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This work rejects the two most commonly held positions regarding the role of accounting in certain ongoing financial crises: the position of market theorists that accounting doesn't matter and the position of theorists that support the view of ""representational faithfulness"".

An examination of the works of major women writers in Spanish America, analysing the novel, the short story, and ""testimonio"" writing of the second half of the 20th century. It gathers the work of prominent feminist scholars and includes texts in both English and Spanish.

From the ninth to the early 20th century, probably as many black Africans were forcibly taken across the Sahara, up the Nile valley, and across the Red Sea, as were transported across the Atlantic in a much shorter period. This work provides an introduction to this ""other"" slave trade.

Does Muslim law allow Muslims to live under the rule of non-Muslims. This book includes translations of some of the key Islamic voices on these issues from the fourteenth century to the present.

A bibliography of over 1500 women who lived between 800 and 1500 AD, listed alphabetically. There are details on their nationalities and brief summaries of available biographical references. The biographical category index allows the reader to find women by trade and profession.

This collection explores the effects of memories of African slavery on political, social, economic and religious behaviour today. The articles take a range of approaches, from tackling the stigma of slave origins to investigating religious communion with slave ancestors to mining songs and children's stories for insights into the persistent memory of the continent's slave past

Deals with the developments after colonialism in West Africa, the result of Arab nationalism on West African politics, the roles of Israelis in helping to develop the new states, and the politics of OPEC and the rise of Islamic fanaticism.

An examination of the social aspects of Bahamian society between the early-19th and mid-20th centuries, locating the Bahamas within the regional and historical context of the West Indies. It shows that the Bahamas' social development bears great similarities to other countries of the Caribbean.

This work provides an annotated collection of documents related to the history of the Dominican Republic and its people. It features annotated documents on some of the transcendental events that have taken place on the island since pre-Columbian times.

From the ninth to the early 20th century, probably as many black Africans were forcibly taken across the Sahara, up the Nile valley, and across the Red Sea, as were transported across the Atlantic in a much shorter period. This work provides an introduction to this ""other"" slave trade.

This collection examines the Taino revival movement, a grassroots conglomeration of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos who promote or have adopted the culture and pedigree of the pre-Columbian Taino Indian population of Puerto Rico and the western Caribbean.

Gustavus Vassa was on the vanguard of the anti-slavery movement in England at the end of the eighteenth century. He provided a voice for people of African descent in the British Atlantic world. His Interesting Narrative has influenced countless works, both fiction and non-fiction.

This work covers topics such as gender, religion, war, ecology, and nationalism, creating both thematic narratives and the strands of a larger chronological account. It explores major historical turning points, and reveals the dynamic of increasing global interactions.

An English translation of the risala, letters by the 10th-century traveler Ibn Fadlan, one of the great Medieval travelers. He journeyed from Baghdad to Bukhara in Central Asia and then continued across the desert to the town of Bulghar, near present Kazan. He describes the tribes he meets on his way and gives an account of their customs.

A description of the arrival and experiences of the Chinese in the Caribbean, also exploring the ways in which the Chinese have adapted to and altered the region. It looks at the discrimination they suffered, their rise to economic success, and their contribution to art, cuisine and literature.

A history of the science of hydrology as applied to the Nile, whose annual flows can produce acute drought or disastrous floods. The author makes it clear that the decisive forces in his complex story are political ones, in a context of internal and international rivalries and brutal civil wars.

This work dismantles the myth of a dominant Spanish and racially white national culture in Puerto Rican history. It claims that the national identity is mainly Mestizo with a significant contribution from Africa, and that Puerto Ricans must acknowledge that their culture is primarily Caribbean.

Food is a marker of identity, culture, and class, and it denotes power, routine, and celebration. This volume places the study of food in the mainstream of Ottoman history by analyzing major issues - origins, identity, minorities, Ottomanization, the golden age, foreign relations, the nature of modernity - all from the perspective of food.

In the 10th-century, Bukhara was a cultural center that rivaled Baghdad, and was known as ""the dome of learning in the East."" It was a dynamic metropolis, capital of the semi-independent dynasty that ruled Iran and Central Asia. This work presents insights into life in Eastern Iran and Central Asia during a period of change in the Islamic world.

A group of Israeli and Palestinian scholars and journalists started the ""Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture"". Their goal is to clarify the positions of both sides and work toward a solution. This work presents the often clashing views held by the journal's contributors.

Examining instances of problems affecting the Balkans and of state efforts to fix them, this volume considers issues like law and justice, centralization and provincial autonomy, taxation and land disputes, and the stresses of war. It offers a clearer picture of the forces of change at work during this era of transition.

This work presents the development of humankind across cultures and economies in a global manner, from ancient times on, as a gigantic drama played out with the cradles of civilization as the stage. It also highlights the exploits of daring traders, missionaries and warriors.

The ""Kunstkammer"" was a display of art and oddities amassed by wealthy Europeans during the 16th to 18th centuries. This text explores the relations between art, science and scholarship in early modern Europe, advancing the view that the baroque Kunstkammer is the nucleus of modern cyberspace.

The Ottoman Empire was a multi-ethnic, multi-religious state encompassing most of the modern Middle East and for much of its existence ruled its peoples effectively. This study explores the unknown terrain that falls between the internal life of the community and the formal structure of the state.