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Chicago, Illinois: Charles H. Kerr & Co., 1911. Classic historic text stems from the author's investigative travels during 1908-09 into the Mexican interior. Text examines the Mexican culture and reveals the corrupt political and economic government under Porfirio Diaz, and the subsequent disillusionment of the American public towards the reality of slavery in Mexico. 340 pgs. 18 photo-illustrations. Gilt spine and front cover. Some shelfwear and rubbing to corners and spine edges. Tiny discoloration mark on outer edge. Binding tight.. Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1995. Comprehensive text focuses on the final years of socialist Yugoslavia and the onset of the country's breakup. Includes thematic essays on economic, political, environmental, cultural, religious, and foreign policy issues from renown scholars worldwide. 502 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1993. Classic highly acclaimed text presents a first-rate historic account of adventure, treachery and intrigue revolving around the British failure in Afghanistan in the 1840's, described by Cpt. Arthur Conolly of the Bengal Calvary as "The Great Game", when England competed with Czarist Russia for strategic advantage in Central Asia. 329 pgs. Illustrated. Inscribed and signed by the author on front endpaper. Small crease to lower front corner. Minimal shelfwear. No spine creases.. Signed by Author. First UTP Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bombay & London: Orient Longmans, 1959. Comprehensive classic text written by the former Governor of Bihar, presents a broad survey on the State of Bihar. Emphasis is on how the life of the people flourished in the economic, social, religious, artistic, literary, and aesthetic arenas during the past three thousand years. 891 pgs. Lavishly illustrated including 78 photo-illustrations. Contains 11 detailed maps of Bihar- tribal population; pre-Mauryan India; the empire of Asoka; India- Gupta Age; early medieval India; modern Bihar; density of population; geology; Bihar- relief and drainage; production of minerals in Bihar; land utilization in Bihar. Color photo frontispiece of Buddha on the Vijjian Republics. Minimal shelfwear; corners slightly bumped; prior owner's name on front endpaper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1997. Comprehensive highly acclaimed scholarly text provides an in depth new perspective on the current Japanese Constitution and its origins. Includes factual research on new interpretations of General Douglas MacArthur's actions; the Ashida amendment of Article 9; Yoshida's role; Japanese defenders of the conservative order; Japanese liberal and social reformers; moderate Allies on the Far Eastern Commission; etc. 257 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Comprehensive analytic text contains detailed sections on the geography, climate, history, allocation of resources in relation to the development of Botswana's agricultural, mining and manufacturing sectors, political stability, etc. 145 pgs. Illustrated. Minor rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Isidor Paiewonsky, 1999. Historical text traces the series of events in the life of William Kidd, a once respected sea captain who was later declared a notorious pirate in 1698 after he captured a Moorish vessel at the island of Madagascar; from his arrival in New York in 1691 and eventual marriage and involvement ijn politics, to his return to England in 1695 aboard the Antigua on a trading voyage during the British war with France; and several subsequent commissioned journeys which led him to the West Indies islands in 1699 where he succumbed to an obscure twist of fate. 248 pgs. Illustrated. Signed by the author on the second title page. Small rubbed are on spine and corners. No spine creases. Minimal shelfwear. Scarce.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Gonzalez, Peter. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Scholarly text presents the first study of freed and fugitive slaves in East Africa and the first full account of the struggles of slaves and ex-slaves for freedom during the colonial conquest, the process of the conquest began with the abolition of the East Africa sea-borne slave trade in 1873 and ended with the abolition of slavery in 1907. The author challenges the standard interpretation of East African slavery as a benign, paternal, and stable (though dynamic) system. This text is the most complete survey to date of written records of missionaries, British officials, and Christian freed slaves from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author has also drawn from oral traditions and published accounts. 241 pp. Illustrated with archival photographs. Publisher's stamp on the half-title page. Tiny slight crease to upper corners.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1996. Comprehensive text contains 14 essays that explores the roles of the armed forces in the ongoing struggles for control of state and government formation in these newly developed former Soviet-Yugoslav countries. 279 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scotland: Tuckwell Press, 1996. Detailed text contains the letters of Jack Gilmour who commanded the Fife Light Horse Company of the Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer War, and later became the first Secretary of State for Scotland, then the Home Secretary. Outlines the social history of the period, first hand account of the British military performance against the Boers, etc. 200 pgs. Illustrated. Minor small mark on lower outer edge.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1985. Scholarly revised and expanded text presents a detailed study of the Soviet system and its policies, including topics covering the struggle for succession; dictatorship and leadership; the Stalin era; Marxism after 100 years; culture and the Total State; foundations of totalitarianism; the workers and the worker's state; the Soviet electorate; the Kremlin; socialist autocracy; Leninist ideology; colonialism; communist vulnerability and foreign policy; etc. 328 pp. . Revised Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1999. Comprehensive text examines how the U.S attempted to transform Puerto Rico from a neglected by-product of the Spanish empire into one of its key props in establishing hegemony in the western hemisphere. Includes detailed examinations of speeches, policy papers, newspaper articles, and memoirs of the times. 282 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Lynne Rienner, 1994. Comprehensive fully annotated research text of academic literature on contemporary African political affairs and socioeconomic development. Contains nearly 17,000 English and French- language citations of scholarly materials archived in the library of UCLA, including reference works, government documents, edited volumes, monographs, and articles in academic journals. 1314 pgs. Heavy Item.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Greenwood Press, 1992. Comprehensive reference text contains research tools available into the history of childhood in Canada, including geographically arranged material on books, monographs, reports of government commissions, scholarly and professional articles, magistral and doctoral theses, etc. 492 pgs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris, France: Editions De La Martiniere, 1992. Comprehensive text traces the social, cultural and political history of corsets, lingerie, undergarments, femininity and feminism from the age of antiquity through the latter 20th century. Includes numerous photo illustrations. Text in French. 159 pgs. Tiny chip on lower edge of front cover, very minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1994. Scholarly interdisciplinary study explores the culture of a fully industrialized society with a traditional CHinese background, including key cultural influences on Taiwan such as traditional Chinese agrarian society, the legacy of Japanese colonialism, the cosmopolitan West, and unique aspects of the indigenous way of life. Includes detailed and provacative case studies which examine the wide range of cultural currents in modern Taiwan. 340 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's label pastedown on front endpaper. . First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1998. Comprehensive scholarly text presents a compilation of interdisciplinary essays dealing with the aspects of identity, nation, and collective experience in the divided island of Cyprus. Topics covered include the role of international politics; changing relationships between Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities since 1955; ethnic conflict in Cyprus; Cyprus in the post-Cold War environment; peacemaking on Cyprus 1980-1994; cultural ideology and identity; social and psychological perspectives; prospects for multidimensional formations of community on Cyprus; etc. 336 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1986. Scholarly highly acclaimed text presents a detailed overview of the history of NATO, focusing on the relationship between NATO's strategic doctrine, its military capabilities, and the political relationship between its leading member states. 242 pgs. Publisher's stamp on the front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Norman, OK.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1978. Classic text recounts the 1735 expedition in which the authors Juan and Ulloa served as Spanish naval officers under the request of Philip V of Spain. They were accompanied by a team of French scientists with whom they observed Spanish South American daily life for ten years, including brutality, corruption, smuggling, immorality, extortion, etc. which prevailed in the viceroyalty of Peru, and was published in a confidential report to the king in detail. 326 pgs. Some illustrations. Small stamp-mark on lower outer edge. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1992. Scholarly study reopens the debate about the size of the Valley Mexico's indigenous population before the Spanish conquest and the scale and rate of its decline thereafter. The author assesses population size, based upon a computer-generated simulation of the response of the indigenous population to a variety of factors that determined its eventual collapse. Factors include the demographic structure of the population before the Spanish conquest, the epidemiological environment that accompanied the conquistadores, and the nature of the Valley of Mexico's agricultural system. 261 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.