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Book Synopsis Exiled from St. Vincent by : C. J. M. R. Gullick
Download or read book Exiled from St. Vincent written by C. J. M. R. Gullick and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Black Carib Wars by : Christopher Taylor
Download or read book The Black Carib Wars written by Christopher Taylor and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Black Carib Wars, Christopher Taylor offers the most thoroughly researched history of the struggle of the Garifuna people to preserve their freedom on the island of St. Vincent. Today, thousands of Garifuna people live in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the United States, preserving their unique culture and speaking a language that directly descends from that spoken in the Caribbean at the time of Columbus. All trace their origins back to St. Vincent where their ancestors were native Carib Indians and shipwrecked or runaway West African slaves—hence the name by which they were known to French and British colonialists: Black Caribs. In the 1600s they encountered Europeans as adversaries and allies. But from the early 1700s, white people, particularly the French, began to settle on St. Vincent. The treaty of Paris in 1763 handed the island to the British who wanted the Black Caribs' land to grow sugar. Conflict was inevitable, and in a series of bloody wars punctuated by uneasy peace the Black Caribs took on the might of the British Empire. Over decades leaders such as Tourouya, Bigot, and Chatoyer organized the resistance of a society which had no central authority but united against the external threat. Finally, abandoned by their French allies, they were defeated, and the survivors deported to Central America in 1797. The Black Carib Wars draws on extensive research in Britain, France, and St. Vincent to offer a compelling narrative of the formative years of the Garifuna people.
Book Synopsis Exile, Imprisonment, Or Death by : Julian Swann
Download or read book Exile, Imprisonment, Or Death written by Julian Swann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the accession of Louis XIII in 1610 following the assassination of his father, the Bourbon dynasty stood on unstable foundations. For all of Henri IV's undoubted achievements, he had left his son a realm that was still prey to the ambitions of an aristocracy that possessed independentmilitary force and was prepared to resort to violence and vendetta in order to defend its interests and honour. To establish his personal authority, Louis XIII was forced to resort to conspiracy and murder, and even then his authority was constantly challenged. Yet a little over a century later, asthe reign of Louis XIV drew to a close, such disobedience was impossible. Instead, a simple royal command expressing the sovereign's disgrace was sufficient to compel the most powerful men and women in the kingdom to submit to imprisonment or internal exile without a trial or an opportunity tojustify their conduct, abandoning their normal lives, leaving families, careers, offices, and possessions behind in obedience to their sovereign.To explain that transformation, this volume examines the development of this new "politics of disgrace", why it emerged, how it was conceptualised, the conventions that governed its use, and reactions to it, not only from the perspective of the monarch and his noble subjects, but also the greatcorporations of the realm and the wider public. Although that new model of disgrace proved remarkably successful, influencing the ideas and actions of the dominant social elites, it was nevertheless contested, and the critique of disgrace connects to the second aim of this work, which is to useshifting attitudes to the practice as a means of investigating the nature of Ancien Regime political culture and some of the dramatic and profound changes it experienced in the years separating Louis XIII's dramatic seizure of power from the French Revolution.
Download or read book Exiled written by Edwin Barnard and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 2010 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Port Arthur convict photographs are a truly remarkable survival from Australias colonial past. Taken shortly before the infamous Tasmanian penal settlement closed for good, these images record the faces of men sent to Australia on convict ships between the 1820s and the 1850s. Now, for the first time, they are the subject of a fascinating new book from the National Library of Australia. Through its pages readers will come face to face with some of Australias reluctant pioneers and explore their often extraordinary lives. Using transportation records, trial documents, offi cial correspondence, prison files, local and overseas newspaper reports and eyewitness accounts, the author has pieced together biographies of some of the men and their female partners who found themselves transported to the colonies.
Download or read book Land Grab written by Keri Vacanti Brondo and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a rich ethnographic account of the relationship between identity politics, neoliberal development policy, and rights to resource management in native communities on the north coast of Honduras. It also answers the question: can “freedom” be achieved under the structures of neoliberalism?
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Book Synopsis The Life and Times of Dr. John Parmenas Eustace by : Vin G. Samuel
Download or read book The Life and Times of Dr. John Parmenas Eustace written by Vin G. Samuel and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and Times of Dr. J. P. Eustace is an account of how a man with faith in God, a positive mental attitude, dedication to unselfish service, and a commitment to educate the poor, triumphed over colonialism and mainstream religious doctrine to become one of the greatest West Indians of the twentieth century. His life story embodies the history of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for almost all of the twentieth century. And, although his initiatives in education were made without regard for political influence or financial rewards, they are generally recognized as having significant impacts on societies in the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. John Parmenas Eustace was born in Mayreau, St. Vincent, then a British colony in the West Indies, in 1905. He obtained an early education under a system that groomed him for life among the elites of British colonial society. With his family roots in the middle class elites, and also in the powerful European plantation-owners class (plantocracy), one would not have predicted that the young John Eustace would mature to be a revered name in the lives of the masses in his homeland, and a contributor to the struggle for political liberation in the Caribbean. The author examined the life of Dr. J. P. Eustace within the context of Christianity and twentieth century history. Third World struggles against colonialism and imperialism, world wars, the communist-capitalist cold war, international banana war, Rastafarianism, West Indies Cricket, and Caribbean music (Calypso, Reggae, and Soca) illustrate the times in which Dr. Eustace lived, and the pages of the book. Consequently, this book will appeal to a wide readership, including Christians and non-Christians alike. Furthermore, it will be particularly useful to those interested in Third World political and economic development, and for developing individual plans to meet the challenges of modern life. The lessons of the Life and Times of Dr. J. P. Eustace are many. But the greatest lesson of all is that we can make wise decisions based on unwavering belief and willingness to take positive actions for the glory of God. This lesson is timeless in appeal and if heeded will contribute to a full and useful life in this world. The book is intended as an educational source for both children and adults. It will be particularly enlightening to those seeking to understand Caribbean history and its connections to international politics and colonialism, students of third world economics, investors, and others with interest in the Caribbean, particularly in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Book Synopsis Annals of the Society of the Holy childhood by : Society of the Holy Childhood
Download or read book Annals of the Society of the Holy childhood written by Society of the Holy Childhood and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 1248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shine Your Eyes, Mama Africa! by : Gavin Bond
Download or read book Shine Your Eyes, Mama Africa! written by Gavin Bond and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS A BOOK LIKE MANY OTHERS WE SEE, REPRESENTS A FLOWERING OF AFRICAN TALENT, WHICH HAS BEEN A RECENT AND WELCOME PHENOMENON.THIS BOOK IS PASSIONATE AND LITERATE AND MAKES A STRONG CASE. ATHENA PRESS. THIS IS A WONDERFUL FIRST BOOK BY THE AUTHOR. IT IS FUNNY AND YET INFORMATIVE! IT CHALLENGES RELIGIOUS LEADERS, WESTERN LRADERS, AND AFRICAN LEADERS TO COME CLEAN. IT ALSO CHALLENGES THE YOUTHS AND THE OPPRESSED IN THE DEVELOPING THIRD WORLD TO RISE UP AND FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS! THE DAILY SKETCH IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD LAUGH WHILE BEING ENLIGHTENED, IT DEFINITELY IS THE BOOK TO READ. I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT CLAIM TO BE A PROPHET AND THE FUTURE IS FOR AFRICA TO LOCK UP, IGNORE THE UN, IMF, AND THE WORLD BANK; AND TO IMPLEMENT WHAT IS AFRICAN AND NOT WESTERN HYPOCRITICAL ADVICE. HAVE THEY REDUCED THE PRODUCTION OF THE COMBUSTION ENGINES WHILE CROAKING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE? THAT IS THE POINT, SIMPLE! MAN HAS CREATED THE TWO MOST EVIL CONCEPTS IN THE WORLD; RELIGIONS AND POLITICS! HOW MANY HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST DUE TO POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS? ISMAIL DANESI THIS IS A MUST READ. IT IS HISTORY, POLITICS, AND A STORY BOOK!
Book Synopsis Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics by : Michael Crawford
Download or read book Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics written by Michael Crawford and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the previous two volumes in this series were based upon methodol ogy, theory, and the relationship between ecology and population structure, this book can be viewed as an in-depth case study. The population genetics of a multitude of diverse groups geographically distributed throughout the world was examined in the first two volumes. In contrast, this volume focuses upon a single ethnic group, the Black Caribs (Garifuna) of Central America and St. Vincent Island, and explores the interrelationships among the ethnohistory, sociocultural characteristics, demography, morphology, and genetic structure of the group. This volume offers a broad and intensive treatment of the Black Caribs and their interactions with surrounding populations. My interest in the genetics of the Black Caribs was sparked by an accidental meeting in Amsterdam, Holland, in March 1975. A conversation with Nancie Gonzalez at the Applied Anthropology Meetings revealed the "truth-is-stranger than·fiction" history of the Black Carib peoples of the Caribbean. This was a popUlation with a small-sized founding group and a unique biological success story. Nancie Gonzalez was particularly interested in estimating the Carib Indian admixture in the contemporary Garifuna popUlation. Given my previous experi ence in estimating Spanish and African admixture in the Tlaxcaltecan population (whose gene pool consisted predominantly of Indian alleles), a group that appeared to be primarily African with some Indian admixture was of great interest. Aside from the ethnohistorical interest, I believe that such a population may add conSiderably to our understanding of the inheritance of complex morphological traits.
Book Synopsis An Island Entire Unto Itself by : Nigel Patten
Download or read book An Island Entire Unto Itself written by Nigel Patten and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the 18th century, Corsica had been occupied by France for over thirty years. Islanders yearned to recover their lost independence, and the French Revolution gave them the opportunity. Their leader, Pasquale Paoli, realized that alone they could never defeat the well-organized French forces. He offered Corsica to King George III of England, on condition that the French were driven from the island. Based on documented historical fact, the author paints a detailed portrait of Corsica through the captivating adventures of Damian Berra, a young man from what is today the Swiss canton of Valais. After wandering through Lombardy to the Ligurian coast, as the victim of a press gang on a French frigate, he becomes marooned on Corsica, an island infested with bandits and crippled with vendettas, where murders are seven times more numerous than in mainland France. The story also describes the attempts of the English to administer an island they eventually called “The Ungovernable Rock.”
Book Synopsis Afro Central Americans in New York City by : Sarah England
Download or read book Afro Central Americans in New York City written by Sarah England and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descended from African maroons and the Island Carib on colonial St. Vincent, and later exiled to Honduras, the Garifuna way of life combines elements of African, Island Carib, and colonial European culture. Beginning in the 1940s, this cultural matrix became even more complex as Garifuna began migrating to the United States, forming communities in the cities of New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. Moving between a village on the Caribbean coast of Honduras and the New York City neighborhoods of the South Bronx and Harlem, England traces the daily lives, experiences, and grassroots organizing of the Garifuna. Concentrating on how family life, community life, and grassroots activism are carried out in two countries simultaneously as Garifuna move back and forth, England also examines the relationship between the Garifuna and Honduran national society and discusses much of the recent social activism organized to protect Garifuna coastal villages from being expropriated by the tourism and agro-export industries. Based on two years of fieldwork in Honduras and New York, her study examines not only how this transnational system works but also the impact that the complex racial and ethnic identity of the Garifuna have on the surrounding societies. As a people who can claim to be Black, Indigenous, and Latino, the Garifuna have a complex relationship not only with U.S. and Honduran societies but also with the international community of nongovernmental organizations that advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples and blacks. Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Book Synopsis Roots of Power by : Michael Sheridan
Download or read book Roots of Power written by Michael Sheridan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-21 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roots of Power tells five stories of plants, people, property, politics, peace, and protection in tropical societies. In Cameroon, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, St. Vincent, and Tanzania, dracaena and cordyline plants are simultaneously property rights institutions, markers of social organization, and expressions of life-force and vitality. In addition to their localized roles in forming landscapes and societies, these plants mark multiple boundaries and demonstrate deep historical connections across much of the planet’s tropics. These plants’ deep roots in society and culture have made them the routes through which postcolonial agrarian societies have negotiated both social and cultural continuity and change. This book is a multi-sited ethnographic political ecology of ethnobotanical institutions. It uses five parallel case studies to investigate the central phenomenon of "boundary plants" and establish the linkages among the case studies via both ancient and relatively recent demographic transformations such as the Bantu expansion across tropical Africa, the Austronesian expansion into the Pacific, and the colonial system of plantation slavery in the Black Atlantic. Each case study is a social-ecological system with distinctive characteristics stemming from the ways that power is organized by kinship and gender, social ranking, or racialized capitalism. This book contributes to the literature on property rights institutions and land management by arguing that tropical boundary plants’ social entanglements and cultural legitimacy make them effective foundations for development policy. Formal recognition of these institutions could reduce contradiction, conflict, and ambiguity between resource managers and states in postcolonial societies and contribute to sustainable livelihoods and landscapes. This book will appeal to scholars and students of environmental anthropology, political ecology, ethnobotany, landscape studies, colonial history, and development studies, and readers will benefit from its demonstration of the comparative method.
Book Synopsis Exiled in America by : Christopher P. Dum
Download or read book Exiled in America written by Christopher P. Dum and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Residential motels have long been places of last resort for many vulnerable Americans—released prisoners, people with disabilities or mental illness, struggling addicts, the recently homeless, and the working poor. Cast aside by their families and mainstream society, they survive in squalid, unsafe, and demeaning circumstances that few of us can imagine. For a year, the sociologist Christopher P. Dum lived in the Boardwalk Motel to better understand its residents and the varied paths that brought them there. He witnessed moments of violence and conflict, as well as those of care and compassion. As told through the voices and experiences of motel residents, Exiled in America paints a portrait of a vibrant community whose members forged identities in response to overwhelming stigma and created meaningful lives despite crushing economic instability. In addition to chronicling daily life at the Boardwalk, Dum follows local neighborhood efforts to shut the establishment down, leading to a wider analysis of legislative attempts to sanitize shared social space. He also suggests meaningful policy changes to address the societal failures that lead to the need for motels such as the Boardwalk. The story of the Boardwalk, and the many motels like it, will concern anyone who cares about the lives of America's most vulnerable citizens.
Book Synopsis Chicorel Index to Poetry in Anthologies and Collections in Print by : Marietta Chicorel
Download or read book Chicorel Index to Poetry in Anthologies and Collections in Print written by Marietta Chicorel and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Dover Anthology of American Literature, Volume II by : Bob Blaisdell
Download or read book The Dover Anthology of American Literature, Volume II written by Bob Blaisdell and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise anthology covers works by Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, and many others. Includes introductory notes and suggestions for further reading.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Book of American Verse by : Bliss Carman
Download or read book The Oxford Book of American Verse written by Bliss Carman and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: