{"title":"Oxford University Press","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"rastafari-a-very-short-introduction","title":"Rastafari | A very short introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003eLivre en \u003cstrong\u003eanglais\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom its obscure beginnings in Jamaica in the early 1930s, Rastafari has grown into an international socio-religious movement. It is estimated that 700,000 to 1 million people worldwide have embraced Rastafari, and adherents of the movement can be found in most of the major population centres and many outposts of the world. \u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRastafari: A Very Short Introduction provides an account of this widespread but often poorly understood movement. Ennis B. Edmonds looks at the essential history of Rastafari, including its principles and practices and its internal character and configuration. He examines its global spread, and its far-reaching influence on cultural and artistic production in the Caribbean and beyond.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003eThe Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePortrait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnnis B. Edmonds is Assistant Professor of African-American Religions and American Religions at Kenyon College, Ohio. His areas of expertise are African Diaspora Religions, Religion in America, and Sociology of Religion. His research has focused primarily on Rastafari, leading to the recently published Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers (OUP, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiens\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u0026nbsp;Découvrez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enos autres \u003ca title=\"Produits de la Jamaïque\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.king-jah.ch\/fr\/collections\/jamaica\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eproduits de la catégorie \"Jamaïque\"\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlog:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca title=\"Blog: Animisme – Origine de toutes les religions\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.king-jah.ch\/fr\/blogs\/blog\/animisme\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAnimisme – Origine de toutes les religions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlog: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.king-jah.ch\/fr\/blogs\/blog\/livres-rastafari\" title=\"Plongez dans la culture Rastafari avec notre sélection de livres\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLivres Rastafari : Un Voyage à travers la Culture et la Sagesse\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e📘 Édition brochée – \u003cspan\u003e144\u003c\/span\u003e\u0026nbsp;pages – En stock\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e📦 Livraison rapide depuis la Suisse – Emballage soigné\u003cbr\u003e\u003c!-- x-tinymce\/html --\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🇬🇧\u003c\/span\u003e Ce livre est entièrement en \u003cstrong\u003eanglais\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49769003024648,"sku":"1206.75","price":15.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/9111\/6296\/files\/Rastafari_-_A_very_short_introduction_-_1206-75_4df.jpg?v=1739112602"},{"product_id":"american-slavery-a-very-short-introduction","title":"American Slavery | A very short introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLivre en\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eanglais\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEuropeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American colonies; that, however, is the image of slavery most prevalent in the minds of Americans today. This Very Short Introduction begins with the\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003ePortuguese\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003ecapture of Africans in the 1400s and traces the development of American slavery until its abolition following the Civil War. Historian Heather Andrea Williams\u0026nbsp;draws upon the rich recent scholarship of numerous highly-regarded academics as well as an analysis of primary documents to explore the history of slavery and its effects on the American colonies and later the United States of America. Williams examines legislation that differentiated American Indians and\u0026nbsp;Africans from Europeans as the ideology of white supremacy flourished and became an ingrained feature of the society. These laws reflected the contradiction of America's moral and philosophical ideology that valorized freedom on one hand and justified the enslavement of a population deemed inferior on another. She explores the tense and often violent relationships between the enslaved and the enslavers, and between abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates as those who benefited from the\u0026nbsp;institution fought to maintain and exert their power. Williams is attentive to the daily labors that enslaved people performed, reminding readers that slavery was a system of forced labor with economic benefits that produced wealth for a new nation, all the while leaving an indelible mark on its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRezension\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam's study provides a concise overview of many of the key issues and topics surrounding the nature of American slavery Review in History.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003eThe Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. 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In their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and have at times won miraculous victories, though at other times suffered devastating defeat. This Very Short Introduction illuminates the revolutionaries, their strategies, their successes and failures, and the ways in which revolutions continue to dominate world events and the popular imagination. Starting with the city-states of ancient Greece and Rome, Jack Goldstone traces the development of revolutions through the Renaissance and Reformation, the Enlightenment and liberal constitutional revolutions such as in America, and their opposite-the communist revolutions of the 20th century. He shows how revolutions overturned dictators in Nicaragua and Iran and brought the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and examines the new wave of non-violent \"colour\" revolutions-the Philippines' Yellow Revolution, Ukraine's Orange Revolution-and the Arab Uprisings of 2011-12 that rocked the Middle East. Goldstone also sheds light on the major theories of revolution, exploring the causes of revolutionary waves, the role of revolutionary leaders, the strategies and processes of revolutionary change, and the intersection between revolutions and shifting patterns of global power. Finally, the author examines the reasons for diverse revolutionary outcomes, from democracy to civil war and authoritarian rule, and the likely future of revolution in years to come. 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C'est une introduction biographique précise et analytique qui éclaire la vie de Mandela, son évolution politique et sa portée mondiale en peu de pages mais avec une vraie profondeur. Boehmer l'aborde non comme un symbole figé, mais comme un homme fait de contradictions, de choix difficiles et d'une histoire politique complexe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp \u003eIdéal pour toutes celles et ceux qui souhaitent découvrir Mandela de façon rapide et rigoureuse – sans sacrifier la nuance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLivre en\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eanglais\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as being a remarkable statesman and one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners,\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003eNelson Mandela\u003cspan\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003ehas become an exemplary figure of non-racialism and democracy, a moral giant. 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This book sheds fascinating new light on Mandela's compelling \"imagic\". \" Naomi Wolf\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePortrait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElleke Boehmer is Professor in World Literatures in English at the University of Oxford. She is the author of the widely acclaimed Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: Migrant Metaphors (1995), Empire, the National and the Postcolonial (2002), Stories of Women: Gender and Narrative in the Postcolonial Nation (2005), as well as of three novels set in South Africa. 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Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortrait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJohn Parker teaches African history at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He specializes in the history of Ghana and is the author of Making the Town: Ga State and Society in Early Colonial Accra (2000) and (with Jean Allman) Tongnaab: The History of a West African God (2005). He is currently researching a book on the history of death and burial in Ghana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRichard Rathbone is Honorary Professor of History in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Emeritus Professor in History at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has written on south and west Africa and his books include Ghana (1992), Murder and politics in colonial Ghana (1993) and Nkrumah and the chiefs (2000). He is currently working on 19th century west African intellectuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiens: \u003c\/strong\u003eDécouvrez nos autres \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.king-jah.ch\/fr\/collections\/ghana\" title=\"Produits du Ghana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eproduits de la catégorie \"Ghana\"\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e📘 Édition brochée – \u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e165\u003c\/span\u003e\u0026nbsp;pages – En stock\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e 📦 Livraison rapide depuis la Suisse – Emballage soigné\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c!-- x-tinymce\/html --\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e🇬🇧\u003c\/span\u003e Ce livre est entièrement en \u003cstrong\u003eanglais\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49784585453832,"sku":"1206.69","price":19.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/9111\/6296\/files\/African_History_1206-69-14313.jpg?v=1738994430"},{"product_id":"the-harlem-renaissance-a-very-short-introduction","title":"The Harlem Renaissance | A very short introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLivre en \u003cstrong\u003eanglais\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the \"New Negro\" movement, a social and political phenomenon that promoted a proud racial identity, economic independence, and progressive politics. In this Very Short Introduction, Cheryl A. Wall captures the Harlem Renaissance's zeitgeist by identifying issues and strategies that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artistsalike. She introduces key figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer, along with such signature texts as \"Mother to Son,\" \"Harlem Shadows,\" and Cane. In examining the \"New Negro,\" she looks at the art of photographer James Van der Zee and painters Archibald Motley and LauraWheeler and the way Marita Bonner, Jessie Fauset, and Nella Larsen explored the dilemmas of gender identity for New Negro women. Focusing on Harlem as a cultural capital, Wall covers theater in New York, where black musicals were produced on Broadway almost every year during the 1920s. She also depicts Harlem nightlife with its rent parties and clubs catering to working class blacks, wealthy whites, and gays of both races, and the movement of Renaissance artists to Paris. From Hughes's \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers\" to W.E.B. Du Bois's novel Dark Princess, black Americans explored their relationship to Africa. Many black American intellectuals met African intellectuals in Paris, where they made common cause against European colonialism and race prejudice. Folklore - spirituals, stories, sermons, and dance - was considered raw material that the New Negro artist could alchemize into art. Consequently, they applauded the performance of spirituals on the concert stageby artists like Roland Hayes and Paul Robeson. The Harlem Renaissance left an indelible mark not only on African American visual and performing arts, but, as Cheryl Wall shows, its legacies are all around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho is Cheryl A. Wall?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheryl A. 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After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabic and Kassite empires, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, it was conquered by the Persians. Entered triumphantly by Alexander the Great, it later provided the setting for the Conquerer's deathbed. Squabbled over by his heirs, Babylonia was subsequently dominated by the Parthian and Roman empires.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this Very Short Introduction, Trevor Bryce takes us on a journey of more than 2,000 years across the history and civilization of ancient Babylonia, from the emergence of its chief city, Babylon, as a modest village on the Euphrates in the 3rd millennium BC through successive phases of triumph, decline, and resurgence until its royal capital faded into obscurity in the Roman imperial era. Exploring key historical events as well as the day-to-day life of an ancient Babylonian, Bryce\u0026nbsp;provides a comprehensive guide to one of history's most profound civilizations.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003eThe Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePortrait\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrevor Bryce is a renowned and decorated scholar on ancient civilizations, and is currently an Honorary Professor of the University of Queensland, and an Emeritus Professor of the University of New England. He has held Visiting Fellowships or Scholarships at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (USA), Wolfson College, Oxford (UK), Australian National University, and Macquarie University (Australia). He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA), and was awarded an Australian Centenary medal for services to History. 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Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. Rezension Mouthwatering design-compact, colorful, sturdy. Can travel in one's pocket. Walks of Art, Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortrait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCynthia A. Freeland is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Houston. She has published on topics in the philosophy of art and film, ancient Greek philosophy, and feminist theory. 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But if traditional religions are engaged in a battle for their lives in Africa, Olupona shows\u0026nbsp;that they are thriving elsewhere in the world-particularly in the Americas and in Europe.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects-from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative-yet always balanced and complete-discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the\u0026nbsp;subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the\u0026nbsp;topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePortrait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacob K. Olupona is Professor of African Religious Traditions at Harvard Divinity School, with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African American Studies in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 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