center of the urban landscape, using case s …

Women in European Culture and Society: A Sourcebook includes a range of transnational sources which encompass the history of women in Europe from the beginning of the eighteenth century right up to t …