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The British Empire: a Very Short Introduction by Ashley Jackson
Call Number: 909.0971 Ja1321
ISBN: 9780199605415
Publication Date: 2013-07-12
Ashley Jackson introduces and defines the British Empire, reviewing its historiography by answering a series of key questions: What was the British Empire, and what were its main constituent parts? What were the phases of imperial expansion and contraction and thegeneral causes of expansion and contraction? How was the Empire ruled? What were its economic effects? What were the cultural implications of empire, in Britain and its colonies? What was life like for people living under imperial rule? What are the legacies of the British Empire and how should weview its place in world history?
Ecuador by Colleen Madonna Flood Williams; James D. Henderson (Editor)
Call Number: 980 Di631e
ISBN: 9781422232996
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Named for the equator, which passes through it, the Republic of Ecuador sits on the western coast of South America. One of the smallest countries of the continent, Ecuador nevertheless features a wide variety of terrain: high mountain peaks, tropical forests, grasslands, snow-capped volcanoes, and glacial lakes. Off the Pacific coast, about 600 miles (966 km) to the west, lie Ecuador's renowned Galápagos Islands, home to more than 5,000 species of plants and animals. About half of Ecuadors 15.2 million inhabitants live in the country's fertile, coastal lowlands, where crops like cocoa, bananas, rice, and cotton are grown for export.
European Union Law: a Very Short Introduction by Anthony Arnull
Call Number: 341.2422 23
ISBN: 9780198749981
Publication Date: 2017-05-25
The European Union is rarely out of the news and, as it deals with the consequences of the Brexit vote and struggles to emerge from the eurozone crisis, it faces difficult questions about its future.
Excellent Daughters by Katherine Zoepf
Call Number: 305.4209 Zo73
ISBN: 9781594203886
Publication Date: 2016-01-12
For more than a decade, Katherine Zoepf has lived in or travelled throughout the Arab world, reporting on the lives of women, whose role in the region has never been more in flux.
Near Abroad by Gerard Toal
Call Number: 947.086/4
ISBN: 9780190253325
Publication Date: 2016-12-01
Crimea's annexation and follow on conflict in eastern Ukraine have generated the greatest geopolitical crisis on the European continent since the end of the Cold War.In Near Abroad, the eminent political geographer Gerard Toal moves beyond the polemical rhetoric that surrounds Russia's interventions in Georgia and Ukraine to study the underlying territorial conflicts and geopolitical struggles.
Singapore by Kent E. Calder
Call Number: 959.5705 Ca127
ISBN: 9780815729471
Publication Date: 2016-11-01
Nearly everyone knows that Singapore has one of the most efficient governments and competitive, advanced economies in the world. But can this unique city-state of some 5.5 million residents also serve as a model for other advanced economies as well as for the emerging world?
Velvet Revolutions by Miroslav Vanek; Pavel Mücke; Pavel Mücke
Call Number: 943.7043 Va288
ISBN: 9780199342723
Publication Date: 2016-02-01
The Velvet Revolution in November 1989 brought about the collapse of the authoritarian communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia, marking the beginning of the country's journey towards democracy.

Africa, Progress & Problems
This series explores the continent's population, education, economy, environment,
religions, ethnicity, health, government, history and more. Union College
Library holds thirteen individual titles in this series.

Countries, Peoples & Cultures

Countries, Peoples & Cultures (from Salem Press) covers
the regions of Central & South America, Asia, Africa, Europe,
Africa, North America, and The Caribbean.

Country Studies Digitized Books These titles, sponsored by the U.S. Army, provide information about countries where U.S. military forces could be deployed. It is a collection of digitizes books provided by the Library of Congress. Each title is a online readable or downloadable pdf copies of books about countries around the world. Most of the titles were published in the 1990's.

Discovering South America
This series discusses the land, the history, the economy, the people, and the
festivals of each country. The Union College Library holds thirteen titles
of print books reflecting nations in South America.

Ethnic Groups of the World

This concise reference set presents research on the national groups and
ethnicities of North American, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations
A series of books providing historic overviews of several countires. The UCC book collection
contains the following titles: Afghanistan, Australia, Central America, China, Cuba, Egypt,
France, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

World Bank Country Study
Country Studies are published with approval of the subject government to communicate
the results of the Bank's work on the economic and related conditions of member countries
to governments and to the development community.