REVIEW OF MODERN SOUTH ASIA: HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICAL ECONOMY BY SUGATA BOSE AND AYESHA JALAL
Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy . Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal. London: Routledge , 2011. ISBN: 9780415169516 Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal provide an excellent study of South Asian history in Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy. The book, now in its third edition, is a concise read more »
CALL FOR REVIEWERS: THE MIDDLE GROUND JOURNAL: WORLD HISTORY AND GLOBAL STUDIES, SPRING 2013
Call for Reviewers: The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies The Middle Ground Journal, ( http://themiddlegroundjournal.org ) an open-access, refereed, and nonprofit journal of world history and global studies, is seeking qualified reviewers. We have approximately twenty-five items available. For a list of the available books, documentaries and read more »
REVIEW OF CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS IN MODERN WORLD HISTORY BY JON THARES DAVIDANN AND MARC JASON GILBERT
Cross-Cultural Encounters in Modern World History . Jon Thares Davidann and Marc Jason Gilbert . New York: Pearson , 2013. ISBN: 9780205532667 High school AP and college world history teachers looking for a brief but entertaining supplementary text for their classes may want to consider this innovative, accessible, and well-written read more »
THE MIDDLE GROUND JOURNAL AND PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies , is a little bit over two years old. Its modest success is due to the generosity of our host, The College of St. Scholastica , our volunteer student interns, our volunteer editors, and all of our contributors and reviewers. This read more »
REVIEW OF ENGAGING SOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS: BOUNDARIES, APPROPRIATIONS, AND RESISTANCES EDITED BY MATTHEW N. SCHMALZ AND PETER GOTTSCHALK
Engaging South Asian Religions: Boundaries, Appropriations, and Resistances . Edited by Matthew N. Schmalz and Peter Gottschalk. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press , 2011. ISBN: 9781438433233 Critical study of any subject requires an equally critical examination of the lenses we use to interpret the world. Engaging South read more »
PROGRESS REPORT: MIDDLE GROUND JOURNAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT INTERNS AND NORTH STAR ACADEMY 8TH GRADE GLOBAL STUDIES CLASSES, SPRING 2013
Progress Report: Middle Ground Journal Undergraduate Student Interns and North Star Academy 8th Grade Global Studies Classes, Spring 2013 By Hong-Ming Liang, Kathryn Hirsch, Marin Ekstrom, Lee Bongey, Andy Fellows, Mykhaylo Ignatenko, and Stephanie Jenson. Executive Summary Below are reflections by The Middle Ground Journal's undergraduate student interns as we read more »
REVIEW OF DECOLONIZATION AND ITS IMPACT: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO THE END OF THE COLONIAL EMPIRES BY MARTIN SHIPWAY
Decolonization and Its Impact: A Comparative Approach to the End of the Colonial Empires . Martin Shipway. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing , 2008. ISBN: 9780631199687 To explain the process of decolonization in one nation is a difficult task. To describe clearly the patterns to be found in decolonization across the globe read more »
REVIEW OF AFRICAN SLAVERY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN SECOND EDITION BY HERBERT S. KLEIN AND BEN VINSON III
African Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean . Herbert S. Klein and Ben Vinson III. 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press , 2007. ISBN: 9780195189421 When constructing the themes for world and Latin American history courses, instructors consistently return to the subject of slavery. For world read more »
AGENTS OF CHANGE OR VICTIMS OF EMPIRE? NATIVE CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY
Introduction As European imperialism spread around the globe, following Iberian journeys to the Americas and Asia in the 1490s, occupants of these newly accessible lands encountered Christian missionaries in growing numbers. Christianity already existed in some of these places, while elsewhere people heard the Gospel for the first time. In read more »
REVIEW OF DREAMS AND VISIONS IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES EDITED BY OZGEN FELEK AND ALEXANDER D. KNYSH
Dreams and Visions in Islamic Societies . Edited by Ozgen Felek and Alexander D. Knysh. Albany: NY: State University of New York Press , 2012. ISBN: 9781438439938 This essay is a part of our new series, Graduate Students and The Middle Ground Journal -- for more information, please see HERE read more »
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- SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE ON THE JESUIT MISSIONS OF PARAGUAY AND THE CHIQUITOS MISSION FRONTIER
- ON TEACHING
- THE NEW IMPERIAL HISTORY: A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
- SPECIAL PROJECTS
- PROGRESS REPORT: MIDDLE GROUND JOURNAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT INTERNS AND NORTH STAR ACADEMY 8TH GRADE GLOBAL STUDIES CLASSES, SPRING 2013
- FROM THE CHIEF EDITOR
- THE MIDDLE GROUND JOURNAL AND PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
- REVIEWS
- REVIEW OF ENCOUNTERS WITH WITCHCRAFT: FIELD NOTES FROM AFRICA BY NORMAN N. MILLER
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- PROPAGANDA AND THE 21ST CENTURY STUDENT
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- THE BEGINNING OF TWO CRISES: THE JEWISH IMMIGRATION AND THE PARTITION OF PALESTINE IN 1937
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- REVIEW OF JAPAN IN WORLD HISTORY BY JAMES L. HUFFMAN
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- FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD HISTORY ASSOCIATION: WHY JOIN THE WORLD HISTORY ASSOCIATION?
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