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  • af David Ringrose
    379,95 kr.

    David Ringrose looks beyond the traditional history of European expansion-which highlights European conquests, empire building, and hegemony-in order to explore the more human and genuinely cross-cultural dimensions of Europeans abroad before 1750.

  • - Anticolonialism and the Cold War
    af Edward H. Judge
    399,95 kr.

    This compelling book persuasively links the Cold War and struggles against imperial rule. The authors provide a cogent and concise description of the post-World War II era and reveal the strong links between the Cold War and anti-colonialism movements.

  • - The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World
    af Richard P. Tucker
    575,95 kr.

    Traces the transformation of the tropics in modern times. Exploring the central role of the US in the devastation of tropical lands, this title highlights the pressure caused by the demands of US consumerism. It includes a series of case studies of sugar, bananas, coffee, rubber, beef, and timber.

  • - Contraband and Corruption in World History
    af Alan L. Karras
    484,95 - 1.264,95 kr.

  • af John Aberth
    510,95 kr.

    Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, influenza, and AIDS. John Aberth considers not only their varied impact but also the many ways in which people have been able to influence diseases simply through their cultural attitudes. Our ability to alter disease, even without modern medical treatments, is even more crucial lesson now that AIDS, swine flu, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and other seemingly incurable illnesses have raged worldwide. The author''s comparative analysis of how different societies have responded in the past to disease illuminates what cultural approaches have been and may continue to be most effective in combating the plagues of today.

  • af William D. Bowman
    314,95 - 915,95 kr.

    The World Cup as World History uses football's premier event to analyze modern sports and world history. Bowman traces the history of a tournament that has become a global phenomenon that generates intense political, economic, and cultural interest and profound discussions about racial, ethnic, and gender identity in the contemporary era.

  • - Petroleum in World History
    af Brian C. & Ph.D. Black
    473,95 - 1.237,95 kr.

  • - A Concise Global History
    af William Kelleher Storey
    414,95 - 1.110,95 kr.

  • - Marijuana in World History
    af John Charles Chasteen
    386,95 - 1.098,95 kr.

  • - Energy in World History
    af Brian C. Black
    435,95 kr.

    Tracing our energy usage from the Industrial era to modern times, Brian Black outlines the past, and point us towards the direction we need to go with our energy usage to offset the effects of climate change.

  • af John Aberth
    873,95 kr.