Mexico and the United States each has a constitution and a federal system of government. This fact has led many historians to assume that the Mexican system of government, established in the 1820s, is an imitation of the U.S. model. But it is not. In this new interpretation of t…
The first full examination of the factors for and against abolition in Tunisia and how it was able to occur in an environment hostile to such change.
Based on the diary of an 18th-century Russian provincial merchant, this book presents a revealing portrait of Russia's little-known commercial class. It challenges the stereotypes of Russian merchants as tradition-bound and narrow-minded and offers important new insights into th…
Based on the diary of an 18th-century Russian provincial merchant, this book presents a revealing portrait of Russia's little-known commercial class. It challenges the stereotypes of Russian merchants as tradition-bound and narrow-minded and offers important new insights into th…