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Wine, Temperance and South African Connectivity c.1900 to the Present

Although wine is often conceived of within bounded national histories, it is a commodity that is best understood within a global framework – especially since the transformations necessitated by the spread of phylloxera in the later nineteenth century.

Paul Nugent Paul Nugent

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Under Empire. Muslim Lives and Loyalties Across the Indian Ocean World, 1775–1945.

Laffan, Michael Francis. 2022. Under Empire. Muslim Lives and Loyalties Across the Indian Ocean World, 1775–1945. Columbia University Press....

Michael Laffan Michael Laffan

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Black Freedom from Selma to Soweto: Gender, Consciousness, and Power

Two distinct, mutually influential, and globally inspirational black freedom struggles in the last half of the twentieth century – against segregation in the United States and apartheid in South Africa – are largely understood through charismatic leadership.

Kanika Batra Kanika Batra
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