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« European expansion into the New World fundamentally altered indigenous populations. The collision between East and West led to the most recent human adaptive transition that spread around the world. Paradoxically, these are some of the least scientifically understood (...) suite
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« This pioneering volume focuses on the scale, territorial trajectories, impact, economic relationships, identity and nature of the Scottish-Asia connection from the late seventeenth century to the present. It is especially concerned with identifying whether there was a (...) suite
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« Tabac, coca, quinquina, cacao, gaïac, peyotl, poisons, abortifs... De 1492 au milieu du XVIIIe siècle, les Européens s’approprient en Amérique d’innombrables plantes médicinales. Au moyen d’expéditions scientifiques et d’interrogatoires, ils collectent le savoir des Indiens ou des (...) suite
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« This volume explores the planning and architectural cultures that shaped the model space of French colonial Dakar, a prominent city in West Africa. With a focus on the period from the establishment of the city in the mid-nineteenth century until the interwar years, the (...) suite
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« Jonathan Wyrtzen’s Making Morocco is an extraordinary work of social science history. Making Morocco’s historical coverage is remarkably thorough and sweeping ; the author exhibits incredible scope in his research and mastery of an immensely rich set of materials from (...) suite
