"Being a slave" brings together scholars and writers who try to come to terms with the histories and legacies of European slavery in the Indian Ocean. This volume discusses a variety of qualitative data on the experience of being a slave in order to recover ordinary lives and, crucially, to place this experience in its Asian local context. Building on the rich scholarship on the slave trade, this volume offers a unique perspective that embraces the origin and afterlife of enslavement as well ...

FLAME LILIES

from Deventer to Rhodesia

- autobiography -

Lia Zwanikken-van Noesel was born in Deventer (The Netherlands) in 1937.

She met her husband Paul Zwanikken in 1956 and together they went to

Africa to what was then called Southern Rhodesia.

There they lived over 40 years and raised a family of three,

two daughters and a son.

She went to school in Deventer to Het Geert Groote College (1956).

In Africa she studied for a Bachelor of Arts Degree with the University

of South Africa by corresponden...

They secretly documented life in Amsterdam during the last year of the war: the group of photographers who came to be known as The Underground Camera. Guided by German – Jewish filmmaker Fritz Kahlenberg and resistance leader Tonny van Renterghem, they captured images of both the Nazi occupiers and the Dutch resistance groups. They extensively photographed the grueling conditions of the Hunger Winter, and smuggled their illegally taken photos to London to convince the Dutch government-in-ex...

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over forty years, using resources that span the globe. This latest book, "The Last Tsar's Warriors" represents his largest project to date. The book provides information about the military careers of over 6,400 Imperial Russian generals and admirals that served the last Tsar, Nikolai II, during his reign 1894 - 1917, and also lists the order of battle of the Russian armed forces during those years. Included in Volume II of this bo...

Guiding principles: Do chronicle the past “as it really happened,” Leopold von Ranke stressed long ago. Abiding by his spirit, this volume narrates the Hungarian nation’s quest for defending a sovereign existence while caught in the middle of a German‐Soviet geopolitical struggle decisively influencing life and death. The narrative also considers the diligent Hungarian Jewish community’s attempt of carrying on a normal life despite facing severe domestic and foreign impediments, eve...

This is the first comprehensive history of Scotland’s air defence system during the Second World War. It explores how radar stations, Royal Observer Corps posts, and operations rooms worked together to detect and respond to incoming enemy aircraft.

Moving beyond the well-known events of the Battle of Britain, the book traces the evolution of Scotland’s air defence network throughout the war, highlighting advances in technology and tactics. For the first time, it also incorporates the role...

Slavery existed from the earliest societies and played a leading role in world history. For a long time, slavery was portrayed in history books as a fringe phenomenon.

Currently, slavery is receiving a lot of attention and it is rightly being brought out of oblivion. Those who know the history can thereby avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future. The book ‘Slavery Throughout World History’ focuses on an overall overview of the phenomenon of slavery in history and it delves deeper i...

The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.

'excellent' LSE Review of BooksChina is the world's most populous country and newest superpower, whose place on the international stage can only be understood through the lens of its modern history. The Oxford History of Modern China is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this rising power in what promises to be the 'Chinese century'. Covering the period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations which comprise China's modern history, the book spans from the founding o...