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Book Synopsis This volume provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century who were engaged in articulating and examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence. The selections represent all major regions of Latin America. Although these regions differ significantly with regard to indigenous background, geography, climate, and available resources, their people confronted the common problems that surround the intractable challenges of statecraft and nation building: issues of race, international relations, economics, education, and self-understanding. Burke and Humphrey provide fresh, accessible translations of key works, a majority of which appear for the first time in English; a General Introduction that sets the works in historical and intellectual context; detailed headnotes for each selection; a Guide to Themes; and bibliographic references. Trade ReviewA very good selection of primary sources, essential for undergraduates to understand nineteenth-century Latin America.--Erick D. Langer, Department of History/School of Foreign Service, Georgetown UniversityThis will be a splendid and useful book for teachers of courses focusing on the nineteenth century who have been frustrated at the lack of accessible sources in English. . . . the selection of texts is as near to impeccable as possible in trying to capture Latin American thinking between Bolívar in 1819 and Arguedas in 1909. . . . this is a worthy collection of primary sources, and it will certainly be of use in bringing neglected texts and authors to the audience of students who have no Spanish.--Matthew Brown, University of BristolTable of ContentsSimón Bolívar (Venezuela/Colombia): "Address to the Angostura Congress, February 15, 1819, the Day of Its Installation" / "Address to the Constituent Congress of Bolivia" (1826) (selection); José María Luis Mora (Mexico): "On the Expulsion of the Natives and Citizens of This Republic Born in Spain" (1827) / "On Ecclesiastical Wealth" (1831) (selections); Andrés Bello (Venezuela/Chile): "Speech Delivered at the Installation of the University of Chile, September 17, 1843" / "Response to Lastarria on the Influence of the Conquest" (1844); José Victorino Lastarria (Chile): Investigations Regarding the Social Influence of the Conquest and the Spanish Colonial System in Chile (1844) (selections) / America (1865) (selections); Francisco Bilbao (Chile): "Chilean Sociability" (1844) (selections); Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Argentina): Facundo, or Civilization and Barbarism (1845) (selections); Esteban Echeverría (Argentina): The Socialist Doctrine of the Association of May (1846) (selections); Lucas Alamán (Mexico): The History of Mexico (18491852) (selection); Juan Bautista Alberdi (Argentina): Foundations and Points of Departure for the Political Organization of the Republic of Argentina (1853) (selections); Eugenio María de Hostos (Puerto Rico): "The Scientific Education of Women" (1873) (selection) / "The Purpose of the Normal School" (1884); Juan Montalvo (Ecuador): Seven Treatises: Third Treatise: "Reply to a Pseudo-Catholic Sophist" (1882) (selection); José Martí (Cuba): "Our America" (1891); Soledad Acosta de Samper (Colombia): "The Mission of the Woman Writer in Spanish America" (1895); Justo Sierra (Mexico): "The Present Era," from The Political Evolution of the Mexican People (1900-1902) (selections); Euclides da Cunha (Brazil): Rebellion in the Backlands (1902) (selections); Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru): "The Woman Worker and the Woman" (1904); Francisco Alonso de Bulnes (Mexico): The Future of the Latin American Nations (1906) (selections); Alcides Arguedas (Bolivia): The Sick People (1909) (selections).

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Book SynopsisProvides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century, each of whom were engaged in examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence in 1810. This book includes biographical headnotes for each contributor, a glossary, and a bibliography.Trade ReviewA very good selection of primary sources, essential for undergraduates to understand nineteenth-century Latin America.--Erick D. Langer, Department of History/School of Foreign Service, Georgetown UniversityThis will be a splendid and useful book for teachers of courses focusing on the nineteenth century who have been frustrated at the lack of accessible sources in English. . . . the selection of texts is as near to impeccable as possible in trying to capture Latin American thinking between Bolívar in 1819 and Arguedas in 1909. . . . this is a worthy collection of primary sources, and it will certainly be of use in bringing neglected texts and authors to the audience of students who have no Spanish.--Matthew Brown, University of BristolTable of ContentsSimón Bolívar (Venezuela/Colombia): "Address to the Angostura Congress, February 15, 1819, the Day of Its Installation" / "Address to the Constituent Congress of Bolivia" (1826) (selection); José María Luis Mora (Mexico): "On the Expulsion of the Natives and Citizens of This Republic Born in Spain" (1827) / "On Ecclesiastical Wealth" (1831) (selections); Andrés Bello (Venezuela/Chile): "Speech Delivered at the Installation of the University of Chile, September 17, 1843" / "Response to Lastarria on the Influence of the Conquest" (1844); José Victorino Lastarria (Chile): Investigations Regarding the Social Influence of the Conquest and the Spanish Colonial System in Chile (1844) (selections) / America (1865) (selections); Francisco Bilbao (Chile): "Chilean Sociability" (1844) (selections); Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Argentina): Facundo, or Civilization and Barbarism (1845) (selections); Esteban Echeverría (Argentina): The Socialist Doctrine of the Association of May (1846) (selections); Lucas Alamán (Mexico): The History of Mexico (18491852) (selection); Juan Bautista Alberdi (Argentina): Foundations and Points of Departure for the Political Organization of the Republic of Argentina (1853) (selections); Eugenio María de Hostos (Puerto Rico): "The Scientific Education of Women" (1873) (selection) / "The Purpose of the Normal School" (1884); Juan Montalvo (Ecuador): Seven Treatises: Third Treatise: "Reply to a Pseudo-Catholic Sophist" (1882) (selection); José Martí (Cuba): "Our America" (1891); Soledad Acosta de Samper (Colombia): "The Mission of the Woman Writer in Spanish America" (1895); Justo Sierra (Mexico): "The Present Era," from The Political Evolution of the Mexican People (1900-1902) (selections); Euclides da Cunha (Brazil): Rebellion in the Backlands (1902) (selections); Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru): "The Woman Worker and the Woman" (1904); Francisco Alonso de Bulnes (Mexico): The Future of the Latin American Nations (1906) (selections); Alcides Arguedas (Bolivia): The Sick People (1909) (selections).

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Book SynopsisThe Age of Sail has long fascinated readers, writers, and the general public. Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Jack London et al. treated ships at sea as microcosms; Petri dishes in which larger themes of authority, conflict and order emerge. In this fascinating book, Pfaff and Hechter explore mutiny as a manifestation of collective action and contentious politics. The authors use narrative evidence and statistical analysis to trace the processes by which governance failed, social order decayed, and seamen mobilized. Their findings highlight the complexities ofgovernance, showing that it was not mere deprivation, but how seamen interpreted that deprivation, which stoked the grievances that motivated rebellion. Using the Age of Sail as a lens to examine topics still relevant today - what motivates people to rebel against deprivation and poor governance - The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance, and Mutiny in the Age of Sail helps us understand the emergence of populism and rejection of the establishment.Trade Review'This brilliant book captures all the high drama of the Age of Sail, while providing invaluable lessons on the maintenance and failure of social order. Pfaff and Hechter's powerful analysis of how mutinies arose in the tight societies aboard British navy ships is a great read, and essential for everyone aiming to understand the nature of legitimacy, good governance, and rebellions against unjust authority.' Jack A Goldstone, George Mason University, Virginia'Pfaff and Hechter offer us a good read, a great puzzle, and a compelling analysis. Their book unfolds its treasures with every page. It provides entertaining - and sometimes horrifying - tales of mutiny and rebellion in the British Age of Sail … The authors combine a wealth of material with theory and insight to make real advances in understanding the conditions that produce large-scale collective actions.' Margaret Levi, Stanford University, California'This book is the best and most systematic treatment of Royal Navy mutiny in the Age of Sail, and is brimming with insights about rebellion on a broader scale … a landmark in the study of mutiny.' Peter T. Leeson, George Mason University, Virginia'The subject of mutiny in the eighteenth-century British Navy has long fascinated historians of different traditions, and has provoked some lively controversy between them. What it has not provoked - until now - is the massive research effort necessary to open naval archives to serious statistical analysis. As a result it has been difficult to evaluate different claims and approaches. At long last Steven Pfaff and Michael Hechter have surmounted the challenge, and in this book they present evidence of the utmost value for historians, not only of navies but of law and order in society at large. Though it deals with the eighteenth-century, it has implications for the modern world as well.' Nicholas Rodger, All Souls College, Oxford'It's hard to know where to begin in praise of The Genesis of Rebellion. For starters, this book represents comparative historical sociology at its very best. But the great value of this project lies in Pfaff and Hechter's deep command of the literatures on the study of rebellion, the convincing and original account of mutiny they adduce from their data, and their methodological commitment to studying not just ships that experienced mutinies, but those that did not. Pfaff and Hechter have given us one of very best comparative studies of rebellion conducted to date.' Doug McAdam, Stanford University, California'Using mutinies as both an empirical case and a metaphor for rebellion, The Genesis of Rebellion is a theoretically crisp and empirically insightful account that links subjectively felt and collectively shared grievances with failures of governance to explain rebellious collective action. A fascinating read and an important contribution.' Stathis N. Kalyvas, All Souls College, Oxford'Engagingly written, methodologically innovative, and based on previously unstudied data, The Genesis of Rebellion is a major contribution to the study of collective action. Pfaff and Hechter show that quality of governance is central to the patterns of naval mutinies, whereas private incentives and material grievances are secondary, which sheds important light on rebellions in general.' Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University'The book is a masterful analysis of mutiny in the British Royal Navy, relying on decades of ships' logs and navy records to identify two factors - grievances and governance - that explain why some ships experienced mutiny and others did not. Pfaff and Hechter provide theoretical insights with contemporary relevance for understanding rebellion and other collective threats to social order.' Christine Horne, Washington State UniversityTable of Contents1. The genesis of rebellion; 2. Governance and social order in the Age of Sail; 3. One and all: the anatomy of mutiny; 4. Why seamen rebelled: the causes of mutiny; 5. Insurgency and solidarity: the mass mutinies at Spithead and the Nore; 6. Discipline, punishment and the fear of insurrection; 7. The consequences of mutiny; 8. Conclusion and implications.

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative reading, the development of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) is explored in the context of an emerging nationalism in Southeast Asia, the interplay of overseas Chinese networks and the Comintern. Based on extensive new archival material, Anna Belogurova shows how the MCP was shaped by the historical contingencies of anti-imperialism in Southeast Asia, long-term Chinese migration trends, networks, identity, and the organizational practices of the Comintern.This is the story of how a group of left-leaning Chinese migrant intellectuals engaged with global forces to create a relevant and lasting Malayan national identity, providing fresh international perspectives on the history of Malaysia, Chinese communism, the Cold War, and decolonization.Trade Review'Bringing to light previously untapped sources, The Nanyang Revolution breaks new ground in analyzing the history of the Malayan Communist Party and its vision of a Malayan nation. Belogurova's exploration of the internationalism-nationalism relationship and of Comintern attitudes towards overseas Chinese represents a major contribution to our understanding of communism as a global movement.' Barbara Watson Andaya, University of Hawai'i'This innovative and deeply researched study of the Malayan Communist Party offers a fresh and imaginative exploration of the interplay of nationalism and internationalism, indigenization and internationalization across a space that stretches from Southeast Asia to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.' S. A. Smith, All Souls College, Oxford'This book tells a compelling story of diaspora politics of displacement, bringing into focus the significance of the maritime networks in the making of China's modern revolutions, nationalist as well as communist. It's an achievement that remaps the spatial dynamics of the transformation of modern China.' Wen-hsin Yeh, University of California, at Berkeley''Nanyang' was the savage front of the international revolutionary movement. Anna Eduardovna Belogurova provides a clear, overarching view of the relationship between ideas of the Chinese-oriented 'Minzu' and the reality of internationalism proposed by the Comintern.' Ishikawa Yoshihiro, Kyoto University'… this volume makes a valuable contribution to the fields of the modern histories of China and Southeast Asia, the history of world communism, of state building and modernization, and studies of anti-colonialism and nationalism. It will be a useful source for scholars and students of Chinese history, social and political history, the Chinese diaspora, and of studies of the Comintern, internationalism, migration, and the communist revolution in Southeast Asia.' Qian Zhu, China and AsiaTable of ContentsPart I. Revolution in the Nanyang: 1. Prologue: a Durian for Sun Yatsen; 2. The global world of Chinese networks in the 1920s: The Chinese Revolution and the liberation of the oppressed Minzu; 3. The Nanyang Revolution and the Malayan nation, 1929–1930: nations, migrants, words; Part II. The Comintern, the MCP, and Chinese Networks, 1930–1935: 4. The MCP as a hybrid communist party: structure, discourse, and activity, 1930–1934; 5. The Comintern, Malaya, and Chinese networks, 1930–1936; Part III. The GMD, the MCP, and the Nation: Minzu Cultivated, Minzu Lost: 6. Minzu cultivated, 1928–1940; 7. Language, power, and the MCP's lost nation, 1939–1940; 8. Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisVolume III covers the Iberian Empires and stresses the ethnic dimension of the independent processes in Spanish America and Brazil. An important reference text for historians of the Atlantic World with a keen interest in the Iberian Empires.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Wim Klooster; Part I. The Spanish Empire: 1. The Spanish Empire: general overview Stefan Rinke; 2. The Spanish Empire on the Eve of American Independence Emily Berquist Soule; 3. The Cortes of Cádiz and the Spanish Liberal Revolution of 1810–1814: Atlantic and Spanish American dimensions Roberto Breña; 4. The Constitutional Triennium in Spain, 1820–1823 Juan Luis Simal; 5. Mexico: from Civil War to the War of Independence 1808–1825 Juan Ortiz Escamilla, 6. Central America Timothy Hawkins; 7. War and revolution in the Southern Cone, 1808–1824 Juan Luis Ossa Santa Cruz; 8. Caribbean South America: free people of color, Republican experiments, military strategies, and the Caribbean connection on the path to independence Ernesto Bassi; 9. The southernmost revolution: the Rio de la Plata in early nineteenth century Gabriel di Meglio; 10. Royalists, monarchy, and political transformation in the Spanish Atlantic world during the Age of Revolutions Marcela Echeverri; 11. Africans and their descendants in the Spanish Empire in the Age of Revolutions Jane Landers; 12. Concepts on the move: constitutionalism, citizenship, federalism, and early liberalism across Spain and Spanish America Javier Fernández Sebastián; 13. Patriarchy, misogyny, and politics in the Age of Revolutions Mónica Ricketts; 14. Impact of the French-Caribbean Revolutions in continental Iberian America, 1791–1833 Alejandro E. Gómez; 15. Deferred but not avoided: Great Britain and Latin American independence Karen Racine; Part II. Brazil, Portugal, and Africa: 16. Overview: the independence era in the Luso-Brazilian world Gabriel Paquette; 17. Portugal's social and political change from the Ancien Régime to liberalism Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro; 18. Conservative tracks towards independence: transfer of the court to Rio de Janeiro, the Porto Revolution, Brazilian autonomy Jurandir Malerba; 19. Building new Brazilian institutions Jeffrey D. Needell; 20. Slaves, Indians, and the 'classes of color': popular participation in Brazilian Independence Hendrik Kraay; 21. Brazil and the independence of Spanish America: parallel trajectories, linked processes (1807–1825) João Paulo Pimenta; 22. Waves of sedition across the Atlantic: liberal politics in Angola in the wake of Brazilian independence (ca. 1817–1825) Roquinaldo Ferreira.

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Book SynopsisHow does empire operate in frontiers and borderlands during times of conflict? Empire on Edge reveals how British officials attempted, during the second half of the nineteenth century, to understand and impose order on northern Belize, an area that was both a frontier of colonial power and the locus of a disputed border with Mexico. Their efforts were complicated by the local ramifications of Yucatán''s Caste War (18471901), a long-lasting, violent struggle between segments of the indigenous Maya in southeast Mexico and the Mexican state. The book also illuminates how people who were subject to these efforts, especially the Hispanic and various Maya groups, sought to thwart them by building alliances across seemingly firm lines of racial and ethnic division. Along the way, important questions are raised about the dissonance between colonial and imperial projects, the nature of frontiers and borderlands, and the local effects of disputes between bordering countries.Trade Review'Empire on Edge is a fresh look at nineteenth-century Belize, vividly portraying threats and opportunities connected with Yucatán's Caste War that sparked conflicts but also alliances across lines of empire, nation, race, and economic network. A welcome addition to scholarship on borderlands, migration, political belonging, and the contingency of imperial control.' Anne S. Macpherson, State University of New York'Surrounded by Central American neighbors almost constantly embroiled in civil wars, with borders disputed, Caste War rebels on its frontiers and thousands of Yucatecan Caste War refugees fundamentally altering its population structure, Belize faced serious challenges during the nineteenth century. In their attempts to ensure the territory's security against outside threats and inside dissent, the local colonial officials found little help in the imperial government in London, who were reluctant to send troops and spend significant amounts of money for the defense of a colonial backwater. Dutt's Empire on Edge skillfully highlights the intricacies of colonial rule on the edge of empire and enriches the historiography of a hitherto understudied country.' Wolfgang Gabbert, author of Violence and the Caste War of Yucatán'Empire on Edge is a remarkable book, well written and engaging, that might be of interest to specialists in this understudied country and to those interested in the history of colonial governance, borderland conflicts, refugees' culture, and diplomatic relations.' David Pretel, Hispanic American Historical Review'Empire on Edge is overall a necessary and insightful contribution to scholarship on British imperial interventions in Latin America, particularly in Belize, given its exceptional status as both a Caribbean and Central American nation.' Marisa Palacios Knox, Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Business as usual; 2. Ungoverned passions; 3. Costs of protection; 4. Uneasy alliances; 5. The enemy within; 6. Loyal subjects; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisBetween 1986 and 1994, East Africa''s postcolonial, political settlement was profoundly challenged as four revolutionary ''liberation'' movements seized power in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda. After years of armed struggle against vicious dictatorships, these movements transformed from rebels to rulers, promising to deliver ''fundamental change''. This study exposes, examines and underlines the acute challenges each has faced in doing so. Drawing on over 130 interviews with the region''s post-liberation elite, undertaken over the course of a decade, Jonathan Fisher takes a fresh and empirically-grounded approach to explaining the fast-moving politics of the region over the last three decades, focusing on the role and influence of its guerrilla governments. East Africa after Liberation sheds critical light on the competing pressures post-liberation governments contend with as they balance reformist aspirations with accommodation of counter-vailing interests, historical trajectories and their own violent organisational cultures.Trade Review'Jonathan Fisher's superb study of post-liberation regimes in Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Rwanda has much to tell us, not only about the states concerned, but about the legacies of liberation war more widely.' Christopher Clapham, University of Cambridge'this book explains how a new set of revolutionary regimes are reshaping politics in east Africa. Fisher draws on a deep knowledge of the region to tell the fascinating stories of leaders, insurgencies and liberation regimes, and the fraught and often surprising relationships between them, to give us a profound insight into Africa's second-generation post-colonial politics.' Julia Gallagher, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'A path-breaking piece on African liberation movements exposing the untold story of how these regimes have undermined democracy, promoted patronage politics, and entrenched themselves in power … I recommend this book to all readers of African politics.' Sabiti Makara, Makerere University, Uganda'An authoritative and revealing tour of how liberation struggles shaped the politics of contemporary East Africa. Offering a set of challenging propositions as well as an unrivalled feel for East African political behaviour, this book is required reading for anyone interested in learning how politics in this part of the world really works.' William Reno, Northwestern University'An excellent exploration of the four East African liberation armies that seized state power at the end of the Cold War and sought to remake regional political order in their own image. Fisher teaches us that those who led these movements were neither inflexible ideologues nor calculating political operatives. Rather, like most political actors, they were something in-between. This is a foundational text for understanding the regional politics of East Africa today.' Michael Woldemariam, Boston University'This book represents a model for qualitative social science research. The depth of Fisher's understanding of his cases as armed organisations, political movements, and statesmen as well as his appreciation for the humanity of those lionised as heroes of the liberation movement make this an engaging contribution to our understanding of African politics.' Hilary Matfess, The Journal of Development Studies'Focusing on the maturation of liberation movements that came to power between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, and Rwanda, this engaging, highly detailed book provides a rare view into the development of regional politics.' M. M. Heaton, Choice'Fisher's excellent political history focuses on the countries in East Africa where the current regimes came to power through successful insurgencies decades ago. His book links the fates of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, and Uganda and describes the impact of the many links that leaders in the four countries forged before their rises to power.' Foreign Affairs'East Africa after Liberation is not simply a historical chronology of four liberation movements and their changing faces when they came to power. It is a convincing analysis of the regional security arena through a rare glimpse behind the curtain of elite mindsets and cross-state affinities … it is a must read for scholars and practitioners …' Tim Glawion, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Insurgency: 1. East Africa's post-liberation elite and the legacy of insurgency I: movement, state and society; 2. East Africa's post-liberation elite and the legacy of insurgency II: from rebellion to government; Part II. Liberation: 3. From rebels to diplomats: pragmatism, aspiration and mistrust, 1986–1995; 4. Reinventing liberation: revolution and regret in Congo and Sudan, 1995–2000; Part III. Crisis: 5. The disintegration of the Liberation Coalition,1998–2007; 6. From regional conflict to domestic crisis: regime consolidation and the fragmentation of the Old Guard, 2000–07; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis 2 part history of the American Revolution was written right after the Civil War. The authors insight into not only what was happening in the United States but also to all that was occurring in Great Britain makes this book as relevant today as when it was first written.

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Book SynopsisThis 2 part history of the American Revolution was written right after the Civil War. The authors insight into not only what was happening in the United States but also to all that was occurring in Great Britain makes this book as relevant today as when it was first written.

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Book SynopsisFor some years the author of this work has been collecting materials for writing the history of the French Revolution. With this object in view he has visited Paris, wishing also to become familiar with the localities rendered immortal by the varied acts of this drama -- the most memorable tragedy, perhaps, which has as yet been enacted upon the theatre of time.

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Book Synopsis"On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Jonathan Daly and Leonid Trofimov have reinvigorated the study of a turning point in world history. Instead of rehashing the internal dynamics of the Bolshevik takeover, the authors have carefully juxtaposed the international ambitions of the Bolsheviks with the Revolution’s reception around the world. Daly and Trofimov pair their lucid introductory essay with documents from Soviet officials, intellectuals in South America, W. E. B. Du Bois in the United States, and others, so readers will quickly realize how revolutionary ideas cross oceans and transcend geopolitical boundaries. This volume thus takes a topic once reserved for students of Russian history and places it in a world historical perspective; those interested in global history, European history, and, of course, those fascinated by events in Petrograd and Moscow will find ample sources of inspiration in this text. As the Russian Federation is now exerting its influence on a global scale, the time is ripe to consider the Russian Revolution in such broad terms." —Nigel Raab, Loyola Marymount UniversityTrade Review"Thoughtful, readable, and concise, this little book sets the Russian Revolution in its global context. Though primarily focused on the period from 1917 to the 1930s, it nicely illustrates the many ways in which the effects of the Revolution are still being felt today." —Rex Wade, George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Preface Chronology Glossary List of Maps List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1: Russia in Revolution and Civil War Chapter 2: The Bolsheviks Engage the World Chapter 3: The Russian Revolution and the Power of Communism EpilogueDocumentsSection 1: Russia’s Revolutions: From the Collapse of the Monarchy to the Civil War 1.1. Konstantin Pobedonoststev Blasts Parliamentarism, the Free Press, and Modern Education 1.2. V. I. Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, 1916 1.3. Soldiers Write About the War, 1915–16 1.4. Order Number One, March 1, 1917 1.5. An American in Petrograd, Spring 1917 1.6. Polish Independence and the Russian Revolution, March–April, 1917 1.7. Lenin Calls for a Deepening of the Revolution, April 4, 1917 1.8. General Session of the Petrograd Soviet, September 11, 1917 1.9. Declaration of the Rights of the Working and Exploited People, January 1918 1.10. Mustafa Chokaev, Reminiscences of 1917–18 1.11. Aleksandra Kollontai, “Soon!” (in 48 Years’ Time), 1919 1.12. Nikolai Bukharin and Evgenii Preobrazhenskii, ABC of Communism 1.13. The Fate of Kiev, 1918 1.14. The Russian “Internationale,” 1902-1944 1.15. Appeal of Rebel Leaders to the Peasant Masses, Late July/Early August 1920 Section 2: The Bolsheviks Engage the World 2.1. The Bolsheviks Take Russia Out of World War I, January–March 1918 2.2. Soviet Protest against Allied Intervention, June 27, 1918 2.3. V. I. Lenin, “A Letter to American Workingmen,” August 20, 1918 2.4. Pitfalls of Intervention, 1918–20 2.5. Bolshevik Anticipation of a Revolutionary Wave in 1919 2.6. Report of the Chief of the International Relations Section of the Comintern, March 1, 1921 2.7. Toward World Revolution, July 3, 1921 2.8. The Treaty of Rapallo, April 16, 1922 2.9. J. Stalin, “The Political Tasks of the University of the Toiling Peoples of the East,” 1925 2.10. Bolshevik Influence in China, 1920s 2.11. Fighting over the Torch of the Revolution: Trotsky versus Stalin Section 3: The Russian Revolution and the Power of Communism 3.1. John Reed on the Revolution and Socialism, 1919 3.2. “Russia Did It,” 1919 3.3. Bela Kun, “Discipline and Centralized Leadership,” 1923 3.4. Otto Ruhle, “Moscow and Us,” 1920 3.5. French Writer Romain Rolland Responds to a Call to Join the Revolutionary Cause, February 2, 1922 3.6 Emma Goldman Rejects Bolshevik Policies, 1922-23 3.7. “The Russian Problem,” 1919 3.8. Hitler’s Lessons from the Russian Revolution, 1923-26 3.9. “The Zinoviev Letter” Roils British Politics, 1924 3.10. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s unease about Soviet Russia, 1939. 3.11. “A Bright and a Heartening Phenomenon in a Dark and Dismal World,” 1933-1936 3.12. Josiah Gumede, “The New Jerusalem,” 1927 3.13. W. E. B. Du Bois Discovers Soviet Russia (ca. 1928) 3.14. José Carlos Mariátegui Welcomes World Revolution 3.15. Dr. José Lanauze Rolón’s Radio Address in Puerto Rico Extolls the Russian Revolution, 1936 3.16. Mao Zedong’s Retrospective of the Revolutionary Struggle, 1949 Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Cundill History Prize Winner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A richly detailed account of a gripping human story' Washington Post '[An] epic history ... a sweeping, thoughtful narrative' Los Angeles Times On Sunday 27 February, 1763, thousands of slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice - in present-day Guyana - launched a massive rebellion which came amazingly close to succeeding. Surrounded by jungle and savannah, the revolutionaries and their enslavers struck and parried for an entire year. In the end, the Dutch prevailed because of one advantage: their access to soldiers and supplies. Blood on the River is the explosive story of this little-known revolution, one that almost changed the face of the Americas. Drawing on 900 interrogation transcripts collected by the Dutch when the Berbice rebellion finally collapsed, which were subsequently buried in Dutch archives, historian Marjoleine Kars reconstructs an extraordinarily rich day-by-day account of this pivotal event. Blood on the River provides a rare, in-depth look at the political vision of enslaved people at the dawn of the Age of Revolution. An astonishing original work of history, Blood on the River will change our understanding of revolutions, slavery and of the story of freedom in the New World.Trade ReviewA riveting addition to the history of the search for freedom in the Americas * Kirkus Reviews *A richly detailed account of a gripping human story -- H.W. Brands * Washington Post *[An] epic history ... A sweeping, thoughtful narrative, joining a new wave of books that make visible previously dismissed Black voices -- Carolyn Kellogg * Los Angeles Times *A gripping tale about the human need for freedom ... The story of the Berbice Rebellion begs to be told, and Kars' telling is impressive -- Martha Anne Toll * NPR Books *A model for how academic history can reach a wide audience, a narrative-driven work which presents pioneering archival scholarship in which we can hear the voices of the enslaved protagonists ... Kars represents the complexities of the rebellion without romanticising it -- Bethan Fisk * History Today *A powerful book that will appeal to experts and - thanks to the lively and accessible writing style - the general public alike * Black Perspectives *This striking study unearths a meaningful chapter in the history of slavery * Publishers Weekly *Meticulously researched and careful to prioritize the perspectives of the marginalized, Blood on the River offers a fascinating glimpse of the complex history of slavery in the Americas * Booklist *A must-read for anyone interested in slave revolts and the history of Atlantic slavery * Library Journal *[A] masterpiece ... Marjoleine Kars has unearthed a little-known rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice and rendered its story with insight, empathy, and wisdom. You'll find no easy platitudes herein. Instead, you'll find human beings in full relief, acting with courage, kindness, calculation, and mendacity in their quest for self-determination. Blood on the River is a story for the ages -- Elizabeth Fenn, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan PeopleTakes readers on a moving journey deep into a colonial heart of darkness. Drawing on rich and challenging sources, Marjoleine Kars reveals enslaved people making a rebellion that lingers in memory and landscape -- Alan Taylor, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Internal Enemy and William Cooper's TownThis is required reading for historians of the Black Atlantic world -- Jennifer Morgan, professor of history at New York University and author of Reckoning with SlaveryOne of the great slave revolts in modern history has at last found a gifted historian to tell its epic tale. Using a breathtaking archival discovery to make the Berbice rebels vivid flesh-and-blood actors, Marjoleine Kars deeply enriches the global scholarship on the history of slavery and resistance -- Marcus Rediker, author of The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and FreedomVivid ... The aborted attempt at freedom she chronicles provides a harrowing counterpoint to the American and French revolutions that would soon follow -- Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the WorldMarjoleine Kars has brought from the archives the voices of the enslaved, both in hope and in defeat. A tale of importance for our time -- Natalie Zemon Davis, author of Trickster Travels and The Return of Martin Guerre

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Book SynopsisThey could arrest and imprison anyone at any time. They murdered civilians. They wore a strange mixture of dark green tunics, khaki rousers, black belts and odd headgear, including civilian felt hats. The Irish named them after a famous pack of wild dogs on County Limerick - The Black and Tans.Although they were only a small proportion of British forces in Ireland, they were the toughest, the wildest and the most feared. They knew nothing and they cared nothing about Ireland. They were sent there in March 1920 by Lloyd George's coalition cabinet to make Ireland 'a hell for rebels to live in'.Richard Bennett's book is an accurate and authoritative account of an ugly and harrowing period in Anglo-Irish history - a period that the English have struggled to forget and the Irish cannot help but remember.

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Book SynopsisA recent series of terrorist attacks, the uncovering of a large terrorist network, and a string of continuing regional conflicts have raised an awareness that Southeast Asia is amongst the world''s most troubled areas. This book analyzes local terrorism and state repression in this populous, strategically important region.

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Book SynopsisAll around the world and throughout history, resistance has played an important role - and it still does. Some strive to raise it to cause change. Some dare not to speak of it. Some try to smother it to keep a status quo. The contributions to this volume explore phenomena of resistance in a range of historical and contemporary environments. In so doing, they not only contribute to shaping a comparative view on subjects, representations, and contexts of resistance, but also open up a theoretical dialogue on terms and concepts of resistance both in and across different disciplines. With contributions by Micha Brumlik, Peter McLaren, and others.

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Book SynopsisMuch has been written on the 19171920 revolution in Ukraine, on the national movement, the Makhnovists and the Bolsheviks. Yet there were others with a mass following whose role has faded from history books. One such party was the Borotbisty, the heirs of the mass Ukrainian Party of Socialist-Revolutionaries, an independent party seeking to achieve national liberation and social emancipation. Though widely known in revolutionary Europe in their day, the Borotbisty were decimated during the Stalinist holocaust in Ukraine. Out of print for over half a century, this lost text by Ivan Maistrenko, the last survivor of the Borotbisty, provides a unique account on this party and its historical role. Part memoir and part history, this is a thought-provoking book which challenges previous approaches to the revolution and shows how events in Ukraine decided the fate not only of the Russian Revolution but the upheavals in Europe at the time.Trade ReviewIvan Maistrenko's Borot'bism is more than just a historical document. The debates during and after the Ukrainian revolution of 1917 still have a contemporary relevance-and Ukrainian debate was especially rich because it extended beyond the ranks of the Bolsheviks to the 'national communist' parties, the Borotbisty and Ukapisty... The debate about the relative importance of national and/or social liberation is still of great importance, however, especially as Ukrainians arguably now have the former without the latter. -- Andrew Wilson, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London

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Book SynopsisAfghanistan is located at the cross-roads of many civilizations. It is the gateway to India as well as to Central Asia. It shares borders with Pakistan, Iran, and the Central Asian Republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan a volatile mix of nations in a troubled corner of the world. Historically, the country with the most interest in the region is Russia, which views Central Asia as its back yard, and the nations located within it stepping stones to the warm waters of the Arabian Sea. In pursuit of that ambition, Russia over the centuries has gradually expanded its realm by conquering the vast lands of the Caucasus and Muslim Central Asia, eventually pausing at the northern borders of the Indian sub-continent and Afghanistan. Seven years after Afghanistan's first-ever Presidential election, the increasingly besieged Government of Hamid Karzai has virtually lost credibility at home and abroad. Al Qaeda has found a new friend in the region the Tehrik-e-Taliban of Pakistan (TTP) which has offered them a safe haven in the tribal belt of the country. The government of Pakistan beset by one political crisis after another and in the aftermath of the killing of Osama Bin Laden at Abbottabad, is on the defensive.Table of Contents1. A Historical Perspective The Advent of Islam The Nationalist Uprising The Decline Iran's Dominance over Afghanistan Relations with British India The First Anglo-Afghan War The Beginning of the 'Great Game' The Second Anglo-Afghan War 2. Afghanistan in the Twentieth Century Amir Habibullah Khan (1901-1919) The Anglo-Russian Convention Amir Amanullah Khan Amir Nadir Shah Zahir Shah, the last Afghan King President Sardar Daud Khan Border Issues with Pakistan Loya Jirga Daud's Governance President Noor Muhammad Taraki President Hafizullah Amin President Babrak Karmal President Dr. Najibullah 3. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Taliban--The Holy Warriors Enter Osama bin Laden Launching Attacks on American Assets Al-Qaeda Training Camps in Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom 4. Afghanistan's Ethnic Conundrum 5. Afghanistan Today US Relations with Pakistan The Death of Osama bin Laden Pak-US marriage 6. How Pakistan was Talibanized? Role of the Media Taliban and the Political Parties in Pakistan's Tribal Belt The Mindset of the Pakistani Taliban Taliban's Restrictions on Arts in Pakistan 7. Militant Groups and their Leaders FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Militant Groups in FATA Groups of Taliban Forces in FATA Foreign Militant Groups in Pakistan's Tribal Belt Sources of Taliban Funding Opium as Source of Funding 8. The Issues in FATA-A Historical perspective FATA at a Glance Literacy Educational Institutes in FATA versus those in the entire Province of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa 9. Is Taliban Losing its Clout? Can the Taliban Revive again? Taliban's latest move could help Peace Drive 10. Attacks on the NATO Supply Line in Pakistan NATO Strike on Pakistani Military Posts 11. America's New Afghan Policy Drone Attacks 12. Afghanistan after 2014 What can the United States Accept? End Notes Index

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Book Synopsis “A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank) In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D. Spence shows us the Chinese revolution through the eyes of its most articulate participants—the writers, historians, philosophers, and insurrectionists who shaped and were shaped by the turbulent events of the twentieth century. By skillfully combining literary materials with more conventional sources of political and social history, Spence provides an unparalleled look at China and her people and offers valuable insight into the continuing conflict between the implacable power of the state and the strivings of China's artists, writers, and thinkers.Trade ReviewPraise for The Gate of Heavenly Peace: “Absolutely first rate; it is adventurous in form, scrupulous in content, passionate in its revelation of complex human drama.”—Saturday Review “[Jonathan Spence] has woven a magical symphony that tells us as no conventional history could of the agony of a nation in awesome labor.”—Harrison E. Salisbury, Chicago Tribune Book World “With a novelist’s flair for life and a historian’s grounding in fact . . . there is no other work to match this in sweep, vivacity, and humanity.”—Library Journal Table of ContentsThe Gate of Heavenly Peace - Jonathan D. Spence List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceNote on Pronunciation1. Arousing the Spirits2. Visions and Violence3. Wanderings4. The Far Horizon5. The Land of Hunger6. Extolling Nirvana7. Whose Children Are Those?8. Wake the Spring9. Farewell to the Beautiful Things10. Refugees11. Rectifications12. A New Order13. The Noise of the RenegadesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020 ''A superb, unique, and unforgettable story of war and death, fear and cruelty, above all the horrors and allure of combat'' Simon Sebag Montefiore''One of the most profound books I have ever read about the real nature of war and the abstract allure of the ideas and the bloodshed that fuels it'' Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of BaghdadAn astonishing account of the nature of war from acclaimed novelist and decorated former US marine Elliot AckermanIn a refugee camp in southern Turkey, Elliot Ackerman sits across the table from Abu Hassar, who fought for Al Qaeda in Iraq and has murky connections to the Islamic State. At first, Ackerman pretends to have been a journalist during the Iraq War, but after he establishes a rapport with Abu Hassar, he reveals that in fact he was a Marine. The two men then compare their fighting experiences in the MiTrade ReviewElliot Ackerman's exceptional memoir is really a double memoir of his own experiences as a Marine and those of a Jihadist fighter he befriends in a refugee camp. The result is a superb, unique and unforgettable story of war and death, fear and cruelty, above all the horrors and allure of combat.Elliot Ackerman's voice scares me. It's a bit too close for comfort. He sees too much and he knows too much, and that makes him a great guide to today's post-everything Middle East. Read him at your own risk - but ignore this book at your own peril. -- Thomas E. Ricks, author of ‘Making the Corps,’ ‘Fiasco,’ and ‘Churchill and Orwell'Rare is the writer who can illuminate either the experience of the individual or the larger context of the times in which we live. Elliot Ackerman manages to do both. He is as adept at describing the strange cocktail of emotions that accompany the moments preceding combat as he is unraveling the Gordian Knot of contemporary geopolitics. That he does so in the graceful, lucid prose fans of his fiction have come to admire is even more remarkable. Places and Names is an extraordinarily beautiful and insightful work of memoir and journalism by a writer who deserves to be read widely. -- Kevin PowersHow often does one encounter a novel as perfectly shaped, as fresh, as subtle and as explosive as this? I couldn't turn away from Elliot Ackerman's latest taut wonder, and when I got to the final page, I wanted to start all over again, in the light of the haunting last words. Patiently, and unflinchingly, Ackerman is becoming one of the great poet laureates of America's tragic adventurism across the globe. -- Pico IyerWhen I finished Elliot Ackerman's Places and Names my copy was covered with bracketed paragraphs and underlined phrases. There is no surer indicator of a book filled with insight and good writing. Ackerman's honest searching to come to terms with his war experience helped me better understand my own. This book is a gift that should be shared with every American who helped pay for people like Ackerman to fight their wars for them. -- Karl Marlantes, prize-winning author of Matterhorn and Deep RiverPlaces and Names is its own profile in courage: the story of how a Marine turned reporter struggled with the polemics of desolation in the Middle East. Elliot Ackerman is a man of both action and thought, and his book is closely observed, rigorously lived, and clarifying for all of us who have not understood how U.S. policy in the Islamic world went so terribly wrong. -- Andrew Solomon, author of 'Far and Away', 'Far From the Tree', and 'The Noonday Demon'In Places and Names, Elliot Ackerman, a soldier turned writer, seeks out his former foes and confronts his own memories on battlefields where the killing continues. The result is one of the most profound books I have ever read about the real nature of war and the abstract allure of the ideas and the bloodshed that fuels it. -- Jon Lee AndersonPlaces and Names is a brilliant and gripping account of the aftermath of failed wars and revolutions, and of the still burning idealism that smolders in the wreckage. Elliot Ackerman brings a novelist's skill with language, a reporter's eye for detail, and his life experience as a highly decorated Marine veteran of five deployments to bear in this unique and powerful meditation on violence, heroism, and the fracturing of the Middle East." -- Phil Klay, National Book Award winning author of ‘Redeployment’What a great, honest book-the kind that makes one feel lucky to have in one's hands. Ackerman has served his country twice: first as an infantryman in our nations wars, and then as a guide-wise beyond his years-who helps us understand what we've done. His prose is easy and comfortable like an old jacket. His understanding of war is so profound that one feels like secrets have been revealed-truths-information that one day may be necessary for our survival. Well done. -- Sebastian Junger, author of TribeElliot Ackerman fought the Long War, and now, with Places and Names, he gives us a searingly honest record of his ongoing effort to make sense of the war. This is, literally, a book of wanderings; Ackerman's sojourns to conflict zones, old battlefields, and muddy refugee camps recall the wanderings of that earlier soldier, Odysseus, as he struggles to come home from war, and, no less than his predecessor, Ackerman finds himself journeying through the shadow world of ghosts and spirits that go by the name of memory. Vivid, profound, restless, and relentlessly probing, Places and Names is destined to become a classic of the Long War. -- Ben Fountain, author of 'Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk'Ackerman brings a fiction writer's touch to his reportage. The soldier-scribe is a familiar figure in British narratives of the region, from TE Lawrence to Rory Stewart. Ackerman fits easily into this tradition ... The book shows what it is like to be in the middle of it all - particularly for a young, open-minded and quietly idealistic American. -- Patrick Bishop * The Telegraph *It is a rare writer who is not afraid to deal with the toughest conflicts, ask the hardest questions, show the darkest side of even heroes, and still manage to renew our faith in humanity.Elliot Ackerman was a young Marine Corps officer during the battle of Fallujah in 2004. I was an embedded journalist with his unit, which lost 20 men in the first week of fighting. I remember him as clever, direct and sometimes playfully ironic, all qualities on display in his book about what he has seen of war, Places and Names. His account of how he won a Silver Star is gripping, the chaotic reality on the ground contrasting with the po-faced and supremely uninformative official citation. His descriptions of Syria, which he visited as a writer, were so painfully evocative for me that I had to stop reading for a time. His vivid, sparse prose bears comparison to that of Tim O'Brien in The Things They Carried or Norman Lewis in Naples '44; Places and Names has the same clear-eyed view of what war is. -- Paul Wood * The Spectator *Beautiful writing about combat and humanity and what it means to 'win' a war. -- Mary Louise Kelly * NPR, All Things Considered *Green on Blue is harrowing, brutal, and utterly absorbing. With spare prose, Ackerman has spun a morally complex tale of revenge, loyalty, and brotherly love ... a disturbing glimpse into one of the world's most troubled regions.This novel as a whole attests to Mr. Ackerman's breadth of understanding - an understanding not just of the seasonal rhythms of war in Afghanistan and the harsh, unforgiving beauty of that land, not just of the hardships of being a soldier there, but a bone-deep understanding of the toll that a seemingly endless war has taken on ordinary Afghans who have known no other reality for decades.Elliot Ackerman has done something brave as a writer and even braver as a soldier: He has touched, for real, the culture and soul of his enemy

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Book SynopsisBerkeley, California stood at the center of the political, social, and cultural upheaval that made the 1960s a unique period in American history. In Berkeley at War, W.J. Rorabaugh, who attended the graduate school of the University of California at Berkeley in the 1970s, presents a lively, informative account of the events that changed forever what had once been a quiet, conservative white suburb. Rorabaugh''s meticulously researched, authoritative narrative covers the entire period, from the rise of the Free Speech Movement to the growth and increasing militance of a black community struggling to end segregation; from the emergence of radicalism and the anti-war movement to the blossoming hippie culture; and from the explosive conflict over People''s Park to the beginnings of modern-day feminism and environmentalism. An invaluable account of its time and place, Berkeley at War anchors the sixties in American history, both before and since that colorful decade.Trade ReviewAccessible and stiulating. * Perry Blatz, Duquesne University *Thorough and engaging popular history. * New York Newsday *A skillful researcher who also possesses a vigorous narrative style, Rorabaugh brings scholarly clarity to the turmoil of the mid- to late-1960's. * Publisher's Weekly *Evocative and smoothly written....A compelling story of politics and power, silliness and cynicism, ideology and idiosyncrasies....Rorabaugh catches the temper of the times....He leads deftly from boardroom to classroom, coffeehouse to crash pad, in a perceptive and evenhanded Baedeker to a turbulent era. * Kirkus Reviews *[Rorabaugh's] meticulous account brings back those years, while showing how little most of us really knew about the forces setthing around us then....The book conveys many vivid images of a unique city as well as provides an authoritative account of an era. The significance of Berkeley at War lies in the fact that Berkeley was a quintessential American city of the 1960s * and those times still shape our world today.The Seattle Times *Rorabaugh narrates the events and identifies the issues that swirled into headlines and newscasts as the disenfranchised sought to get their messages and their cases before the general public. The success and outcome of that power struggle are authoritatively assessed in this detailed chronicle of a watershed moment in American society's development. * Booklist *A welcome addition to literature about the sixties....Can help readers better understand both Berkeley in the 1960s and our contemporary historical circumstances as well. It is a book about the past, but also one very much about the present. With it...we will be able to place our own lives in context, in proper perspective. * The Stanford Daily *A sober and absorbing chronicle of the transformation of a university town into a political battlefield. * Indochina Chronology *Excellent....A unique, well-balanced, and solidly researched study. * Perspective *Excellent....A unique, well-balanced, and solidly researched study that will be of interest to scholars and laypersons interested in the turbulent decade that now lies twenty years in the past but that still strongly reverberates in the consciousness of all who lived through it. * Perspective *[A] stimulating history of the tumult at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1960s. * The Washington Post *In prose that is clear and frequently elegant, Rorabaugh has succeeded in providing a coherent overview of both the place and the decade, not an easy challenge. * California Monthly *[The] sources utilized here are voluminous and minded extremely well....Comprehensive, if not always forceful, narrative. * Barbara L. Tischler, Queens College, CUNY *

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Book SynopsisElegantly written and meticulously researched, this book offers a major new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in America, placing the organization in its context of class and gender as well as race and religion.Trade Reviewa study that demonstrates how race relations are intertwined with other kinds of hierarchical relations. * The Historian *a remarkable, readable, and important book on the second Ku Klux Klan. From a database of 418 Klan memebers she extracted statistical and individual profiles. She skilfully weaves national,state, and local Athens activities together with individual stories and profiles of the membership to create a mosaic of the Klan. With this study, Nancy Maclean has made a significant scholarly contribution to our understanding of the Klan. * The Historian *

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Book SynopsisAt the century''s end, societies all over the world are throwing off the yoke of authoritarian rule and beginning to build democracies. At any such time of radical change, the question arises: should a society punish its ancien regime or let bygones be bygones? Transitional Justice takes this question to a new level with an interdisciplinary approach that challenges the very terms of the contemporary debate. Ruti Teitel explores the recurring dilemma of how regimes should respond to evil rule, arguing against the prevailing view favoring punishment, yet contending that the law nevertheless plays a profound role in periods of radical change. Pursuing a comparative and historical approach, she presents a compelling analysis of constitutional, legislative, and administrative responses to injustice following political upheaval. She proposes a new normative conception of justice--one that is highly politicized--offering glimmerings of the rule of law that, in her view, have become symbols oTrade ReviewPerhaps the most useful chapter in the book is the one examining reparatory justice. Teitel handles well the duality of reparations * The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 95, 2001 *"A valuable contribution to the growing body of scholarly literature."--Aryeh Neier, New York Review of Books"Impressive....Teitel goes through the complex issues raised during transitional periods in an ambitious attempt to construct the language of a new jurisprudence. What is novel about Teitel's approach is the attempt to provide an overarching approach to understanding issues that arise in and out of transitional justice....[The book] is filled with fresh ideas and interesting, provoking perspectives....Essential reading for all those facing the complexities of transition in practice."--Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Rule of Law ; 2. Criminal Justice ; 3. Historical Justice ; 4. Reparatory Justice ; 5. Administrative Justice ; 6. Constitutional Justice ; 7. Towards a Theory of Transitional Justice

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Book SynopsisIn this important work of deep learning and insight, David Brundage gives us the first full-scale history of Irish nationalists in the United States. Beginning with the brief exile of Theobald Wolfe Tone, founder of Irish republican nationalism, in Philadelphia on the eve of the bloody 1798 Irish rebellion, and concluding with the role of Bill Clinton''s White House in the historic 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, Brundage tells a story of more two hundred years of Irish American (and American) activism in the cause of Ireland. The book, though, is far more than a narrative history of the movement. Brundage also effectively weaves into his account a number of the analytical themes and perspectives that have transformed the study of nationalism over the last two decades. The most important of these perspectives is the imagined or invented character of nationalism. A second theme is the relationship of nationalism to the waves of global migration from the early nineteenth Trade Review[P]rovides ample stimulus for students of Irish as well as American history. ... Kevin Kenny predicted in print, at an early stage of its composition, that Brundage's book 'promises to be one of the most important works in the field'. How right he was. * J. J. Lee, English Historical Review *In this concise but substantive work, historian David Brundage examines the protean subject of Irish American nationalism in a thorough and judicious manner ... Is a convincing account of the way in which diasporic nationalism could serve as a unifying cause rather than a splintering distraction for those on the margins of American society. As such, Irish Nationalism in America deserves a place of pride on American history bookshelves as well as Irish ones. * Matthew O'Briens, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies *Brundage succeeds in providing a readable and persuasive analysis that draws on an impressive body of research while addressing the diverse secondary literature on the topic ... This will be the starting point for future studies of Irish nationalism in the US for some time. Brundage ties together a long and complex history by close attention to the people and personal conflicts involved. He is also thoroughly familiar with the secondary literature. The book will work well in courses on Irish history as well as on Irish America and the Irish diaspora generally. The bibliography is a resource in itself. * CHOICE *This is an ambitious book ... overall this book is an excellent addition to both transnational history and the place of the Irish in American society. * Dr. Gillian O'Brien, Journal of American Studies *David Brundage's Irish Nationalists in America is an excellent survey of how Irish nationalists within the United States played an important role in developments on both sides of the Atlantic ... Throughout the book, Brundage explores the diversity in Irish American nationalists' views ... An impressive achievement. My students will be reading it for many semesters to come. * John Day Tully, American Historical Review *a sharp and well-written book, and the narrative that Brundage tells is compelling and neatly contextualised by shorter sections on political developments in Ireland itself. He forces us to appreciate the ways in which nationalism was perceived, not unjustly, as a liberating force by many in the 19th century without himself succumbing to romanticisation. * David Sim, Reviews in History *Brundage's ambitious focus of two hundred years of complex and nuanced history across two, and at times multiple, transnational arenas, does much to bring renewed analysis to the account of the Irish America diaspora and Irish nationalist progress within it. Yet the work's sheer range of focus also lays the foundation for further study on Irish nationalism's complex history in both America and beyond over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. * Catherine Bateson, Irish Studies Review *This beautifully and concisely written book marks key phases in Irish American history, and Brundage navigates his way through the maze of organisations in a clear and focused manner ... this public act of publishing and remembering history puts different eras in context so that all of the histories fall into place and make sense. * Úna Ní Bhroiméil, History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Transatlantic Odyssey of Theobald Wolfe Tone Chapter 2: Irish Exiles in a New Republic, 1798-1829 Chapter 3: Repeal, Rebellion, and American Slavery, 1829-1848 Chapter 4: The Fenian Movement, 1848-1878 Chapter 5: The New Departure in America, 1878-1890 Chapter 6: Home Rulers and Republicans, 1890-1916 Chapter 7: The Irish Revolution, 1916-1921 Chapter 8: The Long Wait, 1921-1966 Chapter 9: The American Connection, 1966-1998 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA unique study which uses the collapse of Tsarist Russia and its consequences to argue that the events on the often-forgotten Eastern Front of WWI had a stronger impact on the outcome of the war than is usually accepted.Trade ReviewIn this vivid reinterpretation of the Russian Empire's World War I, Joshua Sanborn provocatively and effectively reframes it as a war of decolonization and state collapse. Written in crisp and entertaining prose, this thought-provoking book is the most interesting and readable book published on Russia's World War I in recent times. * Eric Lohr, American University, Washington *This magnificent book is full of insights, with a robust challenge to received wisdom. Sanborn's talent as a writer makes the catastrophic story of imperial state failure a joy to read. * Alan Kramer, Trinity College Dublin *If the Eastern Front remains the "forgotten front", readers will have only themselves to blame, as Joshua Sanborn gives us a fresh, insightful look at the East in these crucial years. * Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of War in 1914 *An outstanding contribution to the spate of books marking the centenary of the Great War. * P.E. Heineman, CHOICE *Sanborn's book is thus at once an everyday life history of the Russian Front, a gripping narrative of the key battles in which the Russian Empire participated, and a sophisticated conceptual argument about the stages of decolonization during the First World War. * The Russian Review *a wonderful book. It takes the reader to the heart of the experience of Russian participants in the Great War in an original and unprecedented way ... In terms of depth of description, sensitivity to the subject matter, elegance of expression, and originality of approach, Joshua A. Sanborn has few rivals. His breadth of vision not only encompasses crucial but often overlooked episodes ... he also shows their importance to the story. * Christopher Read, American Historical Review *The book was intended for multiple audiences, and it deserves to be read widely and with interest. * Evan Mawdsley, War in History Book *Sanborn's book serves as an admirable blend of the military, social and political history of the demise of the tsarist state. It offers much to chew on for specialists in the Russian field. * J. A. Grant, Slavonic and East European Review *Sanborn's command of his vast primary source base lends his narrative authority, his prose is unfailingly engaging, and his insights numerous. The many personal stories he tells of humble citizens caught up in this imperial "apocalypse" provide moving illustrations of the broad processes he charts. Above all, no previous treatment of Russia's Great War and revolution makes so palpable the scale of chaos and misery endured by the population as war-induced violence spun out of anyone's control. * Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction: Imperial Challenge ; 1. The Outbreak of War and the Transformation of the Borderlands ; 2. The Front Migrates ; 3. Remobilizing the Military: Combat Innovation, POWs, and Forced Labor ; 4. Remobilizing Society: Nurses, Doctors, and Social Control ; 5. Revolution ; 6. Decolonization ; Conclusion: Imperial Apocalypse ; Works Cited

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution brings together a sweeping range of expert and innovative contributions to offer engaging and thought-provoking insights into the history and historiography of this epochal event. Each chapter presents the foremost summations of academic thinking on key topics, along with stimulating and provocative interpretations and suggestions for future research directions. Placing core dimensions of the history of the French Revolution in their transnational and global contexts, the contributors demonstrate that revolutionary times demand close analysis of sometimes tiny groups of key political actors - whether the king and his ministers or the besieged leaders of the Jacobin republic - and attention to the deeply local politics of both rural and urban populations. Identities of class, gender and ethnicity are interrogated, but so too are conceptions and practices linked to citizenship, community, order, security, and freedom: each in their way just asTrade ReviewThis handbook is a gem ... a superb reference work that doubles as a good read for anyone interested in this massive and complex subject ... Essential. * G. P. Cox, CHOICE *The great success of this Handbook is to present a picture of the Revolution, and its historiography, as the hectic criss-crossing of many individual paths: this bustling, confusing, noisy, and fearful time of upheaval is well conveyed in these pages. The reader is given good directions to follow one, or many, of these paths in the ample footnotes and readings ... The Handbook offers a convenient and scholarly starting-point or refresher on many different aspects of that turbulent epoch and on its repercussions, one which will be valuable in teaching and research. The editor and his collaborators are to be congratulated. * Dr Anne Byrne, Reviews in History *David Andress, the editor, and his contributors should be warmly congratulated for providing generally excellent summaries of recent research on the French Revolution, together with stimulating suggestions for further investigation. * Roger Price, Intelligence and National Security *an excellent volume with a consistently high level of contribution. * Neil Davidson, H-France Review *This collection provides an excellent overview of the current state of French Revolution scholarship. * Liam Chambers, BARS Review *Table of ContentsPart 1: Origins 1: Silvia Marzagalli: Economic and Demographic Developments 2: Lauren R. Clay: The Bourgeoisie, Capitalism, and the Origins of the French Revolution 3: Jay M. Smith: Nobility 4: Joël Félix: The monarchy 5: Simon Burrows: Books, Philosophy, Enlightenment 6: Annie Jourdan: Tumultuous Contexts and Radical Ideas (1783-89). The 'Pre-Revolution' in a Transnational Perspective 7: Thomas E. Kaiser: The Diplomatic Origins of the French Revolution Part 2: The Coming of Revolution 8: John Hardman: The View from Above 9: Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire: The View from Below: the 1789 cahiers de doléances 10: Peter McPhee: A Social Revolution? Rethinking Popular Insurrection in 1789 11: Micah Alpaugh: A Personal Revolution: National Assembly Deputies and the Politics of 1789 Part 3: Revolution and Constitution 12: Michael P. Fitzsimmons: Sovereignty and Constitutional Power 13: Malcolm Crook: The New Regime: Political Institutions and Democratic Practices under the Constitutional Monarchy, 1789-91 14: Jeremy D. Popkin: Revolution and Changing Identities in France, 1787-1799 15: Edward J. Woell: Religion and Revolution 16: D. M. G. Sutherland: Urban Violence in 1789 17: Manuel Covo: Revolution, race and slavery Part 4: Counter-revolution and collapse 18: Ambrogio Caiani: Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette 19: Kirsty Carpenter: Emigration in Politics and Imaginations 20: Noelle Plack: Challenges in the Countryside, 1790-2 21: Charles Walton: Club, Party and Faction 22: Alan Forrest: Military Trauma Part 5: The New Republic 23: David Andress: Politics and Insurrection: The Sans-culottes, The 'Popular Movement' and the People of Paris 24: Marc Belissa: War and Diplomacy (1792-1795) 25: Paul Hanson: From Faction to Revolt 26: Dan Edelstein: What was the Terror? 27: Marisa Linton: Terror and Politics 28: Ronen Steinberg: Reckoning with Terror: Retribution, Redress, and Remembrance in Post-Revolutionary France 29: Mike Rapport: Jacobinism from Outside Part 6: After Thermidor 30: Laura Mason: Thermidor and the Myth of Rupture 31: Howard G. Brown: The Politics of Public Order, 1795-1802 32: Jean-Luc Chappey: The New Elites: Questions about political, social and cultural reconstruction after the Terror 33: Philip Dwyer: Napoleon, The Revolution, and The Empire 34: Isser Woloch: Lasting Political Structures 35: Jeff Horn: Lasting Economic Structures: Successes, Failures, and Revolutionary Political Economy 36: Jennifer Heuer: Did Everything Change? Rethinking Revolutionary Legacies 37: David A. Bell: Global Conceptual Legacies

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Book SynopsisHere is the first biography of Mario Savio, the brilliant leader of Berkeley''s Free Speech Movement, the largest and most disruptive student rebellion in American history. Savio risked his life to register black voters in Mississippi in the Freedom Summer of 1964 and did more than anyone to bring daring forms of non-violent protest from the civil rights movement to the struggle for free speech and academic freedom on American campuses. Drawing upon previously unavailable Savio papers, as well as oral histories from friends and fellow movement leaders, Freedom''s Orator illuminates Mario''s egalitarian leadership style, his remarkable eloquence, and the many ways he embodied the youthful idealism of the 1960s. The book also narrates, for the first time, his second phase of activism against Reaganite Imperialism in Central America and the corporatization of higher education. Including a generous selection of Savio''s speeches, Freedom''s Orator speaks with special relevance to a new genTrade ReviewRobby Cohen has written a gripping account of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement that took place in 1964, and the role of the student leader Mario Savio in that movement. Growing up in a working-class Catholic family, Savio struggled with a stammer, but he overcame his stammer to become a passionate and eloquent orator who led the Free Speech Movement in its struggle for political and academic freedom. Cohen tells the story of how Savio became a committed activist as the result of his experiences registering black voters in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964, and goes on to give a blow-by-blow account of the Free Speech Movement, its struggles and its final success. Here at Berkeley the Free Speech Movement Cafe stands as a memorial to the Movement and Savio's role in it. Cohen's book is both a biography of a remarkable individual and an account of a pivotal moment in Berkeley's history. * G. Steven Martin, University of California, Berkeley *What Cohen's account clearly shows is that the FSM was...notable above all for speaking in ways that made political conversation fresh and meaningful, something that correlated with Savio's own non-sectarian leftism. * Logos *Robert Cohen tells Savio's story with passion and compassion... It is likely to be the standard reference work about Savio. * Jonah Raskin, San Francisco Chronicle *Cohen accomplishes the complex task of interweaving Mario's personal story with that of his political engagements, and deftly ties both to the history of the peace and social justice movements that followed. Among Cohen's many strengths as a biographer is his almost uncanny ability to understand Savio's motivations, to see the goodness of his heart, and to honestly consider the psychological demons Savio worked so hard to overcome... Robert Cohen's biography of Mario Savio is earnest, comprehensive, and written as a compelling narrative that does justice to its subject. For this we can all be profoundly grateful. * Bettina Aptheker, Tikkun *Mario Savio inspired a generation of young people, and this biography elegantly interweaves the various elements of this complex human being: his gift of speech, the profundity of his thought, his spirituality, his strong aversion to dogma, and above all, his unshakable moral core. * Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Part I: The Education of an American Radical ; 1. Child of War ; 2. The Making of a Civil Rights Activist ; 3. Freedom Summer ; Part II: Avatar of Student Protest: Leading the Free Speech Movement ; 4. From Polite Protest to the First Sit-In ; 5. The Police Car Blockade ; 6. Organizing and Negotiating ; 7. "We Almost Lost": The FSM in Crisis ; 8. Speaking Out and Sitting In ; 9. "Free Speech at Last" ; Part III: After the Revolution: A Voice Lost and Found ; 10. Descending from Leadership ; 11. Battling Back ; 12. Dying in the Saddle ; Appendix: Speeches ; Notes ; Index

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Book SynopsisIn sixteenth-century England Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex, enjoyed great domestic and international renown as a favourite of Elizabeth I. He was a soldier and a statesman of exceptionally powerful ambition. After his disastrous uprising in 1601 Essex fell from the heights of fame and favour, and ended his life as a traitor on the scaffold. This interdisciplinary account of the political culture of late Elizabethan England explores the ideological contexts of Essex''s extraordinary career and fall from grace, and the intricate relationship between thought and action in Elizabethan England. By the late sixteenth century, fundamental political models and vocabularies that were employed to legitimise the Elizabethan polity were undermined by the strains of war, the ambivalence that many felt towards the church, continued uncertainty over the succession, and the perceived weaknesses of the rule of the aging Elizabeth. Essex''s career and revolt threw all of these strains into relief. Trade Reviewa nuanced study, essential reading on the rebellion and its aftermath; the confused and often terrifying political culture of late Elizabethan England; and the varied and over-confident followers who flocked to the Earl, believing that he had the power to solve their problems. * Andrew Hadfield, Times Literary Supplement *... a must-read for everyone interested in late Elizabethan history and political culture. * Kinga Földváry, Sixteenth Century Journal *an intellectual analysis of Essex's career, one based on a formidable range of research in a range of aspects of sixteenth-century political and intellectual history. It seems unlikely that a better analysis of this topic will be produced. * Neil Younger, English Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Essex Rising of 1601 ; 2. Justifying War ; 3. 'Profane pollicy'? Religion, Toleration, and the Politics of Succession ; 4. Physician of the State: Essex and the Elizabethan Polity ; 5. The Popular Traitor: Responses to Essex ; 6. Scholars and Martialists: The Politics of History and Scholarship ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe tenth anniversary edition of The Oxford History of Mexico tells the fascinating story of Mexico as it has evolved from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century. Available for the first time in paperback, this magnificent volume covers the nation''s history in a series of essays written by an international team of scholars. Essays have been revised to reflect events of the past decade, recent discoveries, and the newest advances in scholarship, while a new introduction discusses such issues as immigration from Mexico to the United States and the democratization implied by the defeat of the official party in the 2000 and 2006 presidential elections. Newly released to commemorate the bicentennial of the Mexican War of Independence and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, this updated and redesigned volume offers an affordable, accessible, and compelling account of Mexico through the ages.Trade Review"Distinguished historians Meyer and Beezley have brought together an outstanding collection of essays on Mexican history, culture, and society....The individual contributions are crisp and stimulating; each stands well on its own and can be assigned and read singly with profit. Editors and authors have so nicely meshed these contributions one to the next that the book can be assigned or read almost as a single, comprehensive overview of centuries of Mexico history.--Choice "Excellent selection of authors."--Roberto M. Salmon, University of Texas--Pan American "Excellent survey of Mexico's history with magnificent contributions by specialists."--Stefano Varese, University of California at Davis "A splendid work! The Oxford History of Mexico sets the standard for history textbooks, bar none."--Vicki Ruiz, author of From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America and Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Section I: The Great Encounter Section II: Crown, Cross, and Lance in New Spain, 1521-1810 Section III: Collapse, Regeneration, and Challenge, 1810-1910 Section IV: The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940 Section V: Mexico in the Post-World War II Era Glossary Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAlthough the French Revolution is associated with efforts to "dechristianise" the French state, it actually had religious - even Christian - origins, claims this text. Looking back at the centuries preceding the revolution, it explores the religious strands that influenced political events.

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Book SynopsisThe authors examine the diverse ways that language and other symbols - flags, songs, codes of dress - were used to identify competing sides and to create new meanings in the political struggle of 1917, and find that the Revolution was in many ways a battle to control these systems of symbolic meaning.

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this Reader is not to impose order where there is none but, rather, to capture the range of activities in which historians are engaged. Constructed according to a broadly 'social' and 'political' perspective, it tries to identify those books and articles that may come to be seen as key contributions to the subject.Trade Review'An indispensable resource for French Revolution courses, and is an excellent guide to the current state of play in interpreting the revolution' HistoryTable of ContentsInterpretations and debates; socio-cultural approaches; women in the public sphere; revolutionary politics; crowds - violence and terror.

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Book SynopsisExamines the importance and relevance of the Zapatista movement in the late twentieth centuryTrade Review'An impassioned and stimulation contribution to the understanding of a continuing rebellion with profound national and international significance' -- International Affairs'The book's many strengths include its coverage of the history of the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN), placing the struggle in a global context through a critique of neoliberalism and capitalism' -- TLSTable of Contents1. John Holloway and Eloína Peláez: Introduction 2. Enrique Rajchenberg and Catherine Héau-Lambert: History and Symbolism in the Zapatista Movement 3. Ana Esther Ceceña and Andrés Barreda: Chiapas and the Global Restructuring of Capital 4. Márgara Millán: Zapatista Indigenous Women 5. Harry Cleaver: The Zapatistas And The Electronic Fabric Of Struggle 6. Patricia King and Francisco Javier Villanueva: Breaking the Blockade: The Move from Jungle to City 7. Luis Lorenzano: Zapatismo: Recomposition of Labour, Radical Democracy and Revolutionary Project 8. John Holloway: Dignity's Revolt Index

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Book SynopsisRemarkable account of the life and impact of the activist, journalist and Tamil freedom-fighterTrade Review'Very interesting and original. The concerns he raises have been central to American anthropology for twenty years' -- Thomas Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of OsloThis book has been long-awaited by many scholars, and others concerned about the conflict in Sri Lanka. It could become a new exemplar of how anthropology should be done. -- Margaret Trawick, Professor of Social Anthropology, Massey University, New ZealandTable of ContentsNote on Transliteration, Translation, Names and Neutrality Three Prologues 1. Introduction: Why an Intellectual biography of Sivaram Dharmeratnam? 2. Learning Politics from Sivaram 3. The Family Elephant 4. Ananthan and the Readers Circle 5. From SR to Taraki - a 'serious unserious' journey 6. From Taraki to TamilNet: Sivaram as journalist, military analyst and Internet pioneer 7. States, Nations and Nationalism 8. Return to Batticaloa Bibliography Index

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