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Red Sea Press,U.S. Solar Energy In Africa: Possibilities &
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Nepal and Bangladesh: A Global Studies Handbook
Book SynopsisThis authoritative, thorough volume covers a broad range of topics from history to culture to current struggles in these fascinating countries.Often overshadowed on the world stage by issues surrounding India and Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh are nonetheless vital players in this theater of Asia. Nepal and Bangladesh brings a refreshing level of clarity to a wide variety of topics surrounding both nations including history, current affairs, business and economics, culture, literature, political science, and travel.Written in a voice that speaks to general audiences from secondary instructors to interested business people and travelers to the region, this handbook paints a portrait of both countries that is at once complete and accessible. Beginning with far-reaching narrative histories of both nations the text also contains a compendium of important people and events and concludes with an exhaustive reference section. Includes A–Z entries on significant people like poet Rabindranath Tagore, places including Kathmandu and the Sundarbans, and events such as the Kot massacre Provides chronologies of key events, including the birth of Buddha in 563 B.C.E. and the 1996 Maoist "People's War" in Nepal Trade Review"This book is a welcome addition to the literature, as there is little on these two poverty-stricken countries of South Asia. It is useful for anthropology, cultural geography, and history courses, and this title is suitable for specialized and academic libraries where there is more demand." - American Reference Books Annual"This handbook is well written, informative, and interesting. . . . Recommended. Academic, public, and high school collections." - Choice
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Vietnam: A Global Studies Handbook
Book SynopsisThe only handbook on Vietnam that combines colorful, discursive chapters and supporting reference materials.Beginning with a lengthy introduction to Vietnam's past, this book traces the historical context that serves as a foundation for the present-day society and culture of this Southeast Asian nation. Intended for nonspecialists and other Asian enthusiasts, this work gives readers a thorough understanding of this diverse, richly storied land. From Vietnam's indigenous dynasties to outside influences including Buddhism, Confucianism, Western imperialism, and the Chinese bureaucracy system, the long path to a Vietnamese identity is traced—one that showcases a people's resilience, creativity, and intense love of freedom. This volume includes translations of numerous primary documents. From the narrative sections on Vietnamese history and society to the A–Z format of significant people and events, Vietnam: A Global Studies Handbook brings Vietnam to life. Narrative sections detail the geography, history, politics, and contemporary society of Vietnam Provides an annotated bibliography of essential print and nonprint resources as well as cultural, educational, and tourist organizations Trade Review"These and other titles in the Global Studies: Asia series provide good overviews for high school and undergraduate students.' (Combined review with Nepal and Bangladesh)" - Booklist"This volume provides comprehensive information . . . contains a wealth of information..." - School Library Journal"[U]sers have a useful, compact, and authoritative handbook on Vietnam, including its past and present . . . Vietnam’s economy, institutions, society, and contemporary issues receive thoughtful treatment. . . . The author’s style is very readable throughout. This title is also available as an eBook. The index is well organized . . . [This] contribution to our understanding of Vietnam is valuable, well researched, and well written." - American Reference Books Annual
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Africa World Press The Afrocentric Paradigm
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Africa World Press Swahili Modernities: Culture, Politics, and
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Africa World Press The African Presence In Black America
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Africa World Press Federalism In Africa Vol. 2: The Imperative of
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Africa World Press Through Fire With Water: The Roots of Division
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Africa World Press The Foundations Of Nigeria: Essays in Honor of
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Africa World Press Women In African Development: The Challenge of
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Africa World Press Agriculture Biotechnology Reconsidered: Western
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Africa World Press Meeting Points In Black/africana Women's
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Africa World Press Africa And The Americas: Interconnections During
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Africa World Press A Political History Of Zambia: From the Colonial
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Africa World Press Contemporary African Theory And Thought
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Africa World Press Kwame Nkrumah's Liberation Thought: A Paradigm
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Africa World Press White Racism On The Western Urban Frontier:
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Africa World Press Africa On A Global Stage
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Africa World Press Power, Poverty And Prayer: The Challenges of
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Africa World Press Contesting Sacred Space: A Pilgrimage Study of
Book SynopsisA study of pilgrimage to the Njelele shrine - a major centre of the Mwali cult, South Africa's cult of the High God. The study addresses the importance of sacred spaces as centralising forces unifying widespread congregations.
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Africa World Press Transplanted Imaginary: Literatures of New Climes
Book SynopsisIncludes essays on postcolonial literature, corss-cultural studies and multi-cultural scenarios as reflected in literature.
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Africa World Press Post-conflict Reconstruction In Africa
Book SynopsisEssays by prominent scholars, NGOs and policy makers who explore reconstruction efforts taking place in war-affected African countries.
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Africa World Press Higher Education In Postcolonial Africa:
Book SynopsisDiscusses African higher education in terms of both successes and problems, offering practical solutions for advancement and imporvement.
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Africa World Press Myth, History And Society: The Collected Workd of
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Africa World Press Asinamali: University Struggles in Post-Apartheid
Book SynopsisAn investigation into the increasingly unfair university systems in Africa since the end of apartheid.
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Africa World Press Women To Women: Young Americans in South Africa
Book SynopsisA remarkable conversation among South African and American women about race, class, gender and the challenge of building an egalitarian nation out of the remnants of one of the most unequal societies in the world - apartheid era South Africa.
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Africa World Press In-dependence From Bondage: Claude McKay and
Book SynopsisCompares and illuminates the congruent ideas of legendary Afro-Caribbean poet Claude McKay and Jamaican prime minister Michael Manley, showing that if a political ideology is needed to life the African Diaspora and global South, it will not be that of globalisation.
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Africa World Press Gender And Sexuality In African Literature And
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Africa World Press Africa's Challenge
Book SynopsisUsing law for good governance and development - a study of the ways in which African countries must use legislation to transform outmoded, inherited institutions that are preventing the worthwhile economic growth of the continent.
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Africa World Press Prisons & Punishment
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Africa World Press The Water Goddess In Igbo Cosmology: Ogbuide of
Book SynopsisA study of the Igbo people's belief in a water Goddess that resides in Lake Oguta in southeastern Nigeria.
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Africa World Press The Mines Of His Mind: Critical Reflection on the
Book SynopsisA collection of rich ideas and commentary on the much celebrated African author Tayo Olafioye. Includes essential biographical information.
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Africa World Press Emerging Perspectives On Aminata Sow Fall: The
Book SynopsisVarious contibutors demonstrate Fall's unique intervention in literary creation where realism and heroism merge.
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Africa World Press Nepad And The Future Of Economic Policy In Africa
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Africa World Press Women's Spaces, Women's Visions: Poetics And
Book SynopsisA critical look at the works of 11 African female dramatists from East, West and South Africa.
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Africa World Press The Military And The Nigerian State, 1966-1993: A
Book SynopsisA study of the strategies of political power control in Nigeria in the latter half of the 20th century.
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Africa World Press Statesmanship On The Bench: The Judicial Career
Book SynopsisAn examination of the judicial performance of Sir Adetokunbo Ademola (1939 - 1972).
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Africa World Press No Easy Victories: African Liberation and
Book SynopsisA panoramic view of US activism on Africa and African liberation, and how African struggles informed US activism in turn.
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Africa World Press The Saga Of African Underdevelopment: A Viable
Book SynopsisIn careful detail the economic underdevelopment of Africa is put into the context of international trade.
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Africa World Press Emancipados Slave Societies In Brazil And Cuba
Book SynopsisDefinitive information on the identity and status of emancipados - a special group of Africans in Brazil, Cuba and Latin America.
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Africa World Press Africa And The Third Millennium
Book SynopsisA response to the general consensus that Africa entered the 21st century plagued by chronic underdevelopment.
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Africa World Press Emerging Perspectives On Akinwumi Isola
Book SynopsisAn in-depth examination of one of Nigeria's leading creative writers - Akinwumi Isola.
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Africa World Press African Countries In The New Trade Negotiations,
Book Synopsisthis volume covers trade in services in some depth, with both country studies and two overview pieces.
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Africa World Press John Henrik Clarke And The Power Of Africana
Book SynopsisThe first extensive critical examination of Clarke as an exemplar of indigenous intellectualism in Afrikan culture in the US.
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Africa World Press African Diasporas: Ancestors, Migrations and
Book SynopsisThis volume encourages further exploration of issues that have long been central in scholarship on literature and orature, as well as forging new ways of conceiving African cultural relationships of the past and present.
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Africa World Press Garvey, Garveyism And The Antinomies Of Black
Book SynopsisImproving readers' understanding of the connection between human agents of history and the environment in which their historical mission is played out.
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Africa World Press The Rise Of The Elective Dictatorship And The
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Africa World Press Self-determination And National Unity: A
Book SynopsisUnited Nations Advisor Francis M. Deng tackles the difficult question of how to peacefully manage ethnic diversity in post-colonial Africa.
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