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The last of the Andean civilizations, Inca society was the product of complex historical and social processes of class and state formation. This study examines the contradictions, tensions and conflicts these processes engendered and explores the involvement of Europeans in Andean life after the 1530s as it resulted in new forms of exploitation.

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The last of the Andean civilizations, Inca society was the product of complex historical and social processes of class and state formation. This study examines the contradictions, tensions and conflicts these processes engendered and explores the involvement of Europeans in Andean life after the 1530s as it resulted in new forms of exploitation.

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Defying many of the supposed rules of civilization building, and lacking the advantages of a written language, hard metals, the wheel, or draft animals, the Incas forged one of the greatest imperial states in history.

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The Indian Bourgeoisie is a unique and important contribution to the lively debate on the role of India's capitalists during the Raj and throughout the early years of independence.

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Initially decimated by disease and later faced with the loss of their lands and their political autonomy, Latin American Indians have displayed remarkable resilience. This book examines Indian-Western relationships from the Spaniards' initial contact with the Incas to the cultural interplay of Latin America.

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Studies the 1857 discontent that exploded into open rebellion. This book, drawing on numerous first-hand accounts, explains why the sepoy armies rose up against the world's leading imperial power, details the major phases of the fighting, the epic sieges of Delhi and Lucknow, and examines many other aspects of this subject.

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At a juncture in history when much interest and attention is focused on Central and South American political, ecological, social, and environmental concerns, this dictionary fills a major gap in reference materials relating to Amerindian tribes.

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The Indonesian revolution demands attention as a revolution, and as an important chapter in the collapse of Western colonialism. In the first place, however, it is the watershed of modern Indonesian history, and must be understood in terms of that history.

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Features a study of the Indonesian presidency, which aims to redefine the understanding of Indonesian politics since its independence. This study shows how Indonesia's constitution provided for the personal rule of presidents Sukarno and Soeharto, and then facilitated the shift towards constitutional rule that marked other presidencies.

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This is an introduction to the Industrial Revolution which offers an integrated account of the economic and social aspects of change during the period.

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The Industrial Revolution that began in Great Britain in the mid-seventeenth century transformed the British economyand later the economies of Western Europ and the U.S.from a rural, agricultral system into an industrial society, centered around the factory system of mass production and specialized labor.

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The confluence of developments in technology, labor and management practice, and market expansion in the period from 1760 to 1850 so drastically altered the context of economic relations that, taken together, these changes have earned the name, Industrial Revolution.

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In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a profound change swept across Britain. The rapid advance of technology increased industrial productivity to a level previously unimaginable. To support this technology, people flocked from the countryside into the cities to take jobs in the factories. This book helps you discover about their lives.

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This concise guide zooms in on the period of American history known as the Industrial Revolution, from its earliest beginnings in the mid-18th century to just after the First World War.

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