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|  | Splendours of Morocco by Izza Genini
Description not available.Photographs and text portray a country with extraordinary varieties of landscapes, peoples, and styles. AUTHOR: Izza Genini
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Bridging the Continent
Describes and illustrates the opening up and settling of the Old West, its trails, canals, railroads, and other aspects, from the early migrations to the coming of the telephone, through a variety of images created during that period.
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Sixties by Todd Gitlin
Description not available.The author, a student activist during the sixties, offers a personal perspective on the social and political changes of that decade AUTHOR: Todd Gitlin
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Many Globalizations by Peter L. Berger, Samuel P. Huntington
An illuminating look at one of the most important issues facing the modern world Much discussed but poorly understood, globalization is praised as the answer to all the world's problems and blamed for everything from pollution to poverty. In MANY GLOBALIZATIONS, Peter Berger and Samuel Huntington bring together an array of scholars from around the world, who paint a far subtler and more richly shaded portrait, showing both the power and the unexpected consequences of this great force. Here the stereotypes of globalization as American imperialism on the one hand or economic cure-all on the other fall apart under the close scrutiny of these leading scholars. Looking at globalization in countries such as Chile, Japan, South Africa, Germany, Turkey, Hungary, Taiwan, India, and the United States, they show that an emerging global culture does indeed exist, one that is heavily American in origin and content, but that is far from a centrally directed force like classic imperialism--nor is it simply a metastasized Disneyland. They examine the currents that carry this culture, from a worldwide class of young professionals to nongovernmental organizations, and define globalization's many variations (ranging from Buddhist influences to Islamic modernism) as well as subglobalizations that bind regions together. The authors also draw attention to globalizing forces that have escaped media scrutiny, such as the role of evangelical Protestantism (which both adapts to local languages and cultures, and introduce distinctively American values) and Opus Dei, the conservative Catholic movement that originated in Spain. Analytical, incisive and stimulating, MMANY GLOBALIZATIONS offers rare insight into perhaps the central issue of modern times, one that is changing the West as much as the developing world. AUTHOR: Peter L. Berger, Samuel P. Huntington
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | British Battledress 1937-61
An unrivalled source of information on the uniforms, insignia and appearance of the world's fighting men of past and present. The Men-at-Arms titles cover subjects as diverse as the Imperial Roman army, the Napoleonic wars and German airborne troops in a popular 48-page format including some 40 photographs and diagrams, and eight full-colour plates.
CATEGORY: History
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 | Sea & Cedar by Douglas Tait, Lois McConkey
Description not available.An introduction to the homes, implements, clothing, beliefs, and rituals of the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest AUTHOR: Douglas Tait, Lois McConkey
PUBLISHER: Firefly Books, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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