Presents a research on the history and experiences of people of African descent outside of the African continent. By incorporating Europe and North Africa as well as North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean, this reader shifts the discourse on the African diaspora away from its focus solely on the Americas.
The island of Mauritius lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 550 miles east of Madagascar. Uninhabited until the arrival of colonists in the late sixteenth century, Mauritius was subsequently populated by many different peoples as successive waves of colonizers and slaves arrived at its shores. The French ruled the island from the early ......
Memories of Kreisau and the German Resistance is the personal account of Freya von Moltke, a member of the Kreisau Circle, a German resistance group that participated in the attempt to assassinate Hitler on July 20, 1944. Freya's husband, Helmuth von Moltke, was a cofounder of the circle and was executed after the failed assassination attempt. ......
Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture
The first book solely devoted to Puerto Rican visability and cultural impact. The author looks as such pop icons as JLo and Ricky Martin as well as West Side Story.
This work states that the only way to overcome history is to intimately understand it. It focuses on historical memory, collective national memory, and the political manipulation of national identities. It also assesses the significance of particular manifestations of Balkan national identities.
The genesis of Comparative Cultural Studies and Latin America stems from the contributors' conviction that, given its vitality and excellence, Latin American literature deserves a more prominent place in comparative literature publications, curricula, and disciplinary discussions. The editors introduce the volume by first arguing that there still ......
The Rise and Crisis of Market Economics in Latin America
This work describes the imposition of neoliberal economic models in Latin America, the role of the IMF and World Bank in enforcing them, and their consequences. It also shows how the economic meltdown in Latin America was prepared by an economic strategy.
Established in 1977, the Middle East Contemporary Survey is designed to be a reference examining in detail the rapidly changing Middle Eastern scene in all its complexity. Subjects include inter-Arab relations, Islamic affairs, economic developments and Middle-Eastern relations with major powers.
When Kosovar Albanians came to Albania after the fall of Communism, they found an impoverished motherland. Albania's citizens were dumbstruck by the opulent lifestyles of the Kosovars. Yet, despite their differences, this work states that the myth of a "Greater Albania" persists.
