The Routledge history of slavery

Table of Contents: “…Lovejoy -- Slavery in the Indian Ocean world / Gwyn Campbell -- The origins of slavery in the Americas, 1500-1700 / Betty Wood -- The Atlantic slave trade / Trevor Burnard -- Work and the slave economy / Lorena Walsh -- The demography of slavery / Richard Follett -- Gender and family life / Jennifer L. …”
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Empires of the Sea : a Maritime Power Networks in World History

Table of Contents: “…/ Olaf Mörke -- The Oceans -- Early Modern European Mercantilism and Indian Ocean Trade / Anjana Singh -- The Melaka Empire, c. 1400-1528 / Peter Borschberg -- The Portuguese Maritime Empire: Global Nodes and Transnational Networks / Cátia Antunes -- The Asian Foundations of the Dutch Thalassocracy: Creative Absorption and the Company Empire in Asia / Remco Raben -- Pirate Networks in the Caribbean / Kris Lane -- Back Matter -- Index.…”
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Earth-shattering events : earthquakes, nations and civilization by Robinson, Andrew, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : earthquakes and history -- Earthquakes before seismology -- The year of earthquakes : London, 1750 -- The wrath of God : Lisbon, 1755 -- Birth of nations : Caracas, 1812 -- Seismology begins : Naples, 1857 -- Elastic rebound : San Francisco, 1906 -- Holocaust in Japan : Tokyo and Yokohama, 1923 -- Birth pang of a new China : Tangshan, 1976 -- Grief and growth in the land of Gandhi : Gujarat, 2001 -- War and peace by tsunami : the Indian Ocean, 2004 -- Meltdown and after : Fukushima, 2011 -- Conclusion : earthquakes, nations and civilization.…”
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Paper sons and daughters : growing up Chinese in South Africa by Ho, Ufrieda

Table of Contents: “…Pinky -- Here be Dragons -- A Long Way from Here -- A Strange New Home -- Another Journey across the Indian Ocean -- In the City of Gold -- Of Phoenixes and Dragons -- Growing up with Mr. and Mrs. …”
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Offshore financial centers, accounting services and the global economy by McKee, David L.

Table of Contents: “…The Firms in Offshore Centers in the Persian Gulf, the Indian Ocean and the Far East; 7. Accounting and Business Environments in the Caribbean and the North Atlantic; 8. …”
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Lying on the Postcolonial Couch : the Idea of Indifference. by Nair, Rukmini Bhaya

Table of Contents: “…Colonization: Omeros Sails between the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean.…”
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Lying on the Postcolonial Couch : the Idea of Indifference. by Nair, Rukmini Bhaya

Table of Contents: “…Colonization: Omeros Sails between the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean.…”
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Regions, Institutions, and Law of the Sea : Studies in Ocean Governance. by Scheiber, Harry N.

Table of Contents: “…Eighteen Global and Regional Approaches to Ship Air Emissions Regulation: The International Maritime Organization and the European Union Nineteen Subregional Marine Governance: The Case of the Adriatic Sea ; C. The Indian Ocean, Latin American, African and Arctic Regions ; Twenty Current Ocean Law Issues in the Indian Ocean Region ; Twenty-One Latin America and the Law of the Sea ; Twenty-Two Regional Issues and Ocean Law: The African Region ; Twenty-Three Climate Change and Evolving Regional Ocean Governance in the Arctic ; Twenty-Four China's Emerging Role in the Arctic.…”
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Artisanal fishers on the Kenyan coast : household livelihoods and marine resource management by Hoorweg, Jan

Table of Contents: “…Sea fisheries in Kenya -- Background history -- Artisanal fisheries -- Fisher incomes and poverty -- Resource conservation -- Fishing on the Indian Ocean coast -- Outline -- 2. Talking to fishers -- Study area -- Study design -- Survey of artisanal fishers -- Survey of fish landings -- Survey of fish traders -- Survey of fisher households -- Supporting studies -- 3. …”
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Tsunamis 101

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Scrap vessel

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Cultures of Confinement : a History of the Prison in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. by Dikötter, Frank

Table of Contents: “…Sepoys, Servants and Settlers: Convict Transportation in the Indian Ocean, 1787-1945; 7. South East Asia: Reform and the Colonial Prison; 8. …”
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Reel pleasures : cinema audiences and entrepreneurs in twentieth-century urban Tanzania by Fair, Laura

Table of Contents: “…Building business and building community : the exhibition and distribution industries in Tanzania, 1900s/50s -- The men who made the movies run, 1940s/90s -- Making love in the Indian Ocean : Hindi films and Zanzibari audiences in the 1950s -- Global films and local reception : audience preferences, 1950s/80s -- Cinemas, cities, and audiences : cultural geographies and social difference at the show -- Drive-in socialism : debating modernities and development in Dar es Salaam -- The independence generation goes to the show -- The political economy of cinema, 1960s/80s -- Epilogue a new world : transformations in mediascapes, the 1990s and beyond.…”
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Relations and networks in South African Indian writing

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Mapping the Chinese and Islamic Worlds : Cross-Cultural Exchange in Pre-Modern Asia. by Park, Hyunhee

Table of Contents: “…Maritime Traffic between the Islamic World and the Tang (618-907) China and Jia Dan's RoutesThe Wider World in Surviving Chinese Maps; The Maritime Trade and the Islamic World in Maritime Literature in the Song Dynasty (960-1260); Conclusion; 2 The Representation of China and the World: Islamic Knowledge about China, 750-1260; The Earliest Arabic Geographic Accounts about China and the Indian Ocean; China and the World in Surviving Maps and Geographic Works in the Late 'Abbāsid Period (circa 934-1260); Conclusion.…”
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Mozambique : the out of time island

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Ecological Geography of the Sea. by Longhurst, Alan R.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Toward an Ecological Geography of the Sea; Chapter 2 Biogeographic Partition of the Ocean; Chapter 3 Fronts and Pycnoclines: Ecological Discontinuities; Chapter 4 Physical Control of Ecological Processes; Chapter 5 Nutrient Limitation: The Example of Iron; Chapter 6 Biomes: The Primary Partition; Chapter 7 Provinces: The Secondary Compartments; Chapter 8 Longer Term Responses: From Seasons to Centuries; Chapter 9 The Atlantic Ocean; Chapter 10 The Indian Ocean.…”
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The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate : AD 500-1000. by Power, Timothy

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NATO after Sixty Years : a Stable Crisis. by Sperling, James

Table of Contents: “…NATO's Global Reach; The Twilight of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: The Russian Problem; NATO and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean; The Black Sea Region; NATO's Global Reach: The Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean…”
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British captives from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1563-1760 by Matar, N. I. (Nabil I.), 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Apologia -- Foreword -- A note on citations -- List of figures -- Introduction -- Britons in Mediterranean and Atlantic : captivity and piracy -- Sources -- Caveats -- North Africa, the Indian Ocean, and North America -- 'Christian' piracy -- Captives and captors : 1563-1760 -- The Elizabethan Period, 1558-1603 -- The Jacobean Period, 1603-1625 -- The Caroline Period, 1625-1649 -- The Interregnum Period, 1649-1660 -- The Restoration Period, 1660-1688 -- William and Mary, and Queen Anne, 1688-1714 -- The periods of George I, 1714-1727, and George II, 1727-1760 -- The Northern invasion -- Tripoli -- Algiers -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Captives' names.…”
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Sounding the Limits of Life : Essays in the Anthropology of Biology and Beyond. by Helmreich, Stefan

Table of Contents: “…Time and the Tsunami: Indian Ocean, 2004 -- CHAPTER 10 â?? From Spaceship Earth to Google Ocean: Planetary Icons, Indexes, and Infrastructures -- CHAPTER 11 â??…”
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Between dispersion and belonging : global approaches to diaspora in practice

Table of Contents: “…Carson -- Trade diasporas and merchant social cohesion in early trade in the Western Indian Ocean / Eivind Heldas Seland -- 6 Perhaps a silly question: was there a Swedish diaspora? …”
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Going for goals : Zanzibar soccer dreams

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China's Humanitarian Relief Operations (Chinese Edition)中国救援行动(中文版) /

by Jun, Li

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Conflict and Peace in South Asia. by Chatterji, Manas

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Burma 1942 : the Road from Rangoon to Mandalay. by Warren, Alan, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Preface; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; 1; British Burma and Imperial Japan; 2; Preparations for War; 3; The Outbreak of War in South-east Asia; 4; The Invasion of Burma; 5; Battle of Moulmein; 6; The Defence of the Salween River; 7; The Battle of Bilin River; 8; Confusion at Kyaikto; 9; The Sittang Bridge; 10; The Demolition of the Sittang Bridge; 11; Rangoon in the Front Line; 12; Wavell Takes Charge; 13; Retreat from Rangoon; 14; The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Indian Ocean; 15; Admiral Nagumo's Raid on Ceylon; 16; The Oilfields of Yenangyaung; 17; The Retreat to India; 18.…”
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A history of the church in Africa by Sundkler, Bengt, 1909-1995

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; MAPS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION BENGT SUNDKLER; 1 THE BEGINNINGS; 2 MARITIME CONNECTIONS; 3 OVERVIEW TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; 4 NORTH AND NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA; 5 WESTERN AFRICA; 6 WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA; 7 SOUTHERN AFRICA; 8 SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN; 9 EAST AFRICA; 10 EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA; 11 CONTINENTAL PANORAMAS; 12 LOCAL PERSPECTIVES; 13 NORTH AND NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA; 14 WEST AFRICA; 15 CENTRAL AFRICA; 16 SOUTHERN AFRICA; 17 EASTERN AFRICA; 18 INTRODUCTION TO INDEPENDENT AFRICA.…”
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Advances in Geosciences (A 4-Volume Set) - Volume 9 : Solid Earth (Se), Ocean Science (Os) & Atmospheric Science (As). by Chen, Yun-Tai

Table of Contents: “…Assessment of the Estimated Moho Depths in the Indian Ocean; 4.1. Based on the comparison with CRUST 2.0; 4.2. …”
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Fear of Abandonment : Australia in the world since 1942. by Gyngell, Allan

Table of Contents: “…Southern AfricaEurope and the end of the Cold War; 1989; 7 A 'Post' -World: The 1990s; The Gulf War and the new world order; Paul Keating; APEC leaders' meetings; Southeast Asia; Cambodia; Indonesia; Malaysia; Vietnam; Regional security; India and the Indian Ocean; Gareth Evans; Good international citizenship; The Chemical Weapons Convention; French nuclear tests; Human rights; Greening the international order; China; Japan; The United States; The South Pacific; Trade and the Uruguay Round; The Coalition takes ofice; The Coalition and China; The Asian financial crisis.…”
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Recent progress in atmospheric sciences : applications to the Asia-Pacific region

Table of Contents: “…Understanding the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and its interactions with the Indian Ocean and monsoon / Jin-Yi Yu -- 2. Ocean-atmosphere-land feedbacks on the Western North Pacific-East Asian Summer Climate / Chia Chou and Jien-Yi Tu -- 3. …”
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Actors of Globalization. by Sturm-Lind, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Actors of Globalization: New York Merchants in Global Trade, 1784-1812 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Merchant Biographies -- Introduction -- Globalization in History -- The Merchants of the Study -- Global History -- Synopsis -- 1 A New Merchant Class -- Self-Made Businessmen -- Merchant Networks -- 2 Global Entrepreneurs -- The East Indies Trade -- Indian Ocean Trade Networks -- Commodities -- Spanning a Net of Trade around the World-The Routes of the Ships Washington, America, and Sampson -- Trade with Europe -- The West Indies Trade -- The Haitian Revolution -- Commercial Politics -- 3 Local Spaces -- New York City after Independence -- Land Development -- Finance and Industry -- Community Leadership -- Commercialization -- A World of Goods -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Postcolonial Subjects : Francophone Women Writers. by Green, Mary Jean

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Converging Regions : Global Perspectives on Asia and the Middle East. by Lenze, Nele

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Finance and Investment; 1 China's Economic Impact on Egypt; 2 From the Middle East to the Far West; Part II Resources, Territory, Hierarchy; 3 Japan's Pursuit of Gulf Energy Resources; 4 Geopolitical Shifts; 5 No Spring for Migrant Workers; Part III Nation-States, Sovereignty, and International Networks; 6 Preventing the Emergence of a 'Nested Security Dilemma' in the Asian Maritime Domain; 7 The Gulf Monarchies and Pacific Asia; 8 The Indian Ocean; Part IV Redrawing the Maps of the Future; 9 New Connections Across Old Spaces.…”
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The Hellenistic settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa by Cohen, Getzel M.

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- The Scholarship and the Sources -- A Geographic Overview -- I NORTHERN SYRIA -- II CHALCIDICE -- III CYRRHESTICE AND COMMAGENE -- IV PHOENICIA -- V SOUTHERN SYRIA -- VI THE RED SEA BASIN AND INDIAN OCEAN -- VII EGYPT -- VIII ALEXANDREIA NEAR EGYPT -- IX CYRENAICA -- APPENDICES -- I FOUNDERS -- II SETTLEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER IN SYRIA, PHOENICIA, AND EGYPT -- III GREEK AND MACEDONIAN TOPONYMS THAT REAPPEAR IN SYRIA AND PHOENICIA -- IV 8220;ALEXANDRIA AD AEGYPTUM8221; -- V REFOUNDATIONS AND NEW FOUNDATIONS -- VI FOUNDATIONS AT OR NEAR MAJOR RELIGIOUS CENTERS -- VII CIVIC INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICES -- VIII ETHNICS AND TOPONYMS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF ANCIENT PLACE NAMES -- MAPS.…”
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The Hellenistic settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa by Cohen, Getzel M.

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- The Scholarship and the Sources -- A Geographic Overview -- I NORTHERN SYRIA -- II CHALCIDICE -- III CYRRHESTICE AND COMMAGENE -- IV PHOENICIA -- V SOUTHERN SYRIA -- VI THE RED SEA BASIN AND INDIAN OCEAN -- VII EGYPT -- VIII ALEXANDREIA NEAR EGYPT -- IX CYRENAICA -- APPENDICES -- I FOUNDERS -- II SETTLEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER IN SYRIA, PHOENICIA, AND EGYPT -- III GREEK AND MACEDONIAN TOPONYMS THAT REAPPEAR IN SYRIA AND PHOENICIA -- IV 8220;ALEXANDRIA AD AEGYPTUM8221; -- V REFOUNDATIONS AND NEW FOUNDATIONS -- VI FOUNDATIONS AT OR NEAR MAJOR RELIGIOUS CENTERS -- VII CIVIC INSTITUTIONS AND OFFICES -- VIII ETHNICS AND TOPONYMS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF ANCIENT PLACE NAMES -- MAPS.…”
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Protracted contest : Sino-Indian rivalry in the twentieth century by Garver, John W.

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Engineering ethics : an industrial perspective by Baura, Gail D.

Table of Contents: “…A personal engineering ethics threshold -- Options for action when an engineering ethics threshold is reached -- 1978: Ford Pinto recall -- 1981: Kansas City Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse -- 1986: Challenger space shuttle explosion -- 1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill -- 1989: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge earthquake collapse -- 1994: Bjork-Shiley heart valve defect -- 1999: Y2K software conversion -- 2002: Bell Laboratories scientific fraud -- 2002: Ford Explorer rollover -- 2003: Columbia space shuttle explosion -- 2003: Guidant Ancure Endograft System -- 2003: Northeast blackout -- 2004: Indian Ocean tsunami -- Anonymous industrial engineering ethics cases.…”
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Storms and Wild Water. by Pike, Dag

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; 1 The Eye of the Storm; 2 Forecasting Storms; 3 Ships in Storms; 4 Small Craft in Storms; 5 World Weather and Storm Creation; 6 Tropical Revolving Storms; 7 Extreme Waves; 8 Perfect Storms; 9 When the Storms Meet the Land; 10 The Wild Southern Ocean; 11 Atlantic Ocean Storms; 12 Indian Ocean Monsoons; 13 Pacific Ocean Cyclones; 14 Regional and Local Winds; 15 Wild Water and Whirlpools; 16 Tsunamis; 17 The Future; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y.…”
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Protracted contest : Sino-Indian rivalry in the twentieth century by Garver, John W.

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Asian maritime strategies : navigating troubled waters by Cole, Bernard D., 1943-

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