Europe — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: Europe

Minorities in the Ottoman Empire
	Greene, Molly, editor Subject: Middle East	The Ottoman Empire was a multi-ethnic, multi-religious state encompassing most of the modern Middle East, and for much of its 600-year existence it managed to rule effectively its diverse peoples. The essays of this work move beyond the traditional state- … More Information

Napoleon in Egypt: Al-Jabarti’s Chronicle of the French Occupation of 1798 (Expanded Edition)
	Al-Jabarti, Abd Al Raman Subject: Africa, Europe, Middle East	Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt in 1798 was the first contact between a Western power with imperial goals and an ancient regime of an African society. Sheik Al-Jabarti’s chronicle is a unique combination of historical narration and reflection combined with daily … More Information

Olympia: Cult, Sport, and Ancient Festival
	Sinn, Ulrich (translated by Thomas Thornton) Subject: World History	In antiquity, Olympia stood for sports. A victory at the Olympic games led to lifelong honors and often to a political career and wealth. Alexander the Great and other kings and emperors as well as wealthy and powerful men and … More Information

One Frenchman, Four Revolutions: General Ferrand and the Peoples of the Caribbean
	Picó, Fernando Subject: Caribbean	This book is about the world in which the French general Marie-Louis Ferrand thrived and in which he ultimately lost his life. He can be seen as an overarching link between the four revolutions from 1775 to 1825 through which … More Information

Pathetic Symphony: A Biographical Novel About Tchaikovsky
	Mann, Klaus Subject: World Literature	Like Mephisto, Pathetic Symphony is a novel about important artists and their milieu. Drawing his material from documented sources, and without ever distorting historical truth or sacrificing biographical accuracy for the sake of the narrative, Klaus Mann here presents a … More Information

Ravensbrück: Everyday Life in a Women’s Concentration Camp, 1939-45
	Morrison, Jack G. Subject: Europe	Attempting to reconstruct the workings of everyday life in the concentration camp at Ravensbrück, the only camp in the Nazi system designed for women, Morrison examines the prisoners’ social relationships with each other and their overlords; prisoner activities, from bartering … More Information

The Agony of Asar: A Thesis on Slavery by the Former Slave—Jacobus Elisa Johannes Capitein, 1717–1747
	Capitein, Jacobus (translated by Grant Parker) Subject: Africa, History of Slavery, World History	“Scholars and readers the world over thank Grant Parker for giving us both the first English translation of Capitein’s manuscript and a brilliant analysis of its significance.” — Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Agony of Asar is the first … More Information

The Cold War in Europe: Era of a Divided Continent
	Maier, Charles S., editor Subject: Europe, World History	Now that the Cold War is over, this book is especially timely: it analyzes and summarizes the events that ushered in an epoch of history nearly fifty years ago, and provides an analysis of the forces that were suppressed or … More Information

The Horrors of Slavery and Other Writings by Robert Wedderburn
	Wedderburn, Robert (edited by Iain MacCalman) Subject: Caribbean	Robert Wedderburn was one of the first promoters of black power by revolutionary force, if necessary. His publications had an enormous impact in his time. The Horrors of Slavery is a vivid record of the history, ideas, and rhetoric of … More Information

The Latest Style: The Fashion Writing of Bianca Valmont and Economies of Domesticity
	Davis, Kathleen E. Subject: Europe, Latin America	From her base in Paris, Bianca Valmont reported fashion and cultural trends for Ultima Moda, a magazine published in Madrid and circulated throughout the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America and the Philippines from 1888 to 1898. Her column was at first … More Information