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Author : Dan Morgan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0679745939
Focuses on one Depression Era family's move west & their life after reaching their destination.
Author : William H. McNeill
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226561615
The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human cultures interacted at every stage of their history. The author suggests that from the Neolithic beginnings of grain agriculture to the present major social changes in all parts of the world were triggered by new or newly important foreign stimuli, and he presents a persuasive narrative of world history to support this claim. In a retrospective essay titled "The Rise of the West after Twenty-five Years," McNeill shows how his book was shaped by the time and place in which it was written (1954-63). He discusses how historiography subsequently developed and suggests how his portrait of the world's past in The Rise of the West should be revised to reflect these changes. "This is not only the most learned and the most intelligent, it is also the most stimulating and fascinating book that has ever set out to recount and explain the whole history of mankind. . . . To read it is a great experience. It leaves echoes to reverberate, and seeds to germinate in the mind."—H. R. Trevor-Roper, New York Times Book Review
Author : Camellia Webb-Gannon
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780824887872
That Indonesia’s ongoing occupation of West Papua continues to be largely ignored by world governments is one of the great moral and political failures of our time. West Papuans have struggled for more than fifty years to find a way through the long night of Indonesian colonization. However, united in their pursuit of merdeka (freedom) in its many forms, what holds West Papuans together is greater than what divides them. Today, the Morning Star glimmers on the horizon, the supreme symbol of merdeka and a cherished sign of hope for the imminent arrival of peace and justice to West Papua. Morning Star Rising: The Politics of Decolonization in West Papua is an ethnographically framed account of the long, bitter fight for freedom that challenges the dominant international narrative that West Papuans' quest for political independence is fractured and futile. Camellia Webb-Gannon’s extensive interviews with the decolonization movement’s original architects and its more recent champions shed light on complex diasporic and intergenerational politics as well as social and cultural resurgence. In foregrounding West Papuans’ perspectives, the author shows that it is the body politic’s unflagging determination and hope, rather than military might or influential allies, that form the movement’s most unifying and powerful force for independence. This book examines the many intertwining strands of decolonization in Melanesia. Differences in cultural performance and political diversity throughout the region are generating new, fruitful trajectories. Simultaneously, Black and Indigenous solidarity and a shared Melanesian identity have forged a transnational grassroots power-base from which the movement is gaining momentum. Relevant beyond its West Papua focus, this book is essential reading for those interested in Pacific studies, Native and Indigenous studies, development studies, activism, and decolonization.
Author : Nurjan Mirahmadi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1989602010
Rising Sun of the West is an essential spiritual guidebook filled with invaluable knowledge of the elements within our cosmos. The author presents inspiring discourse, supported with over 1,000 full-colour images and custom diagrams, guiding the student through a comprehensive program of spiritual development. The journey examines the Divine's (Allah) most powerful sun of all universes, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and progresses to an insightful overview of the stars, represented by the Holy Companions. These symbols of guidance lead us on the path to enlightenment and by applying the disciplines of the star, the willing seeker can unlock hidden realities of the soul. This book encapsulates the importance of following the full moons, the spiritual guides, who dedicate their lives to reflect the sun and exemplify the best in character. It is ultimately through their guiding light that the student transcends life on earth and moves closer to realizing true cosmic awareness.
Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101548028
From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower “A dazzling history of Western ideas.” —The Economist “Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal “[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or “killer applications”—competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic—that the Rest lacked, allowing it to surge past all other competitors. Yet now, Ferguson shows how the Rest have downloaded the killer apps the West once monopolized, while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside clashes (and fusions) of civilizations, Civilization: The West and the Rest recasts world history with force and wit. Boldly argued and teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best.
Author : Charles Kupchan
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199739394
Argues that as China, India, Brazil and other emerging powers rise, the founding ideals of the West will not continue to spread, and that in the near future, Europe and the United States will need to fashion a new consensus with these powers on issues of legitimacy, sovereignty and governance.
Author : D. Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517117924
Author : Tristan Gooley
Publisher : The Experiment
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781615191550
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.
Author : W. W. Ravenhill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : MINN:319510020764017
Author : M. Azmitia
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781978595446
Anaya knows great things are expected of her: go to college, find a good man, and make her mother proud. But going to college means leaving behind her best friend, Eri. Eri is an Afrolatina transgender woman living in a closed-minded world and only Anaya knows her secret. The two decide to take a cross-country road trip, where Eri is finally able to open up to who she is, and Anaya finds out that she might be in love with her best friend.
Author : Char Miller
Publisher : Maverick Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1595349731
The 1921 flood that put a spotlight on environmental and social inequality in a southwestern city
Author : Ayşe Zarakol
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108838603
Zarakol presents the first comprehensive history of the international relations in 'the East', and rethinks 'sovereignty', 'order-making' and 'decline'.
Author : Dan Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517179385
Author : Quintan Wiktorowicz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0742536416
Although the West denounces the spread of radical Islam in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, it tends to overlook the development of Islamic extremism in its own societies. Over the past several decades, groups like al-Qaeda have been supported by thousands of citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other Western democracies. Rejecting their national identity, they have heeded international calls to "jihad" and formed extremist groups to fight their own countries. This groundbreaking book represents one of the first systematic attempts to explain why Westerners join radical Islamic groups. Quintan Wiktorowicz details the mechanisms that attract potential recruits, the instruments of persuasion that convince them that radical groups represent "real Islam," and the socialization process that prods them to engage in risky extremism. Throughout, he traces the subtle process that can turn seemingly unreligious people into supporters of religious violence. The author's invaluable insights are based upon nearly unprecedented access to a radical Islamic group in the West. His extraordinary fieldwork forms the basis of a detailed case study of al-Muhajiroun, a transnational movement based in London that supports Bin Laden and other Islamic terrorists. Through its rich empirical detail, this book explains why ordinary people join extremist movements.
Author : Alyson Santos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 166127773X
"I was blown away by this book! Alyson Santos delivers a fresh take on the rock star romance genre with Rising West. All I can say is: read it! Read it now!" - Jayne Frost, Author of the Sixth Street Band SeriesTurner Artist Management Urgent Action Item: ✔ Find a new frontman for Burn CardWhen one of your top artists loses their lead singer to a solo career, you jump on the problem. When it also involves a devastating breakup with the band's queen bee, you drop everything and run.So I did-run. To the east, where I found a young single father so mesmerizing, his talent almost makes you forget he comes at a price. Enormous potential steeped in personal tragedy, what's an agency to do?See, I'm just the manager. The story that follows actually belongs to my client Liberty Blake and the enigmatic heartthrob whose world is about to be blown apart.Because now that the industry wolves have the scent, everyone's desperate to know: Who is MASON WEST Rising West is a standalone Turner Artist Rocker Novel
