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The Maroons of Jamaica: A History of Resistance, Collaboration and Betrayal
ISBN: 9780897891486 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A careful and thorough study of the Jamaican Maroons from the British conquest to the late 18th century. "Choice" This richly textured study of the struggles of the Maroons of Jamaica against the British colonial authorities, their subsequent collaboration with and betrayal by them, will be of great interest to historians of Africa. . . . Elegantly written . . . the author . . . makes her own contribution to current debates on resistance and collaboration. "Michael Crowder, Institute of Commonwealth Studies"
A careful and thorough study of the Jamaican Maroons from the British conquest to the late 18th century. "Choice" This richly textured study of ... |
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475,02 zł |
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Night of Fire: The Black Napoleon and the Battle for Haiti
ISBN: 9780962761379 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Napoleon was forced to divert badly needed troops to deal with a slave army in Haiti led by Jean Jacques Dessalines.
Napoleon was forced to divert badly needed troops to deal with a slave army in Haiti led by Jean Jacques Dessalines.
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127,66 zł |
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Homeward Bound: A History of the Bahama Islands to 1850 with a Definitive Study of Abaco in the American Loyalist Plantation Period
ISBN: 9780966531022 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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96,89 zł |
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The Secret Fidel Castro
ISBN: 9780971139107 / Angielski / Twarda / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Secret Fidel Castro" follows what intelligence services call a CPP (short for Comprehensive Personality Profile), which focuses on different aspects of Castro's actions and personality. The main thesis of this book is that there are many different Castros.
"The Secret Fidel Castro" follows what intelligence services call a CPP (short for Comprehensive Personality Profile), which focuses on different aspe...
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160,03 zł |
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The Secret Fidel Castro
ISBN: 9780971139114 / Angielski / Miękka / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Secret Fidel Castro is neither a history of the Cuban revolution nor a biography of Fidel Castro. The book was written following what intelligence services call a CPP (short for Comprehensive Personality Profile), similar to the ones intelligence services keep on foreign leaders. It focuses on different aspects of Castro?s actions and personality which, for some reasons, have been either ignored, misunderstood, or misrepresented. The main thesis of this book is that there are many different Castros. The most widely known is the symbolic, public one, as it has been portrayed in official...
The Secret Fidel Castro is neither a history of the Cuban revolution nor a biography of Fidel Castro. The book was written following what intelligence...
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135,75 zł |
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Pan-Africanism in Barbados: An Analysis of the Activities of the Major 20th-Century Pan-African Formations in Barbados
ISBN: 9780974493466 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering work traces the development of Pan-Africanism in Barbados during the 20th century by looking at the major sociopolitical Pan-African formations.
This pioneering work traces the development of Pan-Africanism in Barbados during the 20th century by looking at the major sociopolitical Pan-African f...
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58,29 zł |
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The Mafia of Havana: The Cuban Cosa Nostra
ISBN: 9781403390585 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,99 zł |
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An Intellectual History of the Caribbean
ISBN: 9781403966766 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is first intellectual history of the Caribbean written by a top Caribbean studies scholar. The book examines both the work of natives of the region as well as texts interpretive of the region produced by Western authors. Stressing the experimental and cultural particularity of the Caribbean, the study considers major questions in the field.
This is first intellectual history of the Caribbean written by a top Caribbean studies scholar. The book examines both the work of natives of the regi...
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382,84 zł |
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Clinton in Haiti: The 1994 US Invasion of Haiti
ISBN: 9781403967169 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book focuses on Aristide's political career, emphasizing his strategizing, compromising and dealing with the Clinton administration. In his presentation of the conflict, Girard carefully balances Aristide's and Clinton's needs, and the demands and moral positions the leaders make against each other--the result is that each leader and his constituency comes to life, and their maneuverings and decisions become engaging and meaningful. While Girard focuses on the conflict itself and the foreign policy dynamics at play between Haiti and the US, he also paints a compelling picture of...
The book focuses on Aristide's political career, emphasizing his strategizing, compromising and dealing with the Clinton administration. In his presen...
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191,40 zł |
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Before Haiti: Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue
ISBN: 9781403971401 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book details how France's most profitable plantation colony became Haiti, Latin America's first independent nation, through an uprising by slaves and the largest and wealthiest free population of people of African descent in the New World. Garrigus explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they shaped a new 'American' identity.
Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you wit...
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421,13 zł |
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Bahama Saga: The Epic story of the Bahama Islands
ISBN: 9781410798299 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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102,95 zł |
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Rompiendo El Cerco: Nuevos Paradigmas Sobre El Estatus Politico De Puerto Rico
ISBN: 9781411605398 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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100,42 zł |
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Montserrat on My Mind: Tales of Montserrat
ISBN: 9781418413385 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,83 zł |
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Rethinking Haiti
ISBN: 9781420884654 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,20 zł |
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Island Legacy: A History of the Rotuman People
ISBN: 9781425111243 / Angielski / Miękka / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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143,10 zł |
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Island Legacy: A History of the Rotuman People
ISBN: 9781425127121 / Angielski / Twarda / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A history of the people from Rotuma Island (Fiji) from legendary times (based on oral history, archaeological, and linguistic evidence), through the era of British colonial domination, until the end of the twentieth century.
The book is divided into four sections. The first section presents information about Rotuma's geography; its early history as derived from myths, legends, language affinities, and the limited archaeological work done on the island; the nature of Rotuma's culture and society at the time of European intrusion in the early nineteenth century; and the forms of creative... A history of the people from Rotuma Island (Fiji) from legendary times (based on oral history, archaeological, and linguistic evidence), through the e...
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156,11 zł |
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Saint Croix 1770-1776: The First Salute to the Stars and Stripes
ISBN: 9781425970086 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert Amandus Johnson chronicled this period of the history of Saint Croix from 1770-1776 and the remarkable relationship of the Island to the emerging American Nation. It relates, what is believed to be, the first foreign recognition of the American "Stars and Stripes." This occurred in Christiansted, St Croix in June 1776, prior to Congressional approval of the Declaration of Independence. This early "Stars and Stripes" was being flown from the American Brig "Nancy." The American Revolutionary Financier, Robert Morris had chartered the Brig "Nancy," on behalf of Congress, to acquire...
Robert Amandus Johnson chronicled this period of the history of Saint Croix from 1770-1776 and the remarkable relationship of the Island to the emergi...
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231,97 zł |
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Haiti (1995-2000): The Black Book on Insecurity
ISBN: 9781581125337 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by the former President of the Republic of Haiti. This book was the cause of a great event in Haiti. At the moment of its presentation on May 26, 2001, the Aristide government illegally ordered the arrest of its author, Prosper Avril, a former president of this country. Yves Colon wrote about this incident in the May 31, 2001 issue of The Miami Herald: "As a former president and army general, Prosper Avril once cut a powerful figure in Haiti. Now the 64 year old grandfather sits in an overcrowded National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince... Last week, he went to an upscale restaurant in...
Written by the former President of the Republic of Haiti. This book was the cause of a great event in Haiti. At the moment of its presentation on May ...
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172,74 zł |
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An Appeal to History: The Truth about a Singular Lawsuit
ISBN: 9781581127843 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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149,67 zł |
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From Glory to Disgrace: The Haitian Army 1804-1994
ISBN: 9781581128369 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Former President of the Republic of Haiti, former Commander-in-Chief of the Haitian Army, former scholar at at the US Marine Corps Schools (Quantico, VA), and the United States Naval Intelligence School (Anacostia, VA), qualified in law, career officer during 30 years which coincided with a deeply tormented period of national history, Prosper Avril brings the opinions of a privileged witness, a meticulous observer, an inquisitive researchist, and a leading actor to the debate about a subject that concerns all Haitians and creates much interest with foreign researchers, historians and...
Former President of the Republic of Haiti, former Commander-in-Chief of the Haitian Army, former scholar at at the US Marine Corps Schools (Quantico, ...
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172,74 zł |
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