Volume6 looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region depending upon their methods... Læs mere
Volume 5 provides an account and interpretation of the historical development of the region from around 1930 to the end of the twentieth century. and changes in social and demographic structures, including ethnicity and race consciousness and the role and status of women.
Volume 3 looks at various aspects of slave societies in the region from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.... Læs mere
This volume examines the early mining and planting in Espaniola, privateers and contraband traders, plantation societies, extinction of indigenous populations, and the beginning of the slave trade.
Volume 1 of the General History of the Caribbean relates to the history of the origins of the earliest Caribbean people, and analyses their various political, social, cultural and economic organizations over time.
Harrison offers a new, critical approach to understanding the formation of Taiwan's identity. It applies contemporary social theory and historiography to a wealth of detail on Taiwanese politics, culture and society.
This serves as a handbook to guide us through the thickets of the sacred, the secular, religion and politics, by charting the supernatural... Læs mere
This book shows eminent actors performing under stringent conditions in vaudeville. It was a strange notion in 1900 that leading... Læs mere
Investigating public scepticism in Eastern Europe towards the EU, this book examines how citizens' and parties' responses... Læs mere
This collection of essays dissects American plays, movies and other performance types that examine America and its history and culture. From... Læs mere
Using recalled personal history to examine the crucial place that Jerusalem has occupied in the identity and ideology core of fourteen key Palestinian and... Læs mere
In this study Lei focuses on the notion of 'performing Chinese' in traditional opera in the 'contact zones', where two or more cultures,... Læs mere