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Chinese Travelers to the Early Turkish Republic
	Fidan, Giray Subject: Middle Eastern History, Asian History, Documents and Primary Sources	PRINCETON SERIES OF MIDDLE EASTERN SOURCES IN TRANSLATION Edited by Near Eastern Studies Department By the end of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century, China was in turmoil, facing an existential crisis. Chinese politicians and … More Information

Harem Ghosts: What One Cemetery Can Tell Us About the Ottoman Empire
	Brookes, Douglas Scott, Ziyrek Ali Subject: Middle East, Ottoman Empire	“Since 1840 countless visitors to Turkey’s metropolis have passed this beautiful building and its garden graveyard without, it seems to me, realizing the gems of architecture and culture that await discovery within its dignified walls. Now, over a century-and-a-half after … More Information

Hidden Lives of Jews and Africans: Underground Societies in the Iberian Atlantic World
	Schorsch, Jonathan Subject: Caribbean, Jewish Studies, Afro-Latino, Religion	“A real tour de force” –Reviews in History “Schorsch introduces a cast of characters in a series of one-act plays, short stories, and extended mediations that describe particular engagements with what it meant to live between identities.” –Journal of … More Information

Nationalist Heroines: Puerto Rican Women History Forgot, 1930s-1950s
	Jiménez de Wagenheim, Olga Subject: Puerto Rican History, US History, Women's History, Caribbean History	From the moment the United States seized Puerto Rico, in 1898, to the 1950s, the islanders employed various forms of resistance to the imposition of American colonial rule. A group of Nationalists led by Pedro Albizu Campos made it clear … More Information

Problems in African History: The Pre-Colonial Centuries (Expanded Edition)
	Iyob, Ruth and Robert O. Collins, editors Subject: African History, Pre-Colonial Africa	This updated and expanded new collection covers the major problems in the field, incorporating classic texts, the newest research, and recent controversies about the origins of African history and Africa’s contributions to non-Western world history. The themes presented include: • … More Information

Puerto Rico: An Interpretive History from Pre-Columbian Times to 1900
	de Wagenheim, Olga Jiménez Subject: Caribbean, Latin America, Puerto Rico	Because many of the documents and books about Puerto Rico have been written by the island’s colonizers, only the victors were celebrated. With this in mind, the author has expressly composed this book from the viewpoint of the colonized, suppressed, … More Information

Santiago Pérez Triana (1858–1916) Colombian Man of Letters and Crusader for Hemispheric Unity
	Rausch, Jane Subject: Latin Amerivan History, American History, World History, Biography,	The son of radical Colombian president Santiago Pérez Manosalbas, Pérez Triana was forced into exile after a scandal involving his business ventures, fleeing over the Andes and down three rivers to the Atlantic and a new life in the … More Information

The Kurds: A Divided Nation in Search of a State (2019 Edition)
	Gunter Michael M. Subject: Middle Eastern History, Middle East	Donald Trump betrayed the Kurds, America’s most reliable allies in the fight against ISIS, by announcing in a tweet that US troops would withdraw from Syria. Betrayal is nothing new in Kurdish history, especially by Western powers. The Kurds, a … More Information

The Kurds: A Modern History (2016 Edition)
	Gunter, Michael Subject: Middle Eastern History	“Professor Gunter’s easily accessible book offers readers an excellent state-of-the-art overview of Kurdish studies and reveals the continuities and violent ruptures that have shaped Kurdish history over the course of centuries.” — Hamit Borzarslan, École des hautes études en sciences … More Information

The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil
	al Shihabi, Ali, Haykel Bernard Subject: Middle Eastern History	The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil presents a candid and insightful analysis of Saudi Arabia’s political instability in light of the mounting domestic and international challenges facing the country today. Directly addressing Saudi Arabia’s … More Information