Four Continents

Author : Lisa Lowe
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822375647

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The Intimacies of Four Continents by Lisa Lowe Pdf

In this uniquely interdisciplinary work, Lisa Lowe examines the relationships between Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth- centuries, exploring the links between colonialism, slavery, imperial trades and Western liberalism. Reading across archives, canons, and continents, Lowe connects the liberal narrative of freedom overcoming slavery to the expansion of Anglo-American empire, observing that abstract promises of freedom often obscure their embeddedness within colonial conditions. Race and social difference, Lowe contends, are enduring remainders of colonial processes through which “the human” is universalized and “freed” by liberal forms, while the peoples who create the conditions of possibility for that freedom are assimilated or forgotten. Analyzing the archive of liberalism alongside the colonial state archives from which it has been separated, Lowe offers new methods for interpreting the past, examining events well documented in archives, and those matters absent, whether actively suppressed or merely deemed insignificant. Lowe invents a mode of reading intimately, which defies accepted national boundaries and disrupts given chronologies, complicating our conceptions of history, politics, economics, and culture, and ultimately, knowledge itself.

Author : Anna Flack,Jan Musekamp,Jannis Panagiotidis,Hans-Christian Petersen
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9781666911725

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Russian Germans on Four Continents by Anna Flack,Jan Musekamp,Jannis Panagiotidis,Hans-Christian Petersen Pdf

The history of Russian Germans (Russlanddeutsche) is one of intensive mobility across space and time. In this volume, authors from the fields of history, sociology, cultural studies, and sociolinguistics analyze key issues of the history and present of this globally connected diaspora group from an interdisciplinary angle.

Author : Prakash Vinod Joshi
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781469709444

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Life in Four Continents by Prakash Vinod Joshi Pdf

The highest accolade I can give Prakash is to say he is a humanitarian. He has great empathy for all kinds of people he encountered in east Africa where he grew up, in the United Kingdom where he studied Industrial Chemistry, and in Canada where he makes his home today and works with Metro Testing and Engineering Services Limited as a Senior Materials Engineering Technologist. He is also an internationalist who seeks to understand the richness of the human spirit through great spiritual leaders past and present like Mahatma Gandhi of India, Dalai Lama of Tibet, the Reverend Desmond Tutu of South Africa, and Spiritual Chiefs of our Native North American Indians. He has given back to his community in Canada and is a respected member of his profession. - Virgil Dias (From the New River Free Press International) I have just finished your book while sitting by the pool. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. I like the way you presented the story and the honesty of the message. I can totally see you welcoming a stranger to your home as you did on several occasions to provide them with comforts at the expense of you and your family. In fact, the message you leave the reader with you is became richer for having the experience to assist one less fortunate than you. Well done my friend! Undoubtably you have taught your children and those close to you what it means to be a special person who demonstrates a real love for life. All the best, Rob Deverall

Author : Carmen Silva-Corvalán
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997-04-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1589014154

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Spanish in Four Continents by Carmen Silva-Corvalán Pdf

This collection is the first to examine the effects of bilingualism and multilingualism on the development of dialectal varieties of Spanish in Africa, America, Asia and Europe. Nineteen essays investigate a variety of complex situations of contact between Spanish and typologically different languages, including Basque, Bantu languages, English, and Quechua. The overall picture that evolves clearly indicates that although influence from the contact languages may lead to different dialects, the core grammar of Spanish remains intact. Silva-Corvalán's volume makes an important contribution both to sociolinguistics in general, and to Spanish linguistics in particular. The contributors address theoretical and empirical issues that advance our knowledge of what is a possible linguistic change, how languages change, and how changes spread in society in situations of intensive bilingualism and language contact, a situation that appears to be the norm rather than the exception in the world.

Author : Charles Chaillé-Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Diplomats
ISBN : UOM:39015025126791

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My Life in Four Continents by Charles Chaillé-Long Pdf

Author : Asher Elkayam
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781450080224

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One Family, Four Cultures, and Four Continents by Asher Elkayam Pdf

This fascinating book, One Family, Four Cultures and Four Continents, by Asher Elkayam, depicts the adventures of a child growing up in Morocco and goes through political and historical events which happened in his childhood and focused on a pivotal year: 1956. Mr. Elkayam writes about the beauty of childhood and the innocence thereof, the neighborhood, the nature, the education, the typical things, which happened then but may never be repeated. In an emotional way, he describes the infl uence of his parents, who were among the guardians of Jewish tradition. He describes the Moroccan Jewish population, which represented a minority, and the events which led to their survival. Having been targeted by the Nazi regime which expanded its grip on North Africa during the 1940’s, including French Morocco, that minority of Jews of North Africa was saved by the arrival of the American forces, during World War Two, who landed in Casablanca in November, 1942, the author’s city of birth. The North African Jewry, which totaled about 400,000, was thus saved from the Nazi threat while Nazi atrocities in Europe went on until 1945, thus destroying the majority of the European Jews. Consequently, a massive exodus of North African Jews took place between 1948 and 1958. The hopes and dreams, as recited in their daily prayers, to reach the Holy Land, were fi nally realized. With measured enthusiasm, Asher describes the friendly relationship between Moslems and Jews in his native Morocco. Asher wants to make sure his readers understand that there is a divide between friendship and politics. The overwhelming majority of his neighbors were friendly and unthreatening. However those in the small minority who became active in politics were behind the forces which eventually caused Asher’s family and thousands more to look for a safe exit from his native land. Whether the events which led to a massive exodus from North Africa represented a coincidental circumstance in current events or whether they were caused by some divine intervention would remain for a long time a thing historians could decide on one day.

Author : Hillary Rono
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780244955267

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Life In The Diaspora: Adventure across four continents by Hillary Rono Pdf

Modern Diaspora is dispersion outside homeland with determination to succeed. This is complicated, how do you make it outside the comfort zone, the original homeland, with all the barriers, red tape? Success in unknown world can be pre-determined; all you need is to master the art and science of Diaspora. The first tip in Diaspora is to believe in yourself, plan meticulously, play by the rules, have God as constant companion, count success and not failure and stay focused regardless; read through a fascinating journey in The Diaspora by Hillary Rono and family and hope you realise how you ask for one blessing, only to receive multiple blessings back. Master how to focus, evade noises and succeed quietly. The Diaspora can be tough, but do not underestimate your tough side too. The greatest teacher is experience, and this book describes hands on experience in The Diaspora.

Author : R. A. Henderson,Collective
Publisher : Uitgeverij De Boeck Secundair onderwijs
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8877543280

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Four Continents by R. A. Henderson,Collective Pdf

Henry Lawson, V. S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and Chinua Achebe are respectively Australian, Caribbean, South African and Nigerian, yet they all write in English. The 'English' literature of the ex-colonies is proving to be the most interesting and innovative of our times: this volume offers a significant example of its vitality and originality. As Salman Rushdi said, 'the Empire writes back'.

Author : Alejandro Portes,Patricia Fernández-Kelly
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782387350

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The State and the Grassroots by Alejandro Portes,Patricia Fernández-Kelly Pdf

Whereas most of the literature on migration focuses on individuals and their families, this book studies the organizations created by immigrants to protect themselves in their receiving states. Comparing eighteen of these grassroots organizations formed across the world, from India to Colombia to Vietnam to the Congo, researchers from the United States, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Spain focus their studies on the internal structure and activities of these organizations as they relate to developmental initiatives. The book outlines the principal positions in the migration and development debate and discusses the concept of transnationalism as a means of resolving these controversies.

Author : Wilma Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Missionaries
ISBN : UVA:X001277987

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Glimpses of Four Continents by Wilma Morgan Pdf

Author : Charles Chaillé-Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Africa, Central
ISBN : UOM:39015025126783

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My Life in Four Continents by Charles Chaillé-Long Pdf

Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541964983

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4 Continents in 1 Big Book: Asia, Africa, North America and Antarctica | Geography Lessons Junior Scholars Edition | Children's Explore the World Books by Baby Professor Pdf

This is going to be one huge ebook for a child to read! In it are geography lessons on Asia, Africa, North America and Antarctica. Encourage your child to read because reading comes with many benefits including the obvious increase in knowledge, vocabulary and spelling. Grab a copy and begin studying today.

Author : Jennifer Baggett,Holly C. Corbett,Amanda Pressner
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780061993473

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The Lost Girls by Jennifer Baggett,Holly C. Corbett,Amanda Pressner Pdf

Three friends, each on the brink of a quarter-life crisis, embark on a year-long backpacking adventure around the world in The Lost Girls. “A triumphant journey about losing yourself, finding yourself and coming home again. Hitch yourself to their ride: you’ll embark on a transformative journey of your own.” —New York Times bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch With their thirtieth birthdays looming, Jennifer Baggett, Holly C. Corbett, and Amanda Pressner are feeling the pressure to hit certain milestones—score the big promotion, find a soul mate, have 2.2 kids. Instead, they make a pact to quit their high-pressure New York City media jobs and leave behind their friends, boyfriends, and everything familiar to set out on a journey in search of inspiration and direction. Traveling 60,000 miles across four continents, Jen, Holly, and Amanda push themselves far outside their comfort zones to embrace every adventure. Ultimately, theirs is a story of true friendship—a bond forged by sharing beds and backpacks, enduring exotic illnesses, trekking across mountains, and standing by one another through heartaches, whirlwind romances, and everything in the world in between. “A real-life fairy tale for anyone who’s ever wanted to chuck it all and see the world with a best friend on each arm.” —Cathy Alter, author of Up for Renewal “Three cheers to The Lost Girls for showing us, with good humor and graceful prose, the beauty and importance of leading life astray.” —New York Times bestselling author Franz Wisner

Author : Ursula Van Beek,Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781920338701

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Democracy Under Stress by Ursula Van Beek,Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski Pdf

DEMOCRACY UNDER STRESS focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are global democratic rules a possibility? These are some of the key questions addressed in the volume.

Author : Osbert Sitwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:220789470

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The Four Continents by Osbert Sitwell Pdf