An active blogger on The Zeleza Post, from which these essays are drawn, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza provides a genuinely critical engagement with Africa’s multiple worlds. With a blend of erudition an
The abolition of the slave trade is normally understood to be the singular achievement of eighteenth-century British liberalism. Abolitionism and Imperialism in Britain, Africa, and the Atlantic expa
Domestic Violence and the Lau, in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa reveals the ways in which domestic space and domestic relationships take on different meanings in African contexts that extend the bo
The connections among vagabondage and human labor, mobility, status, and behavior have placed vagrancy at the crossroads of a multitude of political, social, and economic processes. Vagrancy and home
In 1846 two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, field petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. As the first true civil rights case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, Dred
Rebellions broke out in many areas of South Africa shortly after the institution of white rule in the late nineteenth century and continued into the next century. However, distrust of the colonial r
This is the first volume of a two-part collection of articles on women and slavery. Campbell (Indian Ocean world history, McGill), Miers (history, Ohio University) and Miller (history, University of V
For better or worse, the view through a car's windshield has redefined how we see the world around us. In some cases, such as the American parkway, the view from the road was the be-all and end-all o
"Anyone seeking a more complicated portrait of modern Italy will find this book a superb guide. It showcases the work of long-acclaimed masters along with rising new talents. Its notes are a gold mine
Campbell (Indian Ocean world history, McGill), Miers (history, Ohio University) and Miller (history, University of Virginia) study the history of the enslavement of women in the Americas in their seco
Bond (anthropology and education, Columbia U.) and Ciekawy (anthropology, Ohio U.) present nine chapters, penned by anthropologists and philosophers, which look at what the beliefs, practices, and oth
The horrific tragedies of Central Africa in the 1990s riveted the attention of the world. But these crises did not occur in a historical vacuum. By peering through the mists of the past, the case stu
The oral and written traditions of the Africans of South Africa have provided an understanding of their past and the way the past relates to the present. These traditions continue to shape the past b
The year 2008 is the deadline set by President Mbeki for the finalization of all land claims by people who were dispossessed under the apartheid and previous white governments. Although most experts
Dooling (African history, U. of London) explores the history of the rural Cape Colony, located in what is now modern South Africa. The author begins with the establishment of Dutch rule, which began i
As news accounts report almost daily, the social, political, and economic atmosphere of Southeast Asia makes it one of the most dynamic and quickly developing regions of the world. Southeast Asian Liv
Africa is a marriage of cultures: African and Asian, Islamic and Euro-Christian. Nowhere is this fusion more evident than in the formation of Swahili, Eastern Africa’s lingua franca, and its cu
Once the grain basket for South Africa, much of Lesotho has become a scarred and treeless wasteland. The nation's spectacular gullying has concerned environmentalists and conservationists for more th
Flickering Shadows tells the story of how motion pictures were introduced and negotiated in a colonial setting. In doing so, it casts light on the history of the globalization of cinema. This work is
Zanzibar has had the most turbulent postcolonial history of any part of the United Republic of Tanzania, yet few sources have emerged that explain the reasons why. The current political impasse in th
A staple of postwar academic writing, “nationalism” is a contentious and often unanalyzed abstraction. It is generally treated as something “imagined,” “fashioned,&rdquo
Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerc
Why should Salman Rushdie describe his truth telling as an act of swallowing impure “haram“ flesh from which the blood has not been drained? Why should Rudyard Kipling cast Kim, the imper
In tracing the rise, fall, and "sainthood" of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), the Irish author/dramatist who died a disgraced homosexual, Bristow (English, U. of California, Los Angeles) and a dozen other au
The late archaic and early woodland peoples lived in the Ohio region between 5,000 and 2,000 years ago. This was a time of transition, when hunters and gatherers began to grow native seed crops, esta
The textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to become organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the various colonies. Africa, the least developed
In September 2003 the South African novelist J. M. Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, confirming his reputation as one of the most influential writers of our time. J. M. Coetzee and t
Using the theoretical approaches of dependency, hegemony, and liberal developmentalism, Streeter (history, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario) details how the Eisenhower administration propped up anti-Com
The Carnivalesque Defunto explores the representations of death and the dead in Brazil's collective and literary imagination. The recurring stereotype of Brazil as the land of samba, soccer, and sandy
The motto “Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution” was part of the logo of the Second International Congress of Eugenics, held in 1921. However, by the 1930s, the disturbing le
The collective memories of Nazism that developed in postwar Germany have helped define a new paradigm of memory politics. From Europe to South Africa and from Latin America to Iraq the German case ha
A comprehensive treatment of Shakespeare's plays in clear prose, The Practical Shakespeare: The Plays in Practice and on the Page illuminates for a general audience how and why the plays work so well
Has South Africa dealt effectively with the past, and is the country ready to face the future? What are the challenges facing both government and civil society in the years ahead? These and other qu
"A very exciting collection or essays. It is original on its genre it is state-or-the-art, and provocative."---Lan Pool. Coeditor of Population Resourees and Development: Riding the Age Waves.The Demo
The 1970s are a decade virtually lost to South African historiography. This span of years bridged the banning and exile of the country’s best-known antiapartheid leaders in the early 1960s and
Healing the Herds: Disease, Livestock Economies, and the Globalization of Veterinary Medicine offers a new and exciting comparative approach to the complex interrelationships of microbes, markets, an
China has been an important player in the international economy for two thousand years and has historically exerted enormous influence over the development and nature of political and economic affair
When an independent Poland reappeared on the map of Europe after World War I, it was widely regarded as the most Catholic country on the continent, as “Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter.&rdqu
