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Jihad in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions
2016 || Paperback || Paul E. Lovejoy || Ohio University Press
In Jihad in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions, a preeminent historian of Africa argues that scholars of the Americas and the Atlantic world have not given Africa its due consideration as part of either the Atlantic world or the age of revolutions. The book examines the jihad movement in the context of the age of revolutions—commonly associated with the American and French revolutions and the erosion of European imperialist powers—and shows how West Africa, too, experienced a perio...
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Russia and the Russians
From Earliest Times to the Present
2025 || Paperback || Geoffrey Hosking || Penguin Books Ltd
Tracing Russia's story from the settlement of Kiev onwards, this title includes a chapter on the role of Putin and Medvedev, and their impact on Russia's economy, politics and its citizens.
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The Dutch Atlantic
Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation
2024 || Paperback || Kwame Nimako e.a. || Pluto Press
This story of Dutch involvement in Atlantic slavery
A History of Anthropology / 2nd edition
2023 || Paperback || Thomas Hylland Eriksen e.a. || Pluto Press
This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. The authors provide summaries of 'Enlightenment', 'Romantic' and 'Victorian' anthropology, from the cultural theories of Morgan and Taylor to the often neglected contributions of German scholars. The ambiguous relationship between anthropology and national cultures is also considered.
The book provides an unparalleled account of theoretical developments in anthropology from the 1920s to the present, ...
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The Slave Trade
2024 || Paperback || Hugh Thomas || Orion Publishing Co
The rise and fall of the business of slave trading - by a bestselling historian
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The Buried City
Unearthing the Real Pompeii
2025 || Paperback || Gabriel Zuchtriegel || Hodder & Stoughton
An internationally bestselling new take on Pompeii and our relationship with the ancient world, from a world-leading archaeologist and director of the World Heritage Site.
A History of the Netherlands / 3rd edition
From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
2024 || Paperback || Friso (Westphalian Wilhelms-University Wielenga || Bloomsbury Publishing
Friso Wielenga’s detailed history of the Netherlands traces its political development from independence to today, incorporating significant explorations of culture, economics, international relations, colonisation and decolonisation in the process. It provides a thorough and well-balanced overview of the key moments in and vital aspects of Dutch history since 1500. Challenging incorrect assumptions concerning political consensus and religious toleration in the country, A History of the Neth...
A History of Korea / 3rd edition
An Episodic Narrative
2021 || Paperback || Kyung Moon Hwang || Bloomsbury Publishing
Emphasising context, connections and long-term trends, A History of Korea illuminates both the distinctiveness and universality of one of the world's oldest cultures. Assuming no prior knowledge, Hwang guides readers from early state formation and the dynastic eras to the modern experience in both North and South Korea. Structured around episodic accounts, each chapter begins by discussing a defining moment in Korean history in context, with an extensive examination of how the events and them...
Mafia: A Global History
2025 || Paperback || Ryan Gingeras || Simon & Schuster UK
Everybody knows they exist: the Cosa Nostra, the Medellin Cartel, New York's Five Families, China's tongs. This book asks the question: how have mafias helped define the modern world?
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Big Caesars and Little Caesars
How They Rise and How They Fall - From Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson
2024 || Paperback || Ferdinand Mount || Bloomsbury Publishing
'Wry, informative but deadly - a great book'
Will Hutton
'Fast-paced and impassioned'
Sunday Telegraph
Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. A fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seized power and why they fell.
There is a comforting illusion shared by historians and political commentators, that history progresses in a nice straight line towards liberal democracy or socialism, despite the odd hiccup.
Every democracy, however ...