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  • Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

    by Kathleen Sheldon ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Women in the World
    African women’s history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50 countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations. Africa is a predominantly agricultural continent, and a major factor in African agriculture is the central role of women as farmers. It is estimated that between 65 and 80 percent of African women are engaged in ... Read more

    $153.89 USD

  • Reshaping Women's History

    Voices of Nontraditional Women Historians

    by Nupur Chaudhuri, Midori Green, Frances L Buss, Lisa DiCaprio, Julie R Enszer, Catherine Fosl, La Shonda Mims, Stephanie Moore, Grey Osterud, Barbara Ransby, Linda Reese, Annette Rodriguez, Linda Rupert, Kathleen Sheldon, Donna Sinclair, Rickie Solinger, Pamela J. Stewart, Waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy, Ann Marie Wilson ...
    Series series Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History
    Award-winning women scholars from nontraditional backgrounds have often negotiated an academic track that leads through figurative--and sometimes literal--minefields. Their life stories offer inspiration, but also describe heartrending struggles and daunting obstacles. Reshaping Women's History presents autobiographical essays by eighteen accomplished scholar-activists who persevered through ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Courtyards, Markets, City Streets

    Urban Women In Africa

    by Kathleen Sheldon ...
    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 studies to illustrate their contributions to family, community, work, and political life. The book begins with a rich introduction that discusses how women's work in trade and agriculture has been the ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • African Women

    Early History to the 21st Century

    by Kathleen Sheldon ...
    African women's history is a topic as vast as the continent itself, embracing an array of societies in over fifty countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations. In African Women: Early History to the 21st Century, Kathleen Sheldon masterfully delivers a comprehensive study of this expansive story from before the time of records to the present day. She ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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    A Letter of Warning to America

    by Daniel Hannan ...
    A prominent British conservative warns Americans to stop President Obama from leading their country down the path to European-style socialism.In March 2009, British conservative Daniel Hannan became a celebrity overnight when he assailed prime minister Gordon Brown on the floor of the European Parliament. The YouTube clip went viral, leading to whirlwind appearances on FOX News and other ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • International Law

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Vaughan Lowe ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Interest in international law has increased greatly over the past decade, largely because of its central place in discussions such as the Iraq War and Guantanamo, the World Trade Organisation, the anti-capitalist movement, the Kyoto Convention on climate change, and the apparent failure of the international system to deal with the situations in Palestine and Darfur, and the plights of refugees and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • A History of Nigeria

    by Toyin Falola, Matthew M. Heaton ...
    Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant official corruption and an ailing economy. Toyin Falola, a leading historian intimately acquainted with the region, and Matthew Heaton, who has worked extensively on African science and culture, ... Read more

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  • Blood Oil

    Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World

    by Leif Wenar ...
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  • The Betrayal of Africa

    A Groundwork Guide

    by Gerald Caplan, Jane Springer ...
    Series Book 6 - Groundwork Guides
    "[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and MailThink Africa, and many people think of brutal war, endless famine, pervasive corruption, unworthy rulers, universal poverty, an AIDS epidemic out of control. As this book ... Read more

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  • A History of Modern Uganda

    by Richard J. Reid ...
    This book is the first major study in several decades to consider Uganda as a nation, from its precolonial roots to the present day. Here, Richard J. Reid examines the political, economic, and social history of Uganda, providing a unique and wide-ranging examination of its turbulent and dynamic past for all those studying Uganda's place in African history and African politics. Reid identifies and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Sisterhood Is Global

    The International Women's Movement Anthology

    by Robin Morgan ...
    A powerful and essential anthology that sheds light on the status of women throughout the worldHailed by Alice Walker as "one of the most important human documents of the century," this collection of groundbreaking essays examines the global status of women's experiences, from oppression to persecution. Originally published in 1984, the compilation features pieces written by a diverse set of ... Read more

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  • Why America Must Not Follow Europe

    by Daniel Hannan ...
    Series series Encounter Broadsides
    Daniel Hannan, a British Conservative Member of the European Parliament, calls on Americans to avoid Europe's future. He traces the common roots of British and American liberty, and describes how both countries are losing their inheritance as government crowds out the private sphere. He calls for a renewed commitment to the Anglosphere: the alliance of free, English-speaking nations which has ... Read more

    $5.39 USD