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  • The Social History of Agriculture

    From the Origins to the Current Crisis

    This innovative text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and farmers. Tracing the history of agriculture from earliest times to the present, Christopher Isett and Stephen Millerargue that people, rather than markets, have been the primary agents of agricultural change. Exploring the actions taken by individuals and groups over time and analyzing their activities ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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  • Happy Odyssey

    The legendary British Army officer recounts his experiences in the Boer War and both World Wars in this memoir with a foreword by Winston Churchill.Lieutenant General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart had one of the most extraordinary military careers in the history of the British Army. His gallantry in combat won him a Victoria Cross and a Distinguished Service Order, as well as an eyepatch and an empty ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chopsticks

    A Cultural and Culinary History

    Chopsticks have become a quintessential part of the Japanese, Chinese and Korean culinary experience across the globe, with more than one fifth of the world's population using them daily to eat. In this vibrant, highly original account of the history of chopsticks, Q. Edward Wang charts their evolution from a simple eating implement in ancient times to their status as a much more complex, cultural ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • The Land of the Five Flavors

    A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine

    Translated by Karen Margolis ...
    Series series Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
    Renowned sinologist Thomas O. Höllmann tracks the growth of food culture in China from its earliest burial rituals to today's Western fast food restaurants, mapping Chinese cuisine's geographical variations and local customs, indigenous factors and foreign influences, trade routes, and ethnic associations. Höllmann details the food practices of major Chinese religions and the significance of ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • Conquest

    How Societies Overwhelm Others

    by David Day ...
    In this bold, sweeping book, David Day surveys the ways in which one nation or society has supplanted another, and then sought to justify its occupation - for example, the English in Australia and North America, the Normans in England, the Spanish in Mexico, the Japanese in Korea, the Chinese in Tibet. Human history has been marked by territorial aggression and expanion, an endless cycle of ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Children of Achilles

    The Greeks in Asia Minor since the Days of Troy

    by John Freely ...
    Since the days of Troy historic lands of Asia Minor have been home to Greeks. They are steeped in a rich fusion of Greek and Turkish culture and the histories of both are irrevocably entwined, fatefully connected. "Children of Achilles" tells the epic and ultimately tragic story of the Greek presence in Anatolia, beginning with the Trojan War and culminating in 1923 with the devastating population ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Ken Saro-Wiwa

    Series series Ohio Short Histories of Africa
    Hanged by the Nigerian government on November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa became a martyr for the Ogoni people and human rights activists, and a symbol of modern Africans’ struggle against military dictatorship, corporate power, and environmental exploitation. Though he is rightly known for his human rights and environmental activism, he wore many hats: writer, television producer, businessman, and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Networks of Empire

    Forced Migration in the Dutch East India Company

    by Kerry Ward ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative World History
    This book argues that the Dutch East India Company empire manifested itself through multiple networks that amalgamated spatially and over time into an imperial web whose sovereignty was effectively created and maintained but always partial and contingent. Networks of Empire proposes that early modern empires were comprised of durable networks of trade, administration, settlement, legality, and ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • In Search of a Peace Settlement

    Egypt and Israel between the Wars, 1967-1973

    by M. Gat ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This is the first examination of the Israeli and Egyptian peace process between 1967-1973, which highlights the rise and fall of Soviet influence after the Six Day War and explores how the increasing importance of America's political leadership affected the region. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Bondage and the Environment in the Indian Ocean World

    Edited by Gwyn Campbell ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Monsoon rains, winds, and currents have shaped patterns of production and exchange in the Indian Ocean world (IOW) for centuries. Consequently, as this volume demonstrates, the environment has also played a central role in determining the region’s systems of bondage and human trafficking. Contributors trace intricate links between environmental forces, human suffering, and political conditions, ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Australia's Communities and the Boer War

    Series series History (R0)
    This book explores an Australian regional community’s reaction to, and involvement with, the Boer War. It argues that after the initial year the war became an ‘occasional war’ in that it was assumed that the empire would triumph. But it also laid the foundations for reactions to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. This is the first exploration of the place of the Boer War in Australian history ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Crisis in the Congo

    The Rise and Fall of Laurent Kabila

    by F. Ngolet ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This volume offers a comprehensive history and analysis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the tumultuous period of 1997 - 2001. The author examines the most recent events in this turbulent region, offering a contemporary account that is both extensive and detailed. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD