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Book Synopsis Guiana and the Shadows of Empire by : Joshua R. Hyles
Download or read book Guiana and the Shadows of Empire written by Joshua R. Hyles and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a history of the three Guianas, now known as Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Though histories of each of the countries exist, this is the first work in a century to consider the three countries as a group, and thus the first to present the history of all three as a comparative and overarching study. Special emphasis has been given to the story of how each colony was administered by Britain, the Netherlands, and France respectively, and how these differing colonial administrative policies have given rise to three vastly different cultures. Because the geographical area of the Guianas is relatively small, the indigenous population at the time of contact was relatively uniform across the area, and the external pressures on the three colonies over their histories exhibited significant similarities, the book presents the Guianas as an ideal laboratory in which to study the effects of imperialism and cultural assimilation practices. The book also briefly considers the present political and cultural status of the three polities and makes some projections about their possible futures. In all, the book presents a complete history from prehistory until the present day covering the entirety of the Guianas region, relating a colorful history from a little-studied corner of the world.
Download or read book Wild Coast written by John Gimlette and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana are among the least-known places in South America: nine hundred miles of muddy coastline giving way to a forest so dense that even today there are virtually no roads through it; a string of rickety coastal towns situated between the mouths of the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers, where living is so difficult that as many Guianese live abroad as in their homelands; an interior of watery, green anarchy where border disputes are often based on ancient Elizabethan maps, where flora and fauna are still being discovered, where thousands of rivers remain mostly impassable. And under the lens of John Gimlette—brilliantly offbeat, irreverent, and canny—these three small countries are among the most wildly intriguing places on earth. On an expedition that will last three months, he takes us deep into a remarkable world of swamp and jungle, from the hideouts of runaway slaves to the vegetation-strangled remnants of penal colonies and forts, from “Little Paris” to a settlement built around a satellite launch pad. He recounts the complicated, often surprisingly bloody, history of the region—including the infamous 1978 cult suicide at Jonestown—and introduces us to its inhabitants: from the world’s largest ants to fluorescent purple frogs to head-crushing jaguars; from indigenous tribes who still live by sorcery to descendants of African slaves, Dutch conquerors, Hmong refugees, Irish adventurers, and Scottish outlaws; from high-tech pirates to hapless pioneers for whom this stunning, strangely beautiful world (“a sort of X-rated Garden of Eden”) has become home by choice or by force. In Wild Coast, John Gimlette guides us through a fabulously entertaining, eye-opening—and sometimes jaw-dropping—journey.
Book Synopsis Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam by : John Gabriel Stedman
Download or read book Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam written by John Gabriel Stedman and published by . This book was released on 1796 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Guianas by : Michael Joseph Meehan
Download or read book The Guianas written by Michael Joseph Meehan and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Exploring Language in a Multilingual Context by : Bettina Migge
Download or read book Exploring Language in a Multilingual Context written by Bettina Migge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposing a new methodological approach to documenting languages spoken in multilingual societies, this book retraces the investigation of one unique linguistic space, the Creole varieties referred to as Takitaki in multilingual French Guiana. It illustrates how interactional sociolinguistic, anthropological linguistic, discourse analytical and quantitative sociolinguistic approaches can be integrated with structural approaches to language in order to resolve rarely discussed questions systematically (what are the outlines of the community, who is a rightful speaker, what speech should be documented) that frequently crop up in projects of language documentation in multilingual contexts. The authors argue that comprehensively documenting complex linguistic phenomena requires taking into account the views of all local social actors (native and non-native speakers, institutions, linguists, non-speakers, etc.), applying a range of complementary data collection and analysis methods and putting issues of ideology, variation, language contact and interaction centre stage. This book will be welcomed by researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, fieldwork studies, language documentation and language variation and change.
Download or read book Inselbergs written by S. Porembski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inselbergs are isolated rock outcrops that stand out abruptly from surrounding plains. Despite the widespread occurrence of granite inselbergs throughout all climatic and vegetational zones, their remarkably rich plant life was largely neglected in the recent literature. This richly and partly in color illustrated volume provides a detailed survey of all major abiotic and biotic features characteristic for inselbergs. The extreme environmental conditions on inselbergs are described in depth as well as specific adaptive traits of rock outcrop plants including their morphological, anatomical and physiological responses. The diversity and structure of inselberg plant communities are examined on a global scale with detailed regional accounts for different tropical and temperate zones.
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands in Field Museum of Natural History by : Field Museum of Natural History
Download or read book Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands in Field Museum of Natural History written by Field Museum of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flora of Suriname by : August Adriaan Pulle
Download or read book Flora of Suriname written by August Adriaan Pulle and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1966 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Summary and Evaluation of Austria by : Alex D. Angelidis
Download or read book Summary and Evaluation of Austria written by Alex D. Angelidis and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States for the Year Ending ... by :
Download or read book The Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States for the Year Ending ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The 1964 Western Hemisphere Agricultural Situation by :
Download or read book The 1964 Western Hemisphere Agricultural Situation written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Colonial Office List by : Great Britain. Colonial Office
Download or read book The Colonial Office List written by Great Britain. Colonial Office and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Commerce Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1930-08-04 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise by :
Download or read book United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :120 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (327 download)
Book Synopsis Commercial America in 1905 by : United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics
Download or read book Commercial America in 1905 written by United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Geological Survey of British Guiana; Proceedings by :
Download or read book Geological Survey of British Guiana; Proceedings written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States by : United States. Bureau of the Census
Download or read book Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The statistics of "Immigration and passenger movement" are included in the report on foreign commerce to 1895, and for 1893-1894 are also published separately.
