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  • Captive Cosmopolitans

    Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery

    by Mary E. Hicks ...
    Series series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
    From the bustling ports of Lisbon to the coastal inlets of the Bight of Benin to the vibrant waterways of Bahia, Black mariners were integral to every space of the commercial South Atlantic. Navigating this kaleidoscopic world required a remarkable cosmopolitanism—the chameleonlike ability to adapt to new surroundings by developing sophisticated medicinal, linguistic, and navigational knowledge. ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • Born in Blackness

    Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

    by Howard W. French ...
    Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history.Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established between West and East; others the ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

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  • The Caribbean

    A History of the Region and Its Peoples

    Edited by Stephan Palmié, Francisco A. Scarano ...
    An "illuminating" survey of Caribbean history from pre-Columbian times to the twenty-first century ( Los Angeles Times).Combining fertile soils, vital trade routes, and a coveted strategic location, the islands and surrounding continental lowlands of the Caribbean were one of Europe's earliest and most desirable colonial frontiers. The region was colonized over the course of five centuries by a ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Latin America in Colonial Times

    by Matthew Restall, Kris Lane ...
    Few milestones in human history are as momentous as the meeting of three great civilizations on American soil in the sixteenth century. The fully revised textbook Latin America in Colonial Times presents that story in an engaging but informative new package, revealing how a new civilization and region - Latin America - emerged from that encounter. The authors give equal attention to the Spanish ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the Taino People

    by Kate Messner, Jose Barreiro ...
    Illustrated by Falynn Koch ...
    Series Book 8 - History Smashers
    Myths! Lies! Historic boat trips? Beloved author and educator Kate Messner sets sail to discover the hidden truth about Christopher Columbus, and learn all about the Taino people.In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean and discovered America. Right? WRONG! Columbus never actually set foot in what is now the United States. His voyages took him to islands in the Caribbean and along the ... Read more

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  • Brazil - An Interpretation

    by Gilberto Freyre ...
    A series of lectures on the ethnic and social fusion that makes Brazil the country it is today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Atlantic World

    Europeans, Africans, Indians and their Shared History, 1400–1900

    by Thomas Benjamin ...
    From 1400 to 1900 the Atlantic Ocean served as a major highway, allowing people and goods to move easily between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. These interactions and exchanges transformed European, African, and American societies and led to the creation of new peoples, cultures, economies, and ideas throughout the Atlantic arena. The Atlantic World provides a comprehensive and lucid history of ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Maroon Societies

    Rebel Slave Communities in the America

    by Richard Price ...
    Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries. The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The History of Latin America

    by Susan Nichols ...
    Series series Exploring Latin America
    This title authoritatively recounts the main events in the history of Latin America and highlights the men and women who played key roles in the establishment and growth of the region. Though long inhabited only by various Amerindian tribes, Latin America was transformed by the arrival of Europeans, who built colonial empires across the region beginning in the sixteenth century. Much of Latin ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400–1800

    by John Thornton ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative World History
    This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World. African institutions, political events, and economic structures shaped Africa's voluntary involvement in the Atlantic arena before 1680. Africa's economic and military ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha

    by Susanna B. Hecht ...
    A "compelling and elegantly written" history of the fight for the Amazon basin and the work of a brilliant but overlooked Brazilian intellectual ( Times Literary Supplement, UK).The fortunes of the late nineteenth century's imperial powers depended on a single raw material—rubber—with only one source: the Amazon basin. This scenario ignited a decades-long conflict that found Britain, France, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Atlantic Slave Trade

    by Herbert S. Klein ...
    Series series New Approaches to the Americas
    This survey is a synthesis of the economic, social, cultural, and political history of the Atlantic slave trade, providing the general reader with a basic understanding of the current state of scholarly knowledge of forced African migration and compares this knowledge to popular beliefs. The Atlantic Slave Trade examines the four hundred years of Atlantic slave trade, covering the West and East ... Read more

    $24.99 USD