Family, Women and Social Change in the Middle East: The Palestinian Case
Toronto: Canadian Scholar's Press, 1987. Soft cover. 8vo. Orig. card wrappers, sewn and glued binding. 72 pp. Covers are age toned and damp stained. More
Social Studies
The Secret of Divine Civilization
Willmette, Illinois: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1970. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter red cloth, tan cloth boards. xi, 126 pp. B&W portrait frontis. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly bumped to edges, a few small chips to spine ends and corners. More
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1994. Soft cover. 9" x 8.5" The companion book to the award-winning film by Peter Wintonick and Mark Achbar. Oblong. Soft cover. 264 pp. B&W film stills in-text throughout. Fine. Includes 18 "Philosopher All-Stars" trading card. This book features a complete transcript of the film along..... More
On Arab Nationalism
London: Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, 1965. 1st Edition. Audio Book (Cassette). 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 92 pp. Covers soiled, some rubbing to rear cover. More
Limelight on the North of Iraq
Baghdad: Dar al-Jumhuriya, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 18mo. Orig. printed card wrappers. 72 pp. Creased and rubbed to spine, creasing and short tear to upper corner of rear cover. More
Al-Shabak: An Extremist Sect in Iraq: Their Origin, Language, Villages, Beliefs, Traditions and Customs
Baghdad: Al-Maarif Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Scarce. Text in Arabic. Orig. green card wrappers. 314 pp. Sunned to extremities, bumped and creased to corners. More
Liberdades Negras Nas Paragens Do Sul: Alforria e Insercao social de libertos em Porto Alegre, 1800-1853
Rio Di Janeiro: Editora FVG, 2009. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Softcover, 204pp [Text in Portuguese]. Fine. Black Liberties in the Southern Stops: Manumission and Social Insertion of Freedmen in Porto Alegre, 1800-1853. Manumission is the act of freeing of slaves from their owners. More
500 Years On/500 Anos Despues
Madrid: Amnesy International. Soft cover. 8.75" x 8.75" [n.d., 1992]. Photographs taken by indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes. Soft cover. 44 p.p. English and Spanish. B&W photos. Some light wear and creasing. A social photographic essay of the life and the hardships of indigenous Peruvians, on the occasion of..... More
Women of the KKK
[Santa Barbara, CA?]: Pride of Tacoma Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 5" x 8" SIGNED to p. 7 by Anderson and designer Michael Kellner. Limited edition of 250 copies. Pictorial card wrappers, staple bound. 8 pp. Fine. A racist story describing a public demonstration by the KKK and its..... More
Africa's Urban Past
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Softcover, 310pp. Fine. Essays on urban archeologies, economics, pre-colonial towns, and the politics of urban order in Africa. More
Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2020. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Publishers boards, xiv, 465pp. Fine. Part 1: Origins of Liberated Africans; Part II: Sierra Leone; Part III: Caribbean; Part IV: Lusophone Atlantic; Part V: Liberated Africans in Global Perspectives; Part VI: Resettlements. More
Brazil at the Dawn of the Eighteenth Century
Dartmouth, MA: Tagus Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Yellow softcover, 8vo, 225pp. illustrated. Inscribed by Translator on half-title. Fine. More
The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Tradition
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cream cloth, cream paper boards. xviii, 469 pp. Fine in fine jacket. In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity..... More
Tattooed: The Sociogenesis of Body Art
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. 8vo. First paperback edition. 292 pp. [8] pp. colour photos. Fine. More
Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers: The Duala and their Hinterland c. 1600-c.1960
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. African Studies Series. Paperback, xii, 252pp. Near Fine. The Duala people were originally merchant brokers during the ivory trade, slaves and palm products during pre-colonial times. They played an important role in anti-colonial politics against the French and German regimes..... More
The Ends of Globalization
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Paperback, xiii, 193pp. Covers lightly sunned o/w near fine. A sociocultural approach and criticism on globalization, its roots and connections to cultural, political, and economic life. More
Igbo-Ora: A Town in Transition. A Sociological Report on The Ibarapa Project
Ibadan: Oxford University Press, 1966. Soft cover. 5" x 8.5" Orig. card wraps. viii, 80 pp. B&W photos in text. Creasing to joints, a few small stains. Marker inscription to inside front cover. More
"We Women Worked So Hard" Gender, Urbanization and Social Reproduction in Colonial Harare, Zimbabwe, 1930-1956
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Social History of Africa Series. Purple soft cover, 204pp. Examining economics of colonial Harare in Zimbabwe, along with its complexities and divisions in white and black male ranks. More
The Sorrows of The Ancient Romans: The Gladiator and the Monster
Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1996. Soft cover. 8vo. Third printing, and first paperback printing. [12], 210 p.p. Two B&W photos. Slight bumping and curling to corners, else a fine copy. This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical..... More
Carribbean Slave Society and Economy: A Student Reader
New York: New Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Paperback, x,480pp. Fine. Explores the socioeconomic factors of slavery in the Caribbean, and activity that shaped the region's heterogeneous slave societies. More
The Devil's Dictionary
New York: Hill and Wang, 1962. Soft cover. 5.5" x 8" American Century Series. Soft cover. 211 pp. Covers deeply toned, spine faded. Light rubbing to edges. More
Muffs and Morals
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. purple cloth. With 11 plates in half-tone and 83 illustrations in line by the author. Dust jacket is chipped to spine head, lightly edge worn, a few short closed tears, rubbed to..... More
The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ancient and Modern. The Forms of Slavery That Prevailed in Ancient Nations, Particularly in Greece and Rome. The African Slave Trade and the Political History of Slavery in the United States
Columbus, OH: H. Miller, 1860. Hardcover. 8vo. Ornately blind stamped leather boards, recently professionally rebacked with new black leather spine with new gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges and endpapers. xvi, 861 pp. Spine a little cocked. Rubbing and wear to edges, chafing to boards. Typical browning and spotting to..... More
English University Adult Education 1908-1958: A Unique Tradition
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Full brown paper boards. xii, 363 pp. Spine slightly tilted, light soiling to edges of text block. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket lightly toned, bumped to extremities. More
A History of The World for High Schools
Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1918. Hardcover. 8vo (small). Macmillan's Canadian School Series. Original green cloth. iv, 518 pp. [5 two-page spread plates of colour maps]. B&W illustrations in-text. Rubbing to extremities, some light staining to rear board. Foxing to edges of text block. Covers ancient history in Greece..... More