An examination of the political and economic movements of environmentalism within the context of broader cultural forces using primary source documents.
In 1870 barely one tenth of African was under European control. By 1914 only about one tenth was not. This book contrasts the Victorian image of Africa with what we now know of African civilisation and history.
The European Union plays an increasingly vital role in addressing problems that can no longer be dealt with at a member state level, such as organized crime, human trafficking, and drug smuggling.
The death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 left a political vacuum. By 1957 that vacuum was filled by Nikita Khrushchev. He pushed for economic reforms and more accountability from Communist Party leaders. He wrongly believed that he could accomplish all this without fundamentally changing the system.
