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Author : Inez Knibb Sibley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
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Download or read book Dictionary of Place-names in Jamaica written by Inez Knibb Sibley and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Inez Knibb Sibley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (866 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Place-names in Jaimaca written by Inez Knibb Sibley and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Institute of Jamaica
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (561 download)
Download or read book Jamaica Place Names. Place-names of Jamaica. By Frank Cundall ... Revised by Philip M. Sherlock written by Institute of Jamaica and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Everett-Heath
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192556460
Total Pages : 1575 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names written by John Everett-Heath and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 1575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every populated place, however small, has a name, and every name is chosen for a reason. This fascinating dictionary gives the history, meanings, and origin of an enormous range of country, region, island, city, and town names from across the world, as well as the name in the local language. It also includes key historical facts associated with many place names. Place-names are continually changing. New names are adopted for many different reasons such as invasion, revolution, and decolonization. This dictionary includes selected former names, and, where appropriate, some historical detail to explain the transition. The names of places often offer a real insight into the places themselves, revealing religious and cultural traditions, the migration of peoples, the ebb and flow of armies, the presence of explorers, local languages, industrial developments and topography. Superstition and legend can also play a part. All this fascinating detail is included in the Concise Dictionary of World Place Names. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary includes two appendices: a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names and their meanings, and a list of personalities and leaders from all over the world who have influenced the naming of places. Containing over 10,000 names, from Aachen to Zyrardów, this is a unique and fascinating guide for geographers, travellers, and all with an interest in current world affairs.
Author : B. W. Higman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Jamaican Place Names written by B. W. Higman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamaican place names range from the commonplace to the bizarre. Densely distributed across the map of the island, they not only intrigue the visitor and the resident but also provide clues to Jamaica's past landscapes and its social and economic history. Written from a historical and geographical perspective by two authors with an intimate knowledge of the island, this book presents an entirely new approach to the study of Jamaican place names. Maps and other sources dating from the earliest years of European contact to the twenty-first century are used to compile a database of over 20,000 names. Analysis provides clues to the culture and national origins of the dominant planter population who were the major name-givers but also includes many names with distinctive Jamaican "creole" meanings. Today, Kingston, May Pen, Rio Bueno, Me No Sen You No Come, George's Plain Mountain and Content, names derived from a variety of sources, are all equally Jamaican and equally fascinating. Jamaican Place Names is written for both the scholar and the general reader with an interest in the island's landscapes and history. Book jacket.
Author : Félix Rodríguez Gonzáles
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110890615
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Spanish Loanwords in the English Language written by Félix Rodríguez Gonzáles and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies, which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. For further publications in English linguistics see also our Dialects of English book series. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.
Author : Edward Callary
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252090705
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Place Names of Illinois written by Edward Callary and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extensive guide shows how the history and culture of Illinois are embedded in the names of its towns, cities, and other geographical features. Edward Callary unearths the origins of names of nearly three thousand Illinois communities and the circumstances surrounding their naming and renaming. Organized alphabetically, the entries are concise, engaging, and full of fascinating detail revealing the rich ethnic history of the state, the impact of industrialization and the coming of the railroads, and insight into local politics and personalities. Many entries also provide information on local pronunciation, the name’s etymology, and the community’s location, all set in historical and cultural context. A general introduction locates Illinois place names in the context of general patterns of place naming in the United States. An extremely useful reference for scholars of American history, geography, language, and culture, Place Names of Illinois also offers intriguing browsing material for the inquisitive reader and the curious traveler.
Author : Alan G. Fincham
Publisher : University of the West Indies Press
ISBN 13 : 9789766400361
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Jamaica Underground written by Alan G. Fincham and published by University of the West Indies Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title explores the underground caves, sinkholes and underground rivers of Jamaica.
Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789766401276
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Jamaican English written by Frederic G. Cassidy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The method and plan of this dictionary of Jamaican English are basically the same as those of the Oxford English Dictionary, but oral sources have been extensively tapped in addition to detailed coverage of literature published in or about Jamaica since 1655. It contains information about the Caribbean and its dialects, and about Creole languages and general linguistic processes. Entries give the pronounciation, part-of-speach and usage of labels, spelling variants, etymologies and dated citations, as well as definitions. Systematic indexing indicates the extent to which the lexis is shared with other Caribbean countries.
Author : Jeffrey Wall
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000592480
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Cultural Value of Trees written by Jeffrey Wall and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the tree, as a cultural and biological form, and examines the concept of folk value and its implications for biocultural conservation. Folk value refers to the value of the more-than-human living world to cultural cohesion and survival, as opposed to individual well-being. This field of value, comprising cosmological, aesthetic, eco-erotic, sentimental, mnemonic value and much more, serves as powerful motivation for the local performance of environmental care. The motivation to maintain and conserve ecology for the purpose of cultural survival will be the central focus of this book, as the conditions of the Anthropocene urgently require the identification, understanding and support of enduring, self-perpetuating biocultural associations. The geographical scope is broad with chapters discussing different tree species from the Americas and the Caribbean, East Asia, Eurasia and Australia and Africa. By focusing on the tree, one of the most reliably cross-culturally-valued and cross-culturally-recognized biological forms, and one which invariably defines expansive landscapes, this work illuminates how folk value binds the survival of more-than-human life forms with the survival of specific peoples in the era of biocultural loss, the Anthropocene. As such, this collection of cross-cultural cases of tree folk value represents a low hanging fruit for the larger project of exploring the power of cultural value of the more-than-human living world. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of conservation, biodiversity, biocultural studies and environmental anthropology.
Author : Cynric R. Williams
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770481389
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Hamel, the Obeah Man written by Cynric R. Williams and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamel, the Obeah Man is set against the backdrop of early nineteenth-century Jamaica, and tells the story of a slave rebellion planned in the ruins of a plantation. Though the novel is sympathetic to white slaveholders and hostile to anti-slavery missionaries, it presents a complex picture of the culture and resistance of the island’s black majority. Hamel, the spiritual leader of the rebels, becomes more and more central to the story, and is a surprisingly powerful and ultimately ambiguous figure. This Broadview Edition includes a new foreword by Kamau Brathwaite, as well as a critical introduction and appendices. The extensive appendices include contemporary reviews of the novel, other authors’ and travellers’ descriptions of Jamaica, and historical documents related to slave insurrections and the debate over slavery.
Author : Kei Miller
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101871628
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Augustown written by Kei Miller and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 11 April 1982: a smell is coming down John Golding Road right alongside the boy-child, something attached to him, like a spirit but not quite. Ma Taffy is growing worried. She knows that something is going to happen. Something terrible is going to pour out into the world. But if she can hold it off for just a little bit longer, she will. So she asks a question that surprises herself even as she asks it, "Kaia, I ever tell you bout the flying preacherman?" Set in the backlands of Jamaica, Augustown is a magical and haunting novel of one woman’s struggle to rise above the brutal vicissitudes of history, race, class, collective memory, violence, and myth.
Author : N. Rodgers
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230625223
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery: 1612-1865 written by N. Rodgers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and North America.
Author : Barbara Lalla
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817355650
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Language in Exile written by Barbara Lalla and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An important addition to studies of the genesis and life of Jamaican Creole as well as other New World creoles such as Gulla. Highlighting the nature of the nonstandard varieties of British English dialects to which the African slaves were exposed, this work presents a refreshingly cogent view of Jamaican Creole features." --SECOL Review "The history of Jamaican Creole comes to life through this book. Scholars will analyze its texts, follow the leads it opens up, and argue about refining its interpretations for a long time to come." --Journal of Pidgin & Creole Languages "The authors are to be congratulated on this substantial contribution to our understanding of how Jamaican Creole developed. Its value lies not only in the linguistic insights of the authors but also in the rich trove of texts that they have made accessible." --English World-Wide "Provides valuable historical and demographic data and sheds light on the origins and development of Jamaican Creole. Lalla and D'Costa offer interesting insights into Creole genesis, not only through their careful mapping of the migrations from Europe and Africa, which constructed the Jamaican society but also through extensive documentation of early texts. . . . Highly valuable to linguists, historians, anthropologists, psychologists, and anyone interested in the Caribbean or in the history of mankind." --New West Indian Guide
Author : Rob Wills
Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1925333116
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (253 download)
Download or read book Alias Blind Larry written by Rob Wills and published by Australian Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alias Blind Larry is a convict story, an adventure story, a colonial story, a Jewish story, a theatrical story. A story of cruelty, resilience, cheek and humour, and it is (mostly) true. Born in London in 1793, the son of a poor diamond cutter, young James Laurence travelled to Jamaica, the USA and Canada, clerking, acting, impersonating, singing, forging and defrauding before he was transported to NSW in 1814 for jewel theft. He served time in every penal settlement in NSW, singing and thieving when he was free. He wrote his memoir on Norfolk Island in 1842, just before his release. Then even more adventures followed. A fascinating piece of history, untold until now. Through the narrative of Laurence’s life, Alias Blind Larry re-creates a whole period of history.
Author : Frank Cundall
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Jamaica Place-names written by Frank Cundall and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbados Museum and Historical Society
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society written by Barbados Museum and Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
