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  • Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone

    by Professor LaRay Denzer, Professor David E. Skinner ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Africa
    Sierra Leone was founded as a refuge for emancipated slaves in the late 18th century and is an important case study for contemporary global issues. The region in which the country is located was important for the early migration and settlement of diverse cultures throughout western Africa. The dictionary offers information and analysis about the territory's ethnographic, economic, social, and ... Read more

    $178.19 USD

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  • How Civil Wars Start

    And How to Stop Them

    by Barbara F. Walter ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A leading political scientist sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States—and shows how to stop it before it’s too late.“Required reading for anyone invested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)WINNER OF THE GLOBAL POLICY INSTITUTE AWARD • THE SUNDAY TIMES ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Making of Asian America

    A History

    by Erika Lee ...
    A “comprehensive…fascinating” (The New York Times Book Review) history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, by one of the nation’s preeminent scholars on the subject, with a new afterword about the recent hate crimes against Asian Americans.In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. But ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Haiti After the Earthquake

    by Paul Farmer ...
    "Paul Farmer, doctor and aid worker, offers an inspiring insider's view of the relief effort." -- Financial Times"The book's greatest strength lies in its depiction of the post-quake chaos In the book's more analytical sections the author's diagnosis of the difficulties of reconstruction is sharp." -- Economist"A gripping, profoundly moving book, an urgent dispatch from the front by one of our ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Chinese Question

    The Gold Rushes, Chinese Migration, and Global Politics

    by Mae Ngai ...
    **Winner of the 2022 Bancroft PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 Cundill History PrizeFinalist for the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book PrizeHow Chinese migration to the world’s goldfields upended global power and economics and forged modern conceptions of race.**In roughly five decades, between 1848 and 1899, more gold was removed from the earth than had been mined in the 3,000 preceding years, bringing ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Secession and State Creation

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by James Ker-Lindsay, Mikulas Fabry ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    What makes a state? This question has attracted more and more attention in recent years with Catalan's illegal vote for independence from Spain and Palestine's ongoing search for international recognition. And while Scotland chose to remain with the United Kingdom, discussions of independence have only continued as the ramifications of the Brexit vote begin to set in. Kosovo, South Sudan, and the ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

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  • Blood, Dreams and Gold

    The Changing Face of Burma

    by Richard Cockett ...
    Burma is one of the largest countries in Southeast Asia and was once one of its richest. Under successive military regimes, however, the country eventually ended up as one of the poorest countries in Asia, a byword for repression and ethnic violence. Richard Cockett spent years in the region as a correspondent for The Economist and witnessed firsthand the vicious sectarian politics of the Burmese ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • China: a Rising Global Power

    A Historical and Current Perspective / Analysis of Modern Day China

    by Richard De Lon ...
    China: A Rising Global Power is a historical and current perspective/analysis of modern-day China that includes a collection of articles written by different writers. A political book dealing with political issues, this includes a frank opinion on current geopolitical issues between the United States and China. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Comet in Our Sky

    Lim Chin Siong in History

    by Poh Soo Kai ...
    Singapore's political firmament is crowded with stars who could have lit up to the island state's history, but were snuffed out by detention and harassment before they could do so. One of the brightest was probably Lim Chin Siong, who with Lee Kuan Yew, was one of the founders of the People's Action Party, but he spent more time in detention than representing his constituents. Lim Chin Siong was ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Return of the Junta

    Why Myanmar’s Military Must Go Back to the Barracks

    by Oliver Slow ...
    Series series Asian Arguments
    On the first day of February 2021, Myanmar's military grabbed power in a coup d'etat, ending a decade of reforms that were supposed to break the shackles of military rule in Myanmar. Protests across the country were met with a brutal crackdown that shocked the world but were a familiar response from an institution that has ruled the country with violence and terror for decades.Return of the Junta ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • The "Other" Karen in Myanmar

    Ethnic Minorities and the Struggle without Arms

    by Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung ...
    Series series AsiaWorld
    The “Other” Karen in Myanmar looks at the “other” or “quiet” minorities, who are members of ethnic groups associated with well-known armed resistance organizations, but who pursued non-violent approaches to promote their individual and collective interests. This is the first in-depth study to uncover the existence and activities of the “other” Karen and analyze the nature of relationships with ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Burma's Economy in the Twentieth Century

    by Ian Brown ...
    At the beginning of the twentieth century, Burma was among the most prosperous territories in the East. Yet since gaining independence in 1948, its economy has struggled. Burma's developmental failure has often been attributed to gross mismanagement of the economy by the military who took power in 1962 but in this illuminating book, Ian Brown, one of the leading economic historians of Southeast ... Read more

    $38.59 USD