Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso, known as Upper Volta until its independence from France in 1960, and locally called the “land of the upright people,” is a medium-sized … Read more
Western Provinces (AB, BC)
The World and a Very Small Place in Africa: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia
Focusing on Niumi, a small settlement at the mouth of the Gambia River in West Africa, Donald Wright provides a fascinating insight into the effects … Read more
Cistercian Stories for Nuns and Monks: The Sacramental Imagination of Engelhard of Langheim
Around the year 1200, the Cistercian Engelhard of Langheim dedicated a collection of monastic stories to a community of religious women. Martha G. Newman explores … Read more
The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity, 1050-1500
The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity explores the role of Christianity in European society from the middle of the eleventh-century until the dawning of the … Read more
English Society 1660-1832: Religion, ideology and politics during the ancien regime
Now with OCR. Historiography… is back. This is a revised and rewritten edition of a work first published in 1985 as English Society 1688-1832. That … Read more
Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century
The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, with populations in Nigeria, Niger, and Ghana. Their long history of city-states and Islamic … Read more
Game Programming in C++: Creating 3D Games: Creating 3D Games
Program 3D Games in C++: The #1 Language at Top Game Studios Worldwide C++ remains the key language at many leading game development studios. Since … Read more
Early Modern War Narratives and the Revolt in the Low Countries
By the end of the sixteenth century, stories about the Revolt in the Low Countries (c. 1567-1648) had begun to spread throughout Europe. These stories … Read more
World in the Balance: Behind the Scenes of World War II
The purpose of Weinbergs text is to suggest a way in which the dramatic events of World War II may be seen. Weinberg argues that … Read more
Ruling oneself out: A theory of collective abdications
What induces groups to commit political suicide? This book explores the decisions to surrender power and to legitimate this surrender: collective abdications. Commonsensical explanations impute … Read more
Western Europes Democratic Age: 19451968
A major new history of how democracy became the dominant political force in Europe in the second half of the twentieth century What happened in … Read more