A major new history of Saudi Arabia, from its eighteenth-century origins to the present day

A human history of one of the planet’s most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shores

This volume traces how colonial powers from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century built, adapted, and expanded systems of slave trading and coerced labour across different regions of the globe. Bringing together diverse geographical perspectives and source materials, the contributors investigate how European practices of enslavement—shaped above all by experiences in the Atlantic world—were transferred to, or reshaped by, societies in the Indian Ocean and Asia. In examining the manageme...

This book explores how diverse digital technologies have allowed for new types of heritage-related mobilities, and thereby established a novel set of practices, interventions, and politics in heritage collections, archives, exhibitions, entertainment, preservation, management, commerce, education, restitution, activism, and regulation.