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Egiptomania - o Egito no Brasil
O livro Egiptomania: O Egito no Brasil, organizado por Margaret Bakos, reuniu doze textos de diversos autores do país que evidenciam as diferentes formas de manifestações egípcias no cenário brasileiro. Dessa maneira, em um primeiro esforço para divulgar alguns dos resultados alcançados com o projeto de cunho nacional, História da Egiptomania no Brasil: Séculos XIX e XX, os autores nos mostram que não é preciso ir até as margens do Nilo para reencontrar o fascínio por uma das mais belas e enigmáticas civilizações da antiguidade, pois a Egiptomania se encarrega de redescobri-la e trazê-la até nós; manifestações estas que revelam a imbricada relação entre o antigo Egito e o cotidiano brasileiro.
Imhotep Today
This book presents and analyses the results of the use and adaptation of ancient Egyptian architecture in modern times. It traces the use of ancient Egyptian motifs and constructions across the world, from Australia, the Americas and Southern Africa to Western Europe. It also inquires into the cultural, economic and social contexts of this practice. Imhotep Today is exceptional not only in its global coverage, but in its analyses of thorny questions such as: what was it about Ancient Egypt that inspired such Egyptianizing monuments, and was it just one idea, or several different ones which formed the basis of such activities? The book also asks why only certain images, such as obelisks and sphinxes, were incorporated within the movement. The contributors explore how these 'monuments' fitted into the local architecture of the time and, in this context, they investigate whether 'Egyptianizing architecture' is an ongoing movement and, if so, how it differs from earlier, similar activities.
Arming Slaves
Arming slaves as soldiers is a counterintuitive idea. Yet throughout history, in many varied societies, slaveholders have entrusted slaves with the use of deadly force. This book is the first to survey the practice broadly across space and time, encompassing the cultures of classical Greece, the early Islamic kingdoms of the Near East, West and East Africa, the British and French Caribbean, the United States, and Latin America. To facilitate cross-cultural comparisons, each chapter addresses four crucial issues: the social and cultural facts regarding the arming of slaves, the experience of slave soldiers, the ideological origins and consequences of equipping enslaved peoples for battle, and the impact of the practice on the status of slaves and slavery itself. What emerges from the book is a new historical understanding: the arming of slaves is neither uncommon nor paradoxical but is instead both predictable and explicable.
Societies After Slavery
One of the massive transformations that took place in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was the movement of millions of people from the status of slaves to that of legally free men, women, and children. Societies after Slavery provides thousands of entries and rich scholarly annotations, making it the definitive resource for scholars and students engaged in research on postemancipation societies in the Americas and Africa.
Slavery and Slaving in World History: 1900-1991
This bibliography of 20th century literature focuses on slavery and slave-trading from ancient times through the 19th century, compiling listings from all Western European languages. It contains over 10,000 entries. The principal sections organize works by political/geographical frameworks of the enslavers. Subject/keyword and author indexes provide immediate, detailed access to the material.
