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Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Piracy in World History -- Stefan Eklöf Amirell, Bruce Buchan, and Hans Hägerdal -- 2 "Publique Enemies to Mankind" -- International Pirates as a Product of International Politics -- Michael Kempe -- 3 All at Sea -- Locke's Tyrants and the Pyrates of Political Thought -- Bruce Buchan -- 4 The Colonial Origins of Theorizing Piracy's Relation to Failed States -- Jennifer L. Gaynor -- 5 The Bugis-Makassar Seafarers -- Pirates or Entrepreneurs? -- Hans Hägerdal -- 6 Piracy in India's Western Littoral -- Reality and Representation -- Lakshmi Subramanian -- 7 Holy Warriors, Rebels, and Thieves -- Defining Maritime Violence in the Ottoman Mediterranean -- Joshua M. White -- 8 Piracy, Empire, and Sovereignty in Late Imperial China -- Robert J. Antony -- 9 Persistent Piracy in Philippine Waters -- Metropolitan Discourses about Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, and Moro Coastal Threats, 1570-1800 -- Birgit Tremml-Werner -- 10 Sweden, Barbary Corsairs, and the Hostis Humani Generis -- Justifying Piracy in European Political Thought -- Joachim Östlund and Bruce Buchan -- 11 "Pirates of the Sea and the Land" -- Concurrent Vietnamese and French Concepts of Piracy during the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century -- Stefan Eklöf Amirell -- 12 Pirate Passages in Global History -- Afterword -- Lauren Benton -- Index.

In our time, the term'democracy'is frequently evoked to express aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that claim to benefit more than a select minority of the population. In this book, Temma Kaplan examines attempts from ancient Mesopotamia to the early twenty first century to create democratic governments that allow people to secure food, shelter, land, water, and peace for their mutual benefit. Since early times, proponents of direct or participatory democracy have come into conflict with the leaders of representative institutions that claim singular power over democracy. Patriots of one form or another have tried to reclaim the initiative to determine what democracy should mean and who should manage it. Frequently, people in small communities, trade unions, or repressed racial, religious, and political groups have marched forward using the language of democracy to carve a space for themselves and their ideas at the center of political life. Sometimes they have reinterpreted the old laws, and sometimes they have formulated new laws and institutions in order to gain greater opportunities to debate the major issues of their time. This book examines the development of the democratic ideal from ancient Rome to the Cortes in Spain, the philosophies of Guru Nanak and the Castilian patriot Juan de Padilla, and such inspirational personalities as the Polish trade unionist Anna Walentnyowicz and Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi. Though few democracies have sustained themselves for significant lengths of time, their emergence nearly everywhere on earth over thousands of years indicates their resilience despite the fragility of the democratic ideal -- Provided by publisher

Report of a workshop held July 13-15, 1983 at the U.S. Air Force Academy. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.

1. Introduction : what and why is world history? -- 2. A world history skeleton -- 3. Habits of mind in world history -- 4. Managing time : choosing and evaluating world history periods -- 5. Managing space : world history regions and civilizations -- 6. Contacts and the structure of world history -- 7. Topics in world history -- 8. Disputes in world history -- 9. World history in the contemporary era.

"Now in its second edition and refreshed by a decade of new research, The Environment in World History uncovers the deep-rooted causes of interconnected climate, biodiversity, and ecological crises that have brought the environment to the top of the global political agenda in the twenty-first century. Its expanded chapters and case studies explore a wide range of issues including: the hunting of wildlife and the loss of biodiversity across the globe; deforestation and the development of strategies to protect the world's forests; soil degradation caused by worldwide agricultural expansion, one of the most profound ways that humans have altered the planet; the widening impact of urban-industrial growth and the deepening ecological footprints of the world's cities; and the rising levels of air, land and water pollution as the trade-off for continued economic growth worldwide. Covering the last five hundred years, it offers an essential environmental perspective on well-known world history narratives of imperialism and colonialism, trade and commerce, technological progress, and the advance of civilisation. Clearly written and fully up-to-date, it is an invaluable resource for all students of world history and environmental studies"--

This book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present. Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before 1453, of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copper. It was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central Europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious Habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for European domination. Lynch also discusses the Industrial Revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam engi

"Discusses the history of South Africa from the early centuries of the Common Era to the present-day and addresses broad themes of world history such as colonialism, white settlement, nationalism and reconciliation"--Provided by publisher

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Major Causes of Breakthroughs -- Major Causes of Innovation -- Climatic Changes -- Communication and Transportation Technologies -- Political Elites -- Scientific Progress -- Summary of Chapters -- 1. From Hominids to Human Beings: Biology, Geography, and Climatic Change -- Geography and Prehistory -- How Climatic Changes Are Reconstructed -- 2. The First Farmers -- The Origins of Agriculture -- Contaminated Food and Mortality -- Animal Husbandry