Native Americans supplied the maracas. African slaves brought drums and ritual music, and Spaniar...
The 25-million-strong Akan, a cultural-linguistic group found predominantly in present-day Ghana ...
The revolt of African slaves in Iraq from 869 to 883 C.E.* ¿ the revolt of the Zanj ¿ was one of ...
In this work, Charles Issawi examines the main reasons for the economic decline of the Middle Eas...
This collection of Cuban legends, compiled by the renowned essayist and literary critic Salvador ...
Several civilizations have risen, flourished and fallen in the valley of the Nile, each with its ...
This stimulating and timely collection examines the Taíno revival movement, a grassroots conglom...
Medieval Fez was a main center of education, art, and commerce from the 13th to the 16th centurie...
Perhaps the most illuminating document ever published on American foreign policy inNicaragua, t...
¿Osterhammel (History, U. of Constance) argues that the global mercantile expansion of the Europe...
This book describes and analyzes the different roles women have played in the Islamic world, past...
¿The late Siegfried Kracauer was best known as a historian and critic of the cinema. His main int...