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Slavery in Indian Country

the Changing Face of Captivity in Early America

Slavery existed in North America long before the first Africans arrived at Jamestown in 1619. For centuries, from the pre-Columbian era through the 1840s, Native Americans took prisoners of war and killed, adopted, or enslaved them. Christina Snyder#s pathbreaking book takes a familiar setting ...

Encountering Revolution

Haiti and the Making of the Early Republic

Encountering Revolution looks afresh at the profound impact of the Haitian Revolution on the early United States. The first book on the subject in more than two decades, it redefines our understanding of the relationship between republicanism and slavery at a foundational moment in American ...

On Courage

What is courage and why is it one of the oldest and most admired virtues? Is courage characteristic of all cultures, or only some, and why is it so often portrayed as a #manly# virtue? Is courage an emotion or a capability, a psychological or ...

Ibn Khaldun, Life and Times

Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) was a tremendously influential and important Muslim thinker. Sociologists, anthropologists, and historians study his great work on the philosophy of history, treating his Muqaddimah as a timeless philosophical accomplishment. Rejecting portrayals of this intellectual as a modern mind lost to obscure medieval ...

Las fundaciones

dotación y patrimonio

El éxito de constitución de fundaciones coadyuvantes en la satisfacción del interés general ha suscitado infinidad de problemas que se han tratado de resolver con la nueva legislación estatal y autonómica, pero quedan cuestiones sin aclarar, como: ¿Cuándo se entiende adecuada y suficiente la dotación ...

Historia del léxico jurídico

Este libro estudia aproximadamente 5.000 palabras del léxico jurídico documentadas en fuentes escritas desde el siglo VIII hasta la actualidad (año 2008). Contiene información de carácter etimológico de estas unidades léxicas, que se presentan en divisiones iniciadas por la palabra que autores de diccionarios ...

Spanish Colonial Fortifications in North America 1565-1822

Il. Stephen Walsh. To maintain its imperial power in America, Spain built fortifications across the width of the continent. These outposts were established along Spanish borders from the late sixteenth century onwards to defend its interests against rival European powers and to suppress uprisings of ...

The urban experience

economics, society, and public policy

With CD-ROM. The Urban Experience provides a fresh approach to the study of metropolitan areas by combining economic principles, social insight, and political realities with an appreciation of public policy to understand how U.S. cities and suburbs function in the 21st century. The book ...

Stefan Zweig, cumbre apagada

Ed. y pról. Domingo Ródenas de Moya. Escrita pocos meses después del fallecimiento del gran intelectual austriaco, Stefan Zweig, cumbre apagada adopta la forma de un ensayo novelado en el que Jarnés analiza de un modo minucioso #desde una óptica histórica, literaria y psicológica# los ...

La Ley Reguladora de la Jurisdicción Contencioso-Administrativa

comentario

Esta obra realiza un completo análisis de la Ley tanto desde una perspectiva teórica como práctica. En ella, el autor ha vertido todos sus años de experiencia, tanto como profesor universitario como abogado en ejercicio, emprendiendo un examen de la Ley Jurisdiccional en el que ...

El sindicalismo socialista español

aproximación oral a la historia de UGT (1931-1975)

Eds. Alicia Alted, Manuela Aroca y Juan Carlos Collado. La idea del libro es hacer un recorrido por la historia del movimiento obrero español y por el papel del sindicalismo socialista durante el período que abarca desde la Segunda República hasta la muerte de Franco ...

Understanding Counterinsurgency

Doctrin, Operations, and Challenges

Eds. Thomas Rid and Thomas Keaney. This textbook offers an accessible introduction to counterinsurgency operations, a key aspect of modern warfare.Featuring essays by some of the world's leading experts on unconventional conflict, both scholars and practitioners, the book discusses how modern regular armed ...

The Regulation of genetically modified organisms

comparative approaches

Eds. Luc Bodiguel, Michael Cardwell. The regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) continues to generate controversy. On the one hand, they are actively promoted by the biotechnology industry as vital to ensuring food security. Yet, on the other hand, consumer resistance persists, not least in ...

European copyright Law

a commentary

This book is an updated English language version of a highly regarded commentary published in German by Springer in 2001, covering all of the EU Directives on copyright law and related rights, with article-by- article analysis of the provisions, as well as the relevant background ...

Europäischen Zivilprozess- und kollisionsrecht EuZPR/EulPR

Kommentar

Hrsg. Thomas Rauscher. In dritter Auflage erscheint das Werk unter neuem Titel und in erheblich erweitertem Umfang. Die Einbeziehung des #Europäischen Kollisionsrechts # trägt dem Umstand Rechnung, dass sich seit der 2. Auflage nicht nur die auf Artikel 65 ff. EGV gestützten Verordnungen zum EuZPR vermehrt ...

Le donne nell´alto Medioevo

La presenza e l'azione femminile nel periodo altomedievale, fra V e XI secolo, sono indagate in modo specifico solo da pochi decenni e in modo pressoché univoco dalla storiografia anglosassone e francese. Nella storiografia italiana l'Alto Medioevo è, ancora oggi, un solido baluardo ...

Confucius and Confucianism

the Essentials

This comprehensive introduction explores the life and teachings of Confucius, and development of Confucian thought, from ancient times to the present today. -Demonstrates the wisdom and enduring relevance of Confucius#s teachings drawing parallels between our 21st century society and that of China 2,500 ...

An Introduction to the Old Testament

Sacred Texts and Imperial Contexts of the Hebrew Bible

This comprehensive, introductory textbook is unique in exploring the emergence of the Hebrew Bible in the broader context of world history. It particularly focuses on the influence of pre-Roman empires, empowering students with a richer understanding of Old Testament historiography. - Provides a historical context for ...

Climate change justice

Climate change and justice are so closely associated that many people take it for granted that a global climate treaty should - indeed, must - directly address both issues together. But, in fact, this would be a serious mistake, one that, by dooming effective international limits on ...

Law and war

international Law and american history

In this classic text, Peter Maguire follows the history of America's legal relationship with war, both before and after the Nuremberg trials of the 1940s. This revised edition will feature a new preface on the historical roots of our "just war" in Iraq and ...