Prieto

Author : Henry B. Lovejoy
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469645407

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Prieto by Henry B. Lovejoy Pdf

This Atlantic world history centers on the life of Juan Nepomuceno Prieto (c. 1773–c. 1835), a member of the West African Yoruba people enslaved and taken to Havana during the era of the Atlantic slave trade. Richly situating Prieto's story within the context of colonial Cuba, Henry B. Lovejoy illuminates the vast process by which thousands of Yoruba speakers were forced into life-and-death struggles in a strange land. In Havana, Prieto and most of the people of the Yoruba diaspora were identified by the colonial authorities as Lucumi. Prieto's evolving identity becomes the fascinating fulcrum of the book. Drafted as an enslaved soldier for Spain, Prieto achieved self-manumission while still in the military. Rising steadily in his dangerous new world, he became the religious leader of Havana's most famous Lucumi cabildo, where he contributed to the development of the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria. Then he was arrested on suspicion of fomenting slave rebellion. Trial testimony shows that he fell ill, but his ultimate fate is unknown. Despite the silences and contradictions that will never be fully resolved, Prieto's life opens a window onto how Africans creatively developed multiple forms of identity and resistance in Cuba and in the Atlantic world more broadly.

Author : Alán Saúl Saucedo Estrada
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780761863274

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The Influence of Carlos Prieto on Contemporary Cello Music by Alán Saúl Saucedo Estrada Pdf

This book includes biographical information on Carlos Prieto, his contributions to music, as well as a detailed catalog of 72 pieces commissioned and/or dedicated to him. A graduate of MIT and a former director of Fundidora, the biggest steel company in Mexico, Carlos Prieto decided at the age of 38 to abandon his career as a business man and become a full time professional cellist. Since then he has premiered over 90 pieces, most of them commissioned and/or dedicated to him by Latin-American composers. These commissions and dedications represent about 50 percent of the music written for the cello by Latin-American composers. This is the first time a study has been conducted on this body of music.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433000291892

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Catalogue of Printed Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11455986

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British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : Roberto Drummond
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780292774308

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Hilda Hurricane by Roberto Drummond Pdf

Eighteen-year-old Hilda, known as "the girl in the gold bikini" when she swam at her country club in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, abruptly leaves the gilded life to take up residence in room 304 of the Hotel Marvelous—as a prostitute. There she becomes Hilda Hurricane, an erotic force of nature no man can resist. The exception is reporter-narrator Roberto Drummond, who attempts to unravel the mystery of why the girl in the gold bikini would forego a comfortable life to join the world's oldest profession. While some in Belo Horizonte cheer Hilda's liberated lifestyle, others seek to have her moved outside the city limits, and a would-be saint cannot seem to finish the exorcism he began outside the Hotel Marvelous. Set against the social and political upheaval of the 1960s, Hilda's story seduces even as Drummond becomes aware of more ominous forces approaching Belo Horizonte. Hilda Hurricane was both a critical and a commercial success in Brazil, with more than 200,000 copies sold. (The DVD of the television adaptation has sold more than a million copies.) Admirers of Kurt Vonnegut will revel in Drummond's similarly sharp satire and playful digressions, particularly about left-wing politics, which blur the boundary between fiction and autobiography. Yet the real genius of the author's interventions may be that they never slow the story long enough to lose sight of this mysterious beauty swept up in the turmoil of the times.

Author : Larry St.Clair,Mark Seaward
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402028458

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Biodeterioration of Stone Surfaces by Larry St.Clair,Mark Seaward Pdf

This is a timely volume in view of the considerable interest currently shown in the preservation of our cultural heritage, and the extensive and growing literature on the subject. Unfortunately, the latter is to be found in a wide variety of published sources, some aimed at a very specific readership and therefore not all that accessible to those who need this resource. The present volume draws together a spectrum of biodeterioration work from across the world to provide an overview of the materials examined and the methodologies employed to elucidate the nature of the problems, as well as an extensive and current bibliographical resource on lichen biodeterioration. Biodeterioration of historical and culturally important stone substrata is a complex problem to be addressed. Easy, risk-free solutions are simply not available to be dealt with by other than a wide range of expertise. Successful resolution of this issue will inevitably require a multidisciplinary effort, where biologists work in close cooperation with ecologists, geologists, geochemists, crystallographers, cultural property conservators, archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians in order to recommend the most effective management scheme. The advantage of this approach is obvious: multidisciplinary management teams with good leadership can ask more appropriate questions while developing much more thoughtful and informed decisions.

Author : Scott L. Baugh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780313380372

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Latino American Cinema by Scott L. Baugh Pdf

Latino American cinema is a provocative, complex, and definitively American topic of study. This book examines key mainstream commercial films while also spotlighting often-underappreciated documentaries, avant-garde and experimental projects, independent productions, features and shorts, and more. Latino American Cinema: An Encyclopedia of Movies, Stars, Concepts, and Trends serves as an essential primary reference for students of the topic as well as an accessible resource for general readers. The alphabetized entries in the volume cover the key topics of this provocative and complex genre—films, filmmakers, star performers, concepts, and historical and burgeoning trends—alongside frequently overlooked and crucially ignored items of interest in Latino cinema. This comprehensive treatment bridges gaps between traditional approaches to U.S.-Latino and Latin American cinemas, placing subjects of Chicana and Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban and diasporic Cuban, and Mexican origin in perspective with related Central and South American and Caribbean elements. Many of the entries offer compact definitions, critical discussions, overviews, and analyses of star artists, media productions, and historical moments, while several foundational entries explicate concepts, making this single volume encyclopedia a critical guide as well.

Author : Dafnis Prieto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578562448

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Rhythmic Synchronicity by Dafnis Prieto Pdf

Individual and Collective Rhythmic Skills. A rhythm course for none drummers

Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04
Category : Telecommunication
ISBN : MINN:31951D02703414K

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FCC Record by United States. Federal Communications Commission Pdf

Author : Greg Prieto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317221555

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Myth and Reality in the U.S. Immigration Debate by Greg Prieto Pdf

"What part of illegal don’t you understand?" This oft-repeated slogan from immigration restrictionists illustrates the contentious quality of the immigration reform debate in the United States: a debate that has raged on unresolved since at least 1986 when our immigration system was last reformed. This impasse is due, in large part, to widespread misinformation about immigration. This short and accessible textbook takes a critical perspective on immigration law and policy, arguing that immigrant "illegality" is itself produced by law, with tremendous consequences for individuals and families. Across six chapters that examine the conceptual, historical, economic, global, legal, and racial dimensions of immigration to the United States, Prieto argues that illegal immigration is a problem of policy, not people. History and cutting-edge social science data guide an analysis of the actual, empirical impact of immigration on U.S. society. By debunking myths about immigration, the reader is invited to form their own opinion on the basis of fact and in light of the unequal treatment different immigrant groups have received since the nation’s founding. Myth and Reality in the U.S. Immigration Debate synthesizes key lessons from the fields of sociology, law and society, history, economics and critical race studies in a digestible and engaging format. This text will serve as an introduction to the study of immigration and a primer for those who wish to engage in a sober and compassionate conversation about immigrants and immigration in the United States.

Author : Erica Segre
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 1845452917

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Intersected Identities by Erica Segre Pdf

There has always been an important visual element to the construction and questioning of national identity in post-Independence Mexico, though one that has not always been given its due, outside of the celebrated and much-studied muralists. Ranging from the early nineteenth century to the present - from the vogue for the picturesque, illustrated periodicals and the influential writings of Altamirano to a wealth of twentieth-century graphic artists, filmmakers and photographers - this book re-examines the complex variety of ways in which that visual element has operated. In particular, it looks at the ways in which discourses concerning ethnicity and cultural hybridity have been echoed and transformed in Mexican visual culture, resulting in fields of visual discourse which are eclectic and increasingly self-reflexive.

Author : K. D. Timmerhaus
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 2120 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781468474701

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High-Pressure Science and Technology by K. D. Timmerhaus Pdf

High pressure has become a basic variable in many areas of science and engineering. It extends from disciplines of geophysics and astrophysics through chemistry and physics to those of modern biology, electrical and chemical engineering. This breadth has been recognized for some time, but it was not until the early 1960's that an international group of scientists and engineers established the Association Internationale for Research and Advancement of High Pressure Science and Technology (AIRAPT) for bringing these various aspects of high pressure together at an international conference. The First AIRAPT International High Pressure Conference was held in 1965 in France and has been convened at approximately two to three year intervals since that time. The past four AIRAPT International High Pressure Conferences have been held in Germany, Scotland, Japan and the U.S.S.R. Since the first meeting of this kind, our understanding of high pressure behavior of physical systems has increased greatly.

Author : Daniel C. Scroggins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173009842725

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20,000 Spanish American Pseudonyms by Daniel C. Scroggins Pdf

A compilation of pen names used by writers of Spanish America from the earliest colonial times until the present. Those readers wishing to verify a pseudonym for an author, and those wishing to find more detail regarding the author's use of a particular pseudonym will find 20,000 Spanish American Pseudonyms an invaluable reference tool for beginning their research.

Author : Greg Prieto
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9781479823925

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Immigrants Under Threat by Greg Prieto Pdf

Everyday life as an immigrant in a deportation nation is fraught with risk, but everywhere immigrants confront repression and dispossession, they also manifest resistance in ways big and small. Immigrants Under Threat shifts the conversation from what has been done to Mexican immigrants to what they do in response. From private strategies of avoidance, to public displays of protest, immigrant resistance is animated by the massive demographic shifts that started in 1965 and an immigration enforcement regime whose unprecedented scope and intensity has made daily life increasingly perilous. Immigrants Under Threat focuses on the way the material needs of everyday life both enable and constrain participation in immigrant resistance movements.

Author : Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004530324

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Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 23 (2007) by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Pdf

The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004218635).