The Land Of Gold

Author : Judith M. Bovensiepen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501725920

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The Land of Gold by Judith M. Bovensiepen Pdf

In the village of Funar, located in the central highlands of Timor-Leste, the disturbing events of the twenty-four-year-long Indonesian occupation are rarely articulated in narratives of suffering. Instead, the highlanders emphasize the significance of their return to the sacred land of the ancestors, a place where "gold" is abundant and life is thought to originate. On one hand, this collective amnesia is due to villagers' exclusion from contemporary nation-building processes, which bestow recognition only on those who actively participated in the resistance struggle against Indonesia. On the other hand, the cultural revival and the privileging of the ancestral landscape and traditions over narratives of suffering derive from a particular understanding of how human subjects are constituted. Before life and after death, humans and the land are composed of the same substance; only during life are they separated. To recover from the forced dislocation the highlanders experienced under the Indonesian occupation, they thus seek to reestablish a mythical, primordial unity with the land by reinvigorating ancestral practices. Never leaving out of sight the intense political and emotional dilemmas imposed by the past on people’s daily lives, The Land of Gold seeks to go beyond prevailing theories of postconflict reconstruction that prioritize human relationships. Instead, it explores the significance of people’s affective and ritual engagement with the environment and with their ancestors as survivors come to terms with the disruptive events of the past.

Author : James Finch
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9814954942

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Silence in the Land of Gold by James Finch Pdf

At the heart of Silence in the Land of Gold is an intrigue over a fortune lost in an air crash involving the Burmese military and the Kachin Independence Army. George Wilford is a foreign lawyer who must solve the mystery of the crash to save his own life and that of the woman with whom he falls in love.

Author : Martha Martin
Publisher : Alaska Vanessa Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Cancer
ISBN : 0940055007

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O Rugged Land of Gold by Martha Martin Pdf

Share the triumph and fear of a woman -- alone, injured, and pregnant -- stranded on a remote Alaska island in winter. Her husband fails to return from a trip, leaving her to survive a winter and give birth at their cabin, alone. This true story is hard to put down.

Author : Rebecca Valentine,Travis Thompson
Publisher : Thompson Media
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780982708903

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Beyond the Land of Gold by Rebecca Valentine,Travis Thompson Pdf

Perry A. Burgess, son of Abram Burgess and Emma Semantha Cheney, was born in 1843 in Nauvoo, Illinois. He married Annie Mapes in 1870. They had three children. He died in 1900 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Author : Walter Colton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : California
ISBN : HARVARD:32044014405385

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The Land of Gold Or by Walter Colton Pdf

Author : Hinton Rowan Helper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : History
ISBN : YALE:39002008752678

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The Land of Gold by Hinton Rowan Helper Pdf

Hinton Rowan Helper (1829-1909) of North Carolina became one of the South's most controversial figures in the 1850s for his criticisms of slavery in The land of gold and his better known book, The impending crisis. Indeed, he found it prudent to move to New York before the Civil War, and he received diplomatic appointments in Latin America from the Lincoln administration. The land of gold (1855) draws on Helper's three years residence in California and leads him to the conclusion, "California is the poorest State in the Union." Aside from gold, he can see nothing to recommend the state economically, and his book damns the state's populace in terms of morals and intelligence. He spends three chapters dismissing San Francisco (although he later has good words for the Vigilance Committee), is disgusted by the Digger Indians at Bodega, finds fault with Sacramento, and reflects on prospecting on Yuba River and at Columbia. Some good words are reserved for Stockton, but on the whole, Helper writes to discourage emigrants from retracing his course round the Horn.

Author : Rodney J. Phillips
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781606932896

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The Muslim Empire and the Land of Gold by Rodney J. Phillips Pdf

Lying at the edge of the Rift Valley in Saudi Arabia is perhaps one of the most stunning places uncovered in history. Rediscovered in May of 2007, the Gold Fields of Ophir had once disappeared from man, hiding a veritable treasure trove of ancient history. The Muslim Empire gives us a closer look at the history and geography of this ancient Biblical culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8178624168

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The Land Of Gold And Pearls by Anonim Pdf

Author : HINTON R. HELPER
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1855-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE LAND OF GOLD REALITY VERSUS FICTION by HINTON R. HELPER Pdf

PREVIOUS to my departure for California, near and dear friends extracted from me a promise to communicate by letter, upon every convenient occasion, such intelligence as would give them a distinct idea of the truthfulness or falsehood of the many glowing descriptions and reputed vast wealth of California. In accordance with this promise, I collected, from the best and most reliable sources, all that I deemed worthy of record touching the past of the modern El Dorado, relying upon my own powers of observation to depicture its present condition and its future prospects. This correspondence was never intended for the public eye, for the simple reason that the matter therein is set forth in a very plain manner, with more regard to truth than elegance of diction. Indeed, how could it be otherwise? I have only described those things which came immediately under my own observation, and, beside this, I make no pretensions to extensive scholastic attainments, nor do I claim to be an adept in the art of book-making.A weary and rather unprofitable sojourn of three years in various parts of California, afforded me ample time and opportunity to become too thoroughly conversant with its rottenness and its corruption, its squalor and its misery, its crime and its shame, its gold and its dross. Simply and truthfully I gave the history of my experience to friends at home, who, after my return, suggested that profit might be derived from giving these letters to the world in narrative form, and urged me so strenuously, that I at length acceded to their wishes, but not without much reluctance, being doubtful as to the reception of a book from one so incapable as myself of producing any thing more than a plain “unvarnished tale.” In order to present a more complete picture of California, I have added two chapters, that describing the route through Nicaragua, and the general resume at the close of my volume. All that I solicit for this, my first offering, is a liberal and candid examination; not of a part, but of the whole—not a cursory, but a considerate reading.

Author : Susan Badger Doyle
Publisher : Montana Historical Society
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0917298489

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Journeys to the Land of Gold by Susan Badger Doyle Pdf

Collected here for the first time ever are the surviving eyewitness accounts of the Bozeman's Trail's civilian emigrants: twenty-four diaries written during the journey and nine reminiscences prepared afterward. These accounts describe life on the West's last great emigrant trail, the shortcut from the Platte River Road to the Montana goldfields, from 1863 until 1866, when the route was closed by "Red Cloud's War." Ample introductions, extensive annotation, historical illustrations, and detailed maps enrich this oversized, two-volume compendium.

Author : Marah Ryan
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040481422

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The Treasure Trail: A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine by Marah Ryan Pdf

Author : C Pam Zhang
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525537229

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How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang Pdf

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE WINNER OF THE ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION AWARD, FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Belongs on a shelf all of its own.” —NPR “Outstanding.” —The Washington Post “Revolutionary . . . A visionary addition to American literature.” —Star Tribune An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape—trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining town, they set off to bury their father in the only way that will set them free from their past. Along the way, they encounter giant buffalo bones, tiger paw prints, and the specters of a ravaged landscape as well as family secrets, sibling rivalry, and glimpses of a different kind of future. Both epic and intimate, blending Chinese symbolism and reimagined history with fiercely original language and storytelling, How Much of These Hills Is Gold is a haunting adventure story, an unforgettable sibling story, and the announcement of a stunning new voice in literature. On a broad level, it explores race in an expanding country and the question of where immigrants are allowed to belong. But page by page, it’s about the memories that bind and divide families, and the yearning for home.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:889404563

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To the Land of Gold by Anonim Pdf

Author : Madeleine Fairbairn
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781501750090

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Fields of Gold by Madeleine Fairbairn Pdf

Fields of Gold critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland. In particular, Madeleine Fairbairn focuses on developments in two of the most popular investment locations, the US and Brazil, looking at the implications of financiers' acquisition of land and control over resources for rural livelihoods and economic justice. At the heart of Fields of Gold is a tension between efforts to transform farmland into a new financial asset class, and land's physical and social properties, which frequently obstruct that transformation. But what makes the book unique among the growing body of work on the global land grab is Fairbairn's interest in those acquiring land, rather than those affected by land acquisitions. Fairbairn's work sheds ethnographic light on the actors and relationships—from Iowa to Manhattan to São Paulo—that have helped to turn land into an attractive financial asset class. Thanks to generous funding from UC Santa Cruz, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.

Author : Hinton Rowan Helper
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290914583

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The Land of Gold. Reality Versus Fiction by Hinton Rowan Helper Pdf

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