The Long, Lingering Shadow

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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820344761
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis The Long, Lingering Shadow by : Robert J. Cottrol

Download or read book The Long, Lingering Shadow written by Robert J. Cottrol and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students of American history know of the law’s critical role in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States. Showing that this history is best appreciated in a comparative perspective, The Long, Lingering Shadow looks at the parallel legal histories of race relations in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America. Robert J. Cottrol takes the reader on a journey from the origins of New World slavery in colonial Latin America to current debates and litigation over affirmative action in Brazil and the United States, as well as contemporary struggles against racial discrimination and Afro-Latin invisibility in the Spanish-speaking nations of the hemisphere. Ranging across such topics as slavery, emancipation, scientific racism, immigration policies, racial classifications, and legal processes, Cottrol unravels a complex odyssey. By the eve of the Civil War, the U.S. slave system was rooted in a legal and cultural foundation of racial exclusion unmatched in the Western Hemisphere. That system’s legacy was later echoed in Jim Crow, the practice of legally mandated segregation. Jim Crow in turn caused leading Latin Americans to regard their nations as models of racial equality because their laws did not mandate racial discrimination— a belief that masked very real patterns of racism throughout the Americas. And yet, Cottrol says, if the United States has had a history of more-rigid racial exclusion, since the Second World War it has also had a more thorough civil rights revolution, with significant legal victories over racial discrimination. Cottrol explores this remarkable transformation and shows how it is now inspiring civil rights activists throughout the Americas.

Segovia Told to Children

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ISBN 13 : 9788471691019
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Segovia Told to Children by : Leticia M. de Frutos Sastre

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Afro-Argentine Discourse

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Afro-Argentine Discourse by : Marvin A. Lewis

Download or read book Afro-Argentine Discourse written by Marvin A. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Afro-Argentine Discourse, Marvin A. Lewis attempts to write blacks back into the literary history of Argentina by treating in depth, for the first time, the written expression of Argentines of African descent during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Because their contributions are overlooked or minimized in most literary histories, it is often assumed that blacks had little or no part in the development of Argentine literature. Through original archival research, Lewis corrects this erroneous assumption by examining texts never before made available to the academic community. Afro-Argentine Discourse investigates a new dimension of the black experience in the Americas and will stir much interest and debate regarding the black presence in Argentina.

Best Love, Rosie

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Publisher : Gemma
ISBN 13 : 1934848417
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Best Love, Rosie written by Nuala O'Faolain and published by Gemma. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Are You Somebody? Like many a modern, well-travelled woman, Rosie has lived a fascinating life, full of adventure and the pleasure of many lovers in her younger years. Now, facing the challenges of middle-age, she finds that the things that defined her most?work, love, independence?begin to fail her. She comes home to Ireland to care for her elderly aunt Min, trapped by circumstances in sleepy Dublin. But when an opportunity arises to visit New York again, the story takes an unexpected turn... Published to rave reviews in France (Sabine Wespieser), Best Love, Rosie became an instant bestseller in Ireland, where it was published to mark the first anniversary of Nuala's death. Here is one last bittersweet look through those fierce eyes at aging, death, relationships and, as always, love.

Feminine Endings

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452906362
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis Feminine Endings by : Susan McClary

Download or read book Feminine Endings written by Susan McClary and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking collection of essays in feminist music criticism, this book addresses problems of gender and sexuality in repertoires ranging from the early seventeenth century to rock and performance art. ". . . this is a major book . . . [McClary's] achievement borders on the miraculous." The Village Voice"No one will read these essays without thinking about and hearing music in new and interesting ways. Exciting reading for adventurous students and staid professionals." Choice"Feminine Endings, a provocative 'sexual politics' of Western classical or art music, rocks conservative musicology at its core. No review can do justice to the wealth of ideas and possibilities [McClary's] book presents. All music-lovers should read it, and cheer." The Women's Review of Books"McClary writes with a racy, vigorous, and consistently entertaining style. . . . What she has to say specifically about the music and the text is sharp, accurate, and telling; she hears what takes place musically with unusual sensitivity."-The New York Review of Books

1001 Pirate Things to Spot

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Publisher : Usborne Books
ISBN 13 : 9780746076941
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (769 download)

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Book Synopsis 1001 Pirate Things to Spot by : Rob Lloyd Jones

Download or read book 1001 Pirate Things to Spot written by Rob Lloyd Jones and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join a ragtag pirate crew in this swashbuckling puzzle book, packed with things to find and count.

Descartes's Secret Notebook

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Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767920341
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Book Synopsis Descartes's Secret Notebook by : Amir D. Aczel

Download or read book Descartes's Secret Notebook written by Amir D. Aczel and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-10-10 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: René Descartes (1596–1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm “Cogito, ergo sum” marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation of so-called Cartesian coordinates have made our physical and intellectual conquest of physical space possible. But Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side, as well. Almost certainly a member of the occult brotherhood of the Rosicrucians, he kept a secret notebook, now lost, most of which was written in code. After Descartes’s death, Gottfried Leibniz, inventor of calculus and one of the greatest mathematicians in history, moved to Paris in search of this notebook—and eventually found it in the possession of Claude Clerselier, a friend of Descartes. Leibniz called on Clerselier and was allowed to copy only a couple of pages—which, though written in code, he amazingly deciphered there on the spot. Leibniz’s hastily scribbled notes are all we have today of Descartes’s notebook, which has disappeared. Why did Descartes keep a secret notebook, and what were its contents? The answers to these questions lead Amir Aczel and the reader on an exciting, swashbuckling journey, and offer a fascinating look at one of the great figures of Western culture.

The Two Mrs. Abbotts

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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402274661
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Two Mrs. Abbotts written by D.E. Stevenson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From beloved English author D.E. Stevenson who has sold more than 7 million books worldwide! The final charming installment in the life of nosy writer, Miss Buncle. Nothing goes unnoticed around Miss Buncle, even if she has to recruit more eyes. Much as changed in Wandlebury since Barbara Buncle (now Barbara Abbott) first moved to the charming English village. If nothing else, World War II is keeping things interesting. But as the mistress of her own home with two small children to look after, Barbara finds that she has distressingly little time to keep up with the goings-on of her friends and neighbors. Luckily, Barbara's niece, Jerry Abbott, is more than willing to keep tabs on the news in Wandlebury. And with juicy tidbits of gossip about everything from inconvenient romantic entanglements to German spies hiding in the woods, there is plenty to keep the two Mrs. Abbotts busy in this hilarious account of life in World War II England. With the wit and charm of a Jane Austen novel and the gossipy, small-town delight of the Flavia de Luce series, D.E. Stevenson delivers another cozy gem with The Two Mrs. Abbotts, the third and final book of the beloved Miss Buncle series.

A Meditation

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Publisher : New York : Persea Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis A Meditation by : Juan Benet

Download or read book A Meditation written by Juan Benet and published by New York : Persea Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

£9.99

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Publisher : Macmillan Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780330490078
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis £9.99 by : Frédéric Beigbeder

Download or read book £9.99 written by Frédéric Beigbeder and published by Macmillan Pub Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Octave seems to have everything going for him—a good mind, a great job in advertising, a lavish apartment, girls, and a cocaine habit he can afford. But it soon becomes clear that he also has a serious problem with his life. From the moment when he storms out of the offices of a lucrative client after daubing the word pigs all over the walls with his own blood, things begin to spiral dangerously out of control. The top men in advertising? They've already started the third world war he claims. This belief inevitably spurs him on from violent words to violent deeds, stopping at nothing—not even murder.

Night Fisher

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Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417768714
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (687 download)

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Download or read book Night Fisher written by R. Kikuo Johnson and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loren Foster was handed an island paradise when he moved to Hawaii with his father six years ago. But, with the end of high school just around the corner, his best friend Shane has grown distant. Their friendship is put to the test when they get mixed up in a frivolous crime that leads to an arrest.

The Hesse-Mann Letters

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Publisher : Rediscovered Books
ISBN 13 : 9781934978863
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book The Hesse-Mann Letters written by Hermann Hesse and published by Rediscovered Books. This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . .. the best of the letters present us with two fundamentally decent, sophisticated men grieving for the ruined world. In the 1930s and 1940s, they rail against the stupidity of war and the cowardice of diplomats, against the social savagery of the Nazis,