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A reimagined history of exploration featuring a new cast--including fugitives, indigenous pathfinders, and immigrants--that celebrates the universal qualities of discovery.

A two-thousand-year history of the exiles and refugees who have shaped modern Britain

A sweeping and intimately told history of exiles and refugees.How have those who arrived on Britain¿s shores shaped its history?

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Combining demography, history, and sociology, this book offers a new methodology for the study of African fertility and a new definition of the role of household demography in agrarian economies. It provides a useful perspective on the ways in which human reproduction both reflects upon and reacts with the reproduction trends of society and economy in coastal Tanzania. Part I asserts a political economy of changing fertility, Part II studies t...

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The first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world While the American Revolution led to domestic peace and liberty, it ultimately had a catastrophic global impact‿it strengthened the British Empire and led to widespread persecution and duress. From the opium wars in China to anti-imperial rebellions in Peru to the colonization of Australia‿the inspirational impact the Americ...

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Of the many books that have crossed my desk in this year of Africa-at last here is one that hits the bullseye." -- Richard Dowden, Director of the Royal African Society and member of the Africa Commission