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"This comprehensive text provides a detailed narrative history of each of the nations of Latin America, from Chile and Argentina in the South to Mexico and Cuba in the north. It begins with the Wars of Independence in the early nineteenth century and stretches to the democratic turn in the twenty-first. It interprets major themes, such as the age of caudillos in the nineteenth century, populism in the twentieth century, and globalization in the twenty-first century. These themes, along with others such as ethnic strife, social revolutions, and militarism, transcend borders and show the unity of the Latin America experience, even as the text draws out the diversity that marks the region's geography, peoples, and cultures."
Latin America --- History --- Politics and government --- anthropology. --- class. --- cultural anthropology. --- ethnography. --- gender. --- historical context. --- historical reference. --- latinx studies. --- mexican american immigrants. --- political activists. --- race. --- scholars. --- social activists. --- socioeconomic position. --- sociology.
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An examination of Roman naval development, drawing upon archaeological evidence, documentary accounts and visual representation. The Roman Imperial Navy was the most powerful maritime force ever to have existed, prior to the European naval development of relatively recent centuries. It was able to deploy huge fleets and dominate the seas around Western Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, as well as the great rivers that formed a large part of the eastern boundary of the Roman world. It secured the trade routes and maintained the communications that allowed the Roman Empire to exist. It brought previously untouchable and unreachable enemies to battle and enabled the expansion of Imperial power into areas thought hitherto inaccessible. At the height of its power the Roman Navy employed tens of thousands of sailors, marines and craftsmen, who manned and maintained a fleet of warships far larger than anything in existence today. And yet these warships, the very tools that allowed the Roman Navy to dominate the seas, have remained largely unstudied. Drawing upon archaeological evidence, documentary accounts and visual representations, this book seeks to chart the development and evolution of the Roman warship over eight centuries of naval activity, showing how ships were evolved to meet the circumstances of the different areas in which they had to operate, the different functions they needed to fulfil, and the changing nature of their enemies.
Warships --- Naval history, Ancient --- Navires de guerre --- Histoire navale ancienne --- History --- Histoire --- Rome --- History, Naval. --- Histoire navale --- Navy. --- Naval ships --- War-ships --- Government vessels --- Naval architecture --- Ships --- Armored vessels --- Navies --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- Roman naval development. --- ancient Rome. --- archaeological evidence. --- documentary accounts. --- historical reference. --- maritime force.
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Powys, extending over north-east and central Wales, was one of three great medieval Welsh polities, along with Gwynedd to the north and Deheubarth (south-west), occupying nearly a quarter of the country. However, it has been somewhat neglected by historians, who have tended to dismiss it as a satellite realm of England, and viewed its leaders as obstacles to the efforts of Gwynedd leaders to construct a principality of Wales.
This book provides the first full, authoritative history of Powys in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It argues in particular that the Powysian rulers were dogged and resourceful survivors in the face of pressure from Welsh rivals and the problems of internal fragmentation; and that, paradoxically, co-operation with the English and intermarriage with marcher families underlay a desire to regain lands to the east lost in earlier centuries.
Dr David Stephenson is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology, Bangor University.
Powys (Wales) --- Wales --- County of Powys (Wales) --- Sir Powys (Wales) --- Breconshire (Wales) --- Montgomeryshire (Wales) --- Radnorshire (Wales) --- History --- Kings and rulers. --- Politics and government. --- Powys (Wales)--History--To 1500. --- HISTORY / Medieval. --- British politics. --- archaeology. --- historians. --- historical reference. --- history of Welsh politics. --- international relations. --- medieval Wales. --- medieval Welsh politics. --- medieval studies. --- political science history of Wales.
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