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  • Decolonization

    A Short History

    by Jan C. Jansen, Jürgen Osterhammel ...
    Translated by Jeremiah Riemer ...
    A concise and accessible history of decolonization in the twentieth centuryThe end of colonial rule in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean was one of the most important and dramatic developments of the twentieth century. In the decades after World War II, dozens of new states emerged as actors in global politics. Long-established imperial regimes collapsed, some more or less peacefully, others amid ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Rise And Fall Of A Prophet

    by Jan Jansen ...
    This book is a cautionary read that delves into the pressures of a high profile minister being driven to the point of exhaustion, and his refusal to be held accountable. It touches on important matters of abuse, addiction, and mental health. It is the honest reveal of a man who, while being highly regarded by many as a prophet of God, a general of the faith, and a conduit to bring the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Systems Description of Flow Through Porous Media

    by Jan Dirk Jansen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This text forms part of material taught during a course in advanced reservoir simulation at Delft University of Technology over the past 10 years. The contents have also been presented at various short courses for industrial and academic researchers interested in background knowledge needed to perform research in the area of closed-loop reservoir management, also known as smart fields, related to ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Sources and Methods in African History

    Spoken Written Unearthed

    by Dennis Cordell, Edwin Wilmsen, Gerard Chouin, James Denbow, James Giblin, Jamie Monson, Jan Jansen, Kevin Roberts, Kristin Mann, Laura J. Mitchell0, Christian Jennings2, Matt Childs3, Meredith McKittrick4, Paul Lovejoy5, Russell Lohse6, Steven Steven Salm7, Thomas Spear8, Akin Ogundiran9, Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch0, Christopher DeCorse1, Constanze Weise2, Cynthia Brantley3, David Henige4 ...
    Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing.This book is both a snapshot of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Refugee Crises, 1945-2000

    Political and Societal Responses in International Comparison

    Edited by Simone Lässig, Jan C. Jansen ...
    Series series Publications of the German Historical Institute
    This timely study examines responses to mass refugee movements by a range of actors, from local communities to supranational organizations. Bringing together ten case studies from around the world, encompassing the global North and South alike, Refugee Crises 1945–2000 explores a broad spectrum of types of migration and of international and domestic contexts. Whilst the driving forces and numbers ... Read more

    $93.49 USD

  • Mobility and Coercion in an Age of Wars and Revolutions

    A Global History, c. 1750–1830

    Edited by Jan C. Jansen, Kirsten McKenzie ...
    Series series Publications of the German Historical Institute
    The political upheavals and military confrontations that rocked the world during the decades around 1800 saw forced migrations on a massive scale. This global history brings this explosion into full view. Rather than describing coerced mobilities as an aberration in a period usually identified with quests for liberty and political participation, this book recognizes them as a crucial but hitherto ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar Germany and France

    Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Jan C. Jansen, Manuel Borutta ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This volume compares one of the largest instances of 'ethnic cleansing' – the German expellees from the East (Vertriebene) – with the most important case of decolonization migration – the French repatriates of Algeria (pieds-noirs). ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Fraternal Atlantic, 1770–1930

    Race, Revolution, and Transnationalism in the Worlds of Freemasonry

    Edited by Jessica L. Harland-Jacobs, Jan C. Jansen, Elizabeth Mancke ...
    This book examines Freemasonry in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world. Drawing on fresh empirical evidence, the chapters position fraternalism as a critical component of Atlantic history.Fraternalism was a key strategy for people swept up in the dislocations of imperialism, large-scale migrations, and the socio-political upheavals of revolution. Ranging from confraternities to ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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    Series Book 2016 - The CBC Massey Lectures
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  • Civilization

    The West and the Rest

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    **From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower“A dazzling history of Western ideas.”—The Economist“Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal“[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe**Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important ... Read more

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  • The History of White People

    by Nell Irvin Painter ...
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  • It's All About Him

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