The revised and fully updated edition of the seminal, sweeping history of post-colonial Africa.

Architectural Space in Eighteenth-Century Europe explores how a diverse, pan-European group of eighteenth-century patrons - among them bankers, bishops, bluestockings, and courtesans - used architectural space and decor to shape…

The international crash of 1720 long served as a touchstone for behavioral economists who perceive it as a gateway to the boom-and-bust cycles of the modern world. Perhaps not surprisingly…

From the author of The Fate of Africa: A vivid, gripping history of the turbulent years leading up to the founding of the modern state of South Africa in 1910

An epic biography of post-colonial Africa, and illuminating insight into its current devastating problems, by one of its most authoritative scholars

An illustrated exploration of the largely unpublished collection of eighteenth-century French drawings, albums, and sketchbooks at the Bibliotheque nationale de France