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In recent years, Portugal has experienced great social and economic change. This concise, illustrated history of the country offers an introduction to its people and culture, to its role as an imperial power in America and Africa, and to its search for economic modernization, political stability and... More

The complete Cambridge History of Africa was intended to present the most comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of historical development on the African continent. Central Africa to 1870: Zambezia, Zaire and the South Atlantic consists of chapters written for the History by David Birmingham. They w... More

The late-medieval Portuguese who arrived in Africa were colonizers in the Roman style, gold merchants on an imperial scale, conquistadores in the Hispanic tradition. Although their empire struggled to survive centuries of Dutch and English competition, it revived in the 20th century on a tide of whi... More

This bold, popularizing synthesis presents a readily accessible introduction to one of the major themes of twentieth-century world history. Between 1922, when self-government was restored to Egypt, and 1994, when nonracial democracy was achieved in South Africa, 54 new nations were established in Af... More

The dark years of European fascism left their indelible mark on Africa. As late as the 1970s, Angola was still ruled by white autocrats, whose dictatorship was eventually overthrown by black nationalists who had never experienced either the rule of law or participatory democracy. Empire in Africa ta... More

Switzerland is a remarkable country, half of whose territory lies in the Alps. This is the history of one Swiss alpine village. Raising cattle and making cheese brought modest wealth to its struggling peasants until a destructive Napoleonic invasion brought revolution and poverty. Well-being was slo... More

Historical thinking on the subject of empire is naturally controversial as is shown by this survey of the first four stages of early Atlantic colonization from the conquest of the Canary Islands to the creation of slave plantations in Brazil. "Trade and Empire in the" "Atlantic 1400-1600" provides a... More

Switzerland is a remarkable country, half of whose territory lies in the Alps. This is the history of one Swiss alpine village. Raising cattle and making cheese brought modest wealth to its struggling peasants until a destructive Napoleonic invasion brought revolution and poverty. Well-being was slo... More

Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) turned a dream of liberation into a political reality. He was the leader of Ghana who urged Africa to shed the colonial yoke and who inspired black people everywhere to seek their freedom.Suitable for undergraduate and graduate classes, David Birmingham's wonderfully concis... More

Designed for use with the latest versions of Visual Studio .NET/6.0, Visual SourceSafe 6.0c, and CVS 1.11, "Real World Software Configuration Management" provides an extensive overview on software configuration and development, accompanied by numerous real-world examples with lots of working code. W... More