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Networks of Empire
In this book, Ward examines the Dutch East India Company's control of migration as an expression of imperial power.
The Cardless Tarot
In this cutting-edge book, tarot expert Kerry Ward presents you with 45 of the most insightful destiny readings without having to learn the meanings of 78 tarot cards. Kerry has selected nine key life questions to ask, each of which align with nine ‘guides’ from the tarot deck’s Major Arcana. Follow the instructions from your guide and you will be taken on a journey to find out your destiny. Are you looking to find your next love? Or perhaps you’re keen to find out what changes lie ahead? The pages hold the answers to your most pressing questions. The book is an excellent tool for personal guidance and self-development, and is the perfect introduction to tarot for anyone who is curious to learn more.
Seascapes
Historians have begun to chart the experiences of maritime regions and penetrate the historical processes at work there. This book aims to contribute to these efforts by bringing together original scholarship on historical issues arising from maritime regions around the world.
The Cosmo Tarot
Unlock Tarot's secret insights and predictions to guide your love life, career, and friendships. Cosmopolitan's vibrantly illustrated deck and guidebook is like a crystal ball, but better. Put the power of the universe (yes, seriously ) in your hands with this ultimate self-empowerment tool. The Cosmo Tarot card deck and guidebook will strengthen your intuition and deliver a fresh perspective on everything in your life. Use these cards and their special powers of divination to discover the deeper meaning in your life--past, present, and future--and make your dreams a reality. You'll finally get answers to all of your most burning questions no matter how small or large: Where's this relations...
Shakedown
“The storytelling is great. Thriller fans will enjoy this one.” —Kirkus Reviews Damon Traynor leaves a glittering career on Wall Street to set up his own private equity business. When it is the winning bidder in the multi-billion dollar auction for a government-owned defense company, his firm’s future success looks certain. But soon after the deal closes, Damon makes an alarming discovery—something that makes the recent acquisition worthless. Then he learns he was duped by the financially-strapped federal administration and that there are many others in the same position. Facing financial ruin, he investigates the US treasury officials behind the transaction. What Damon uncovers is...
Britain's Maritime Empire
Analyses the critical role played by the maritime gateway to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope in the development of the British Empire. Focusing on a region that connected the Atlantic and Indian oceans at the centre of a vital maritime chain linking Europe with Asia, the book re-examines and reappraises Britain's oceanic empire.
Exile in Colonial Asia
Exile was a potent form of punishment and a catalyst for change in colonial Asia between the seventeenth and early twentieth centuries. Vast networks of forced migration supplied laborers to emerging colonial settlements, while European powers banished rivals to faraway locations. Exile in Colonial Asia explores the phenomenon of exile in ten case studies by way of three categories: “kings,” royals banished as political exiles; “convicts,” the vast majority of those whose lives are explored in this volume, sent halfway across the world with often unexpected consequences; and “commemoration,” referring to the myriad ways in which the experience and its aftermath were remembered by...
Language City
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024 Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and - because many have never been recorded - when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York. In Language City, Perlin recounts the unique history of immigration that shaped the city, and follows six remarkable yet ordinary speakers of endangered languages deep into their communities to learn how they are maintaining and reviving their languages against overwhelming odds. Perlin also dives deep into their languages, taking us on a fascinating tour of unusual grammars, rare sounds and powerful cultural histories from all around the world. Both remarkable social history and testament to the importance of linguistic diversity, Language City is a joyful and illuminating exploration of a city and the world that made it.
Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1350-1800
This book presents extensive new research findings on and new thinking about Southeast Asia in this interesting, richly diverse, but much understudied period. It examines the wide and well-developed trading networks, explores the different kinds of regimes and the nature of power and security, considers urban growth, international relations and the beginnings of European involvement with the region, and discusses religious factors, in particular the spread and impact of Christianity. One key theme of the book is the consideration of how well-developed Southeast Asia was before the onset of European involvement, and, how, during the peak of the commercial boom in the 1500s and 1600s, many polities in Southeast Asia were not far behind Europe in terms of socio-economic progress and attainments.
