* broad geographical coverage: covers North America and Africa, as well as Europe * covers contemporary as well as historical witchcraft: reveals witchcraft as an important issue of our times * synthesizes the latest research to provide an accessible and engaging account.  Meer

Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth century and how that process of expansion affected the world, including its successor, the United States.  Meer

'Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, and demonstrates the relationship between European expansion and changing epidemiological patterns.  Meer

Broad and engaging overview suitable for undergraduates in history, anthropology, cultural studies and fashion studies, as well as the general reader.  Meer

Broad and engaging overview suitable for undergraduates in history, anthropology, cultural studies and fashion studies, as well as the general reader.  Meer

aeo An introductory and comparative textbook which examines the decline of history. aeo Focuses primarily on the decline of European Civilizations from the Ancient world to the present day.  Meer

This important book provides a comparative study of the growth and impact of mass literacy across Europe between 1750 and 1950. The volume outlines the main features of the comparative growth of literacy, and relates them to the later growth of electronic media.  Meer

aeo A lively, accessible introduction to the history of nature and the environment. aeo An outline of the major understandings of a naturea in the western world since classical times from nature as higher authority to its more recent meaning of a threatened form of life.  Meer