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CHOICE MAGAZINE has named our book, "Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster" by J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins, OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE OF THE YEAR 2008, and selected another of our titles, "History of Puerto Rico: A Panorama of its People" by Fernando Pico, as OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE OF THE YEAR 2007.
Previous Markus Wiener Publishers titles awarded this honor are "History of African Cities South of the Sahara" by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, "The Levant" by William Harris, and "Heritage of Central Asia" by Richard Frye.

Current Highlights

History of the Caribbean:
Plantations, Commerce, and War, 1492–1930
 
"outstanding bibliographic essay."--Choice Magazine Only the hard cover edition includes an extended bibliographical essay of over 60 pages, the paperback edition includes a less detailed bibliographical guide of 27 pages

From the arrival of the first Europeans in the region until the 1930s, plantations—building their fortunes on sugar and to a lesser extent on cotton, indigo, tobacco, coffee, and bananas—brought unprecedented wealth to Old World owners, effected a fundamental shift in the landscape and economy of the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, saw the enslavement of first indigenous populations and then imported Africans, and led to bloody wars on both sides of the Atlantic over control of the lucrative sugar market. In this comprehensive volume, Moya Pons explores the history, context, and consequences of the major changes that marked the Caribbean between Columbus’ initial landing and the Great Depression. He investigates... read more
$88.95 hardcover
$28.95 paperback
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Israel and Palestine: Updated 2008 Edition
Peace Plans and Proposals from Oslo to Disengagement
"a gem."--Foreign Affairs
$68.95 hardcover
$24.95 paperback
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Shi'ites
A Short History
"A concise,and timely work" --Choice
$88.95 hardcover
$26.95 paperback
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