Covering more than 500 years of history, culture, and politics, The Lima Reader seeks to capture the many worlds and many peoples of Peru's capital city, featuring a selection of primary sources that consider the social tensions and cultural heritages of the "City of Kings."
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
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An account of the day-to-day scramble to make ends meet after the end of the Soviet Union, letters recording ordinary Russians' reactions to the Revolution as events unfolded in 1917, and excerpts from a sixteenth-century manual instructing elite Muscovites on proper household m…
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
fromWorld readers
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
fromWorld readers
4e de couv. : Letters recording the reactions of ordinary Russians to the Revolution as events unfolded in 1917, an account of the day-to-day scramble to make a living after the end of the Soviet Union, and excerpts from a sixteenth-century manual instructing elite Muscovites on…
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
fromWorld readers
An interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Russia, including nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history, and cultural analysis, that includes many primary resources never before published in English.
by Grant, Bruce, Barker, Adele Marie
fromWorld readers
This introduction to the history, culture and politics of Russia ranges from the earliest written account of the Russian people to today. It conveys everyday life as well as major historical events. It also incorporates song lyrics, jokes, anecdotes, folktales, poems, essays and…
An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary materials never before published in English.
"While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history a…
"While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history a…
Overview: Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Beng…
Packed with images, first-person accounts, short stories, historical documents, speeches, treaties, essays, poems, and songs, this Reader is an unprecedented introduction to the historical, cultural, and political permutations that have created contemporary Bangladesh.
Overview: Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Beng…