In the nineteenth century, when the principal cultural, political, and financial institutions of the Netherlands were established, slavery was still very much part of the nation’s global imperial structures. Dutch families, institutions, and governments are increasingly interested in the role their predecessors played in this history of colonialism and enslavement.

This book is a history of De Nederlandsche Bank in which particular attention is paid to its links with slavery, both as a fac...

150 years of Heineken: Brewery, brand, and family describes the impressive national and international expansion of the brewing company acquired by Gerard Heineken in 1864. What is the secret of success? Exploring the themes of innovation, internationalization, competition and cooperation, marketing, human capital, and corporate governance, the authors present and analyse the history of the company.

From the very start, the brewery recognized the importance of innovation. At the same time, Ger...

Allada, a small coastal village in Africa,its the 1700's and Irisa relishes in her affinity with the sea and the herbs and plants she collects for medicines to heal the sick.

When her family and friends are threatened, she allows the village wise-woman, Fugra to help her control her God Gift - a darkness of trapped souls that she can call forth to rid the world of those that mean them harm.

Together Irisa and her friends, face domestic abuse,slavery,female genital mutilation (FGM), rape and m...

Gurubesar Lancar Ida-Bagus presents a richly documented and captivating account of the Philippines, a country with a complex and multifaceted past. From the centuries-long struggle against colonial rule to the ongoing challenges of poverty and corruption in modern times, this book offers profound insights into the forces that have shaped the destiny of the Filipino people throughout history.

Lancar Ida-Bagus not only highlights pivotal events and figures – from national heroes like José Ri...

This history is intended for students and their academic teachers and those in the general public who are interested in having a highlighted chronological panoramic view of from where the human capacity for creating civilizations is coming ever since anatomically modern humans came into the picture at the earliest about 200,000 years ago. Volumes Book-1 and Book-2 specifically deal with Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. Book-1 begins with a summary that accentuates the last phenomenal 20...

There are several biographies about Erich Ludendorff. What most of them have in common is that they stop at the year 1918, the end of the First World War. This is un-justified. At the peak of his long career, between 1915 and roughly 1925, Ludendorff developed into the strongest man on the ‘right’. Thus, the years after the war were also of great importance. He was not only an important general who, with Paul von Hin-denburg, was in supreme command of Germany’s de facto military leaders...