Author: Patrick Manning
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: history, world, themes, migration
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2005-02-02
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 0415311489
ISBN-13: 9780415311489

From the spread of the earliest hominids onwards, migration has been a major factor in human development. This fascinating study traces the connections among regions brought about by the movements of people, diseases, crops, technology and ideas.

Author: Patrick Manning
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: global, past, create, historians, world, history, navigating
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2003-05-16
List price: $37.00
ISBN-10: 1403961190
ISBN-13: 9781403961198

World history has expanded dramatically in recent years, primarily as a teaching field, and increasingly as a research field. Growing numbers of teachers and Ph.Ds in history are required to teach the subject. They must be current on topics from human evolution to industrial development in Song-dynasty China to today’s disease patterns - and then link these disparate topics into a coherent course. Numerous textbooks in print and in preparation summarize the field of world history at an introductory level. But good teaching also requires advanced training for teachers, and access to a str

Author: Patrick Manning
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: history, world, themes, migration
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2005-02-02
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0415311470
ISBN-13: 9780415311472

This fascinating study traces the connections among regions brought about by the movement of people, diseases, crops, technology and ideas. Drawing on examples from a wide range of geographical regions and thematic areas, Manning covers: * earliest human migrations, including the earliest hominids, their development and spread, and the controversy surrounding the rise of homo sapiens* the rise and spread of major language groups* examination of civilizations, farmers and pastoralists from 3000 BCE to 500 CE* trade patterns including the early Silk Road and maritime trade in the Mediterranean

Author: Patrick Manning
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: african, trades, studies, slave, occidental, life, slavery, oriental
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 1990-09-28
List price: $33.99
ISBN-10: 0521348676
ISBN-13: 9780521348676

This interpretation of the impact of slavery on African life emphasizes the importance of external demand for slaves by Occidental and Oriental purchasers in developing an active trade in slaves within Africa. The book summarizes a wide range of recent literature on slavery for all of tropical Africa. It analyzes the demography, economics, social structure and ideology of slavery in Africa from the beginning of large-scale slave exports in the seventeenth century to the gradual elimination of slavery in the twentieth century. While primarily a general survey, Dr. Manning presents original re

Authors:Manning Patrick, Patrick Manning,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: africa, saharan, sub, francophone
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 1999-02-01
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 0521645190
ISBN-13: 9780521645195

This new edition of Patrick Manning’s established text on the French-speaking countries of west and central Africa includes new material on regional developments since 1985, emphasizing the democratization movements of the 1980s and 1990s, the Francophone movement, and the crises in Rwanda and Burundi. It assesses the effects on the new societies of the precolonial African heritage, the interaction with colonial rulers, and global economic and cultural forces. A substantial new epilogue covers the transition to colonial rule (1880-1940), the transition to independent states (1940-1985)

Author: Patrick Manning
Publisher: Markus Wiener Pub
Keywords: interactions, local, global, history, world
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2006-01-30
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1558763953
ISBN-13: 9781558763951

This volume provides the fullest report on new world history research to date. In clear and lively prose, thirteen specialists in world history present their findings in three interconnected sections: the politics of empires and nations, the patterns of global migration, and the social struggles revealed through interdisciplinary analysis. Patrick Manning, a leading advocate of world historical analysis, highlights linkages among the book’s findings and provides recommendations for institutions and individuals embarking on the study of world history.

Authors:Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Archie Manning,
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Keywords: huddle, family
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2009-09-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0545153778
ISBN-13: 9780545153775

Huddle up with the most famous family in football—the Mannings! Peyton and Eli Manning are now NFL superstars, but they are still kids in Family Huddle. Follow along as Eli and Peyton pile into the car with older brother Cooper for a trip to visit their grandparents. Their dad, former NFL star Archie Manning, is at the wheel, with mom Olivia at his side. The boys joke around and play football at every opportunity, running fun plays like the buttonhook, the quarterback sneak, and the hook and ladder. Family and football have always been a big deal in the Manning family. Family Huddle is base