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In this essay, German-Israeli historian Dan Diner argues that the European consciousness uses America as a metaphor for the dark sides of modernism. He finds an especially aggressive variant of this negative judgement in Germany, the roots of which he traces back to the Romantic period.

From the ninth to the early 20th century, probably as many black Africans were forcibly taken across the Sahara, up the Nile valley, and across the Red Sea, as were transported across the Atlantic in a much shorter period. This work provides an introduction to this ""other"" slave trade.

A collection of first-hand reminiscences about the mid-20th-century migration from Puerto Rico to the US. The documentary importance of these testimonies is evident, particularly in their capturing of the actual voyage from Puerto Rico and arrival in New York, which dwell on the psychological and existential trauma of arrival and first impressions.

An examination of the social aspects of Bahamian society between the early-19th and mid-20th centuries, locating the Bahamas within the regional and historical context of the West Indies. It shows that the Bahamas' social development bears great similarities to other countries of the Caribbean.

From the ninth to the early 20th century, probably as many black Africans were forcibly taken across the Sahara, up the Nile valley, and across the Red Sea, as were transported across the Atlantic in a much shorter period. This work provides an introduction to this ""other"" slave trade.

A history of the Muslim world during the Mongol period. The author offers a bird's-eye view of both the Mongols and the countries with whom they came into contact and conflict, including the Great Mongol Empire, the Ilkhans in Persia, the Russian Domination, the Crimea, and more.

This collection examines the Taino revival movement, a grassroots conglomeration of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos who promote or have adopted the culture and pedigree of the pre-Columbian Taino Indian population of Puerto Rico and the western Caribbean.

An English translation of the risala, letters by the 10th-century traveler Ibn Fadlan, one of the great Medieval travelers. He journeyed from Baghdad to Bukhara in Central Asia and then continued across the desert to the town of Bulghar, near present Kazan. He describes the tribes he meets on his way and gives an account of their customs.

The decades after 1750 saw the Ottoman Empire undergo tremendous stresses that culminated in the first stirrings of nationalism among Christian subjects and an irrevocable commitment to reform by the Muslim state. This volume examines instances of problems affecting the Balkans and of state efforts to fix them.

English translation reprinted from bilingual ed., originally published by: Ann Arbor: Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan, 1975.

Food is a marker of identity, culture, and class, and it denotes power, routine, and celebration. This volume places the study of food in the mainstream of Ottoman history by analyzing major issues - origins, identity, minorities, Ottomanization, the golden age, foreign relations, the nature of modernity - all from the perspective of food.

African-derived religions enrich all aspects of Cuba's social, cultural, and everyday life, and encompass all ethnic and social groups. This work discusses the roles of music and dance as forms of Cuban religious expression and describes the specific instruments and symbols they employ.

An exploration of African-American freedom fighters in Jamaica, presenting a history of resistance instead of a history of domination. The context of marronage is carefully established: the plantation system as an economic and ideological machine fuelled by the abuse of black working power.

Iranian and Ottoman travelers to Japan in the late nineteenth century found a model to admire. This book explores the encounters between these two separate, but fatefully linked cultures and the ensuing reciprocal influences in developing ""Eastern modernity"" against a looming backdrop of Western imperial domination.

A study of the Arabic discourse on beauty. The author searched for her evidence in a wide variety of sources, such as the Qur'an, legal, religious and Sufi texts, chronicles, biographies, belle-lettres, literary criticism, and scientific, geographic and philosophical literature.

A study of Islam. Using the Koran and other primary sources, Tilman Nagel delves into Islamic history as he traces the development of Islamic doctrine. He explores the centrality of the Koran in Islamic theology and examines its canonization process and the themes of its message.

The ""Kunstkammer"" was a display of art and oddities amassed by wealthy Europeans during the 16th to 18th centuries. This text explores the relations between art, science and scholarship in early modern Europe, advancing the view that the baroque Kunstkammer is the nucleus of modern cyberspace.

A study of the relationship between past and present, and the relation between histories in different levels of generality. One after another Siegfried Kracauer examines various theories of history and exposes their strengths and weaknesses.

Up until 1970 the Jamaican establishment considered ""culture"" to be European. Visiting scholars and artists slowly convinced political and business leaders that Caribbean islands have a culture of their own. This is a revised edition of a study on cultural development in Caribbean society.

For over one thousand years foreign powers, such as Arabs, Portuguese, Spanish, British, French, and now Chinese, interfered in African affairs to pursue economic and political gains. This book provides a brief outline of Africa's pre-colonial and colonial history, analyzing the economic, sociopolitical, and cultural fields.

Urban cities have existed in Africa since antiquity. Using archival records and field research, this text analyses and describes the rich history of African cities from long before colonization began until the time of urban reorganization during industrialization.

Offers the author's reflections on Capoeira and Candomble, combining personal experiences with anecdotes, historical facts, and research as well as religious and philosophical interpretations, both Western and non-Western. The result is informative and entertaining, an analysis that allows readers to get a feeling, understanding, and even experience of the spirit of Capoeira and Candomble.