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Author : Jan Gregoire Coombs
Publisher : Jan Gregoire Coombs
Release Date : 2009
ISBN :
Pages : 380 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( Download)
Download and Read Our Tangled French Canadian Roots PDF by Jan Gregoire Coombs Full Book and published by Jan Gregoire Coombs. This book was released on 2009 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marcia A. Zug
Publisher : NYU Press
Release Date : 2016-06-07
ISBN : 1479821322
Pages : 320 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (821 Download)
Download and Read Buying a Bride PDF by Marcia A. Zug Full Book and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have always been mail-order brides in America—but we haven’t always thought about them in the same ways. In Buying a Bride, Marcia A. Zug starts with the so-called “Tobacco Wives” of the Jamestown colony and moves all the way forward to today’s modern same-sex mail-order grooms to explore the advantages and disadvantages of mail-order marriage. It’s a history of deception, physical abuse, and failed unions. It’s also the story of how mail-order marriage can offer women surprising and empowering opportunities. Drawing on a forgotten trove of colorful mail-order marriage court cases, Zug explores the many troubling legal issues that arise in mail-order marriage: domestic abuse and murder, breach of contract, fraud (especially relating to immigration), and human trafficking and prostitution. She tells the story of how mail-order marriage lost the benign reputation it enjoyed in the Civil War era to become more and more reviled over time, and she argues compellingly that it does not entirely deserve its current reputation. While it is a common misperception that women turn to mail-order marriage as a desperate last resort, most mail-order brides are enticed rather than coerced. Since the first mail-order brides arrived on American shores in 1619, mail-order marriage has enabled women to improve both their marital prospects and their legal, political, and social freedoms. Buying A Bride uncovers this history and shows us how mail-order marriage empowers women and should be protected and even encouraged.
Author : Thomas P. Slaughter
Publisher : Hill and Wang
Release Date : 2014-06-10
ISBN : 0374712077
Pages : 512 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (712 Download)
Download and Read Independence: The Tangled Roots of the American Revolution PDF by Thomas P. Slaughter Full Book and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important new interpretation of the American colonists' 150-year struggle to achieve independence "What do we mean by the Revolution?" John Adams asked Thomas Jefferson in 1815. "The war? That was no part of the Revolution. It was only an effect and consequence of it." As the distinguished historian Thomas P. Slaughter shows in this landmark book, the long process of revolution reached back more than a century before 1776, and it touched on virtually every aspect of the colonies' laws, commerce, social structures, religious sentiments, family ties, and political interests. And Slaughter's comprehensive work makes clear that the British who chose to go to North America chafed under imperial rule from the start, vigorously disputing many of the colonies' founding charters. When the British said the Americans were typically "independent," they meant to disparage them as lawless and disloyal. But the Americans insisted on their moral courage and political principles, and regarded their independence as a great virtue, as they regarded their love of freedom and their loyalty to local institutions. Over the years, their struggles to define this independence took many forms, and Slaughter's compelling narrative takes us from New England and Nova Scotia to New York and Pennsylvania, and south to the Carolinas, as colonists resisted unsympathetic royal governors, smuggled to evade British duties on imported goods (tea was only one of many), and, eventually, began to organize for armed uprisings. Britain, especially after its victories over France in the 1750s, was eager to crush these rebellions, but the Americans' opposition only intensified, as did dark conspiracy theories about their enemies—whether British, Native American, or French.In Independence, Slaughter resets and clarifies the terms in which we may understand this remarkable evolution, showing how and why a critical mass of colonists determined that they could not be both independent and subject to the British Crown. By 1775–76, they had become revolutionaries—going to war only reluctantly, as a last-ditch means to preserve the independence that they cherished as a birthright.
Author : Matt Soltys
Publisher : Matt Soltys
Release Date : 2012
ISBN : 0987958704
Pages : 221 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (958 Download)
Download and Read Tangled Roots PDF by Matt Soltys Full Book and published by Matt Soltys. This book was released on 2012 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jocelyn Thorpe
Publisher : UBC Press
Release Date : 2012-02-03
ISBN : 0774822031
Pages : 220 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (822 Download)
Download and Read Temagami's Tangled Wild PDF by Jocelyn Thorpe Full Book and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2012-02-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian wilderness seems a self-evident entity, yet, as this volume shows in vivid historical detail, wilderness is not what it seems. In Temagami's Tangled Wild, Jocelyn Thorpe traces how struggles over meaning, racialized and gendered identities, and land have made the Temagami area in Ontario into a site emblematic of wild Canadian nature, even though the Teme-Augama Anishnabai have long understood the region as their homeland rather than as a wilderness. Eloquent and accessible, this engaging history challenges readers to acknowledge the embeddedness of colonial relations in our notions of wilderness, and to reconsider our understanding of the wilderness ideal.
Author : Sandra D. Styres
Publisher : University of Alberta
Release Date : 2022-05-31
ISBN : 1772126004
Pages : 329 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (126 Download)
Download and Read Troubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education PDF by Sandra D. Styres Full Book and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Troubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education offers a series of critical perspectives concerning reconciliation and reconciliatory efforts between Canadian and Indigenous peoples. Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars address both theoretical and practical aspects of troubling reconciliation in education across various contexts with significant diversity of thought, approach, and socio-political location. Throughout, the work challenges mainstream reconciliation discourses. This timely, unflinching analysis will be invaluable to scholars and students of Indigenous studies, sociology, and education. Contributors: Daniela Bascuñán, Jennifer Brant, Liza Brechbill, Shawna Carroll, Frank Deer, George J. Sefa Dei (Nana Adusei Sefa Tweneboah), Lucy El-Sherif, Rachel yacaaʔał George, Ruth Green, Celia Haig-Brown, Arlo Kempf, Jeannie Kerr, David Newhouse, Amy Parent, Michelle Pidgeon, Robin Quantick, Jean-Paul Restoule, Toby Rollo, Mark Sinke, Sandra D. Styres, Lynne Wiltse, Dawn Zinga
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Release Date : 1858
ISBN :
Pages : 916 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (16 Download)
Download and Read Atlantic Monthly PDF by Full Book and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephanie P. Ledgin
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2010
ISBN : 0275993876
Pages : 222 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (993 Download)
Download and Read Discovering Folk Music PDF by Stephanie P. Ledgin Full Book and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2010 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the role folk music has played in American history, highlighting songs, musicians, and events that defined folk music and its evolution.
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Release Date : 1976
ISBN :
Pages : 1670 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (15 Download)
Download and Read Contemporary Novelists PDF by Full Book and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Various
Publisher : Litres
Release Date : 2021-01-18
ISBN : 5041327971
Pages : 341 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (327 Download)
Download and Read The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 PDF by Various Full Book and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Vinson
Publisher : London : St. James Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 1976
ISBN :
Pages : 1672 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (15 Download)
Download and Read Contemporary Novelists PDF by James Vinson Full Book and published by London : St. James Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An authoritative reference guide to the most important living novelists and short story writers in the English language."--Google Books viewed Sept. 22, 2021.
Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-11-13
ISBN :
Pages : 7349 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (654 Download)
Download and Read The Collected Works of H. G. Wells PDF by H. G. Wells Full Book and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 7349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. G. Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of fiction works, history and politics. Wells is called a father of science fiction. Table of Contents: A Modern Utopia Ann Veronica Bealby In the Days of the Comet The Chronic Argonauts The First Men in the Moon The Invisible Man The Island of Dr Moreau The New Machiavelli The Passionate Friends The Prophetic Trilogy The Research Magnificent The Sea Lady The Secret Places of the Heart The Soul of a Bishop The Time Machine The Undying Fire The War in the Air The War of the Worlds The World Set Free Tono-bungay When the Sleeper Wakes Collections of Short Stories Short Stories: A Catastrophe A Deal in Ostriches A Dream of Armageddon A Slip Under the Microscope A Story of the Days to Come A Story of the Stone Age A Tale of the Twentieth Century A Talk with Gryllotalpa How Gabriel Became Thompson How Pingwill Was Routed In the Abyss Le Mari Terrible Miss Winchelsea's Heart Mr. Brisher's Treasure Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation Mr. Marshall's Doppelganger Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland My First Aeroplane Our Little Neighbour Perfect Gentleman on Wheels Pollock and the Porroh Man The Empire of the Ants The Flying Man The Grisly Folk The Inexperienced Ghost The Land Ironclads The Lord of the Dynamos The Loyalty of Esau Common The Magic Shop The Man Who Could Work Miracles The Man with a Nose The Moth The New Accelerator The New Faust The Obliterated Man The Pearl of Love The Presence by the Fire The Purple Pileus The Rajah's Treasure The Reconciliation The Red Room The Sea Raiders The Star The Stolen Body The Story of the Last Trump The Story of the Stone Age The Temptation of Harringay The Thing in No. 7 The Thumbmark The Treasure in the Forest The Wild Asses of the Devil ...
Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-11-13
ISBN :
Pages : 7419 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (654 Download)
Download and Read The Collected Works PDF by H. G. Wells Full Book and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 7419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946), known as H. G. Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and Wells is called a father of science fiction. This edition includes: H. G. Wells by J. D. Beresford Mr. Wells as Historian by Arnold Wycombe Gomme Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants by G. K. Chesterton Essays and Articles Novels and Short Stories: A Modern Utopia Ann Veronica Bealby In the Days of the Comet Joan and Peter Kipps Love and Mr. Lewisham Marriage Mr. Britling Sees It Through The Chronic Argonauts The First Men in the Moon The Food of the Gods The History of Mr Polly The Invisible Man The Island of Dr Moreau The New Machiavelli The Passionate Friends The Prophetic Trilogy The Research Magnificent The Sea Lady The Secret Places of the Heart The Soul of a Bishop The Time Machine The Undying Fire The War in the Air The War of the Worlds The Wheels of Chance The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The Wonderful Visit The World Set Free Tono-bungay When the Sleeper Wakes Collections of Short Stories Short Stories: A Catastrophe A Deal in Ostriches A Dream of Armageddon A Slip Under the Microscope A Story of the Days to Come A Story of the Stone Age A Tale of the Twentieth Century A Talk with Gryllotalpa How Gabriel Became Thompson How Pingwill Was Routed In the Abyss Le Mari Terrible Little Mother Up the Morderberg Miss Winchelsea's Heart Mr. Brisher's Treasure Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation Mr. Marshall's Doppelganger Mr.
Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : Ozymandias Press
Release Date : 2018-04-10
ISBN : 1531280358
Pages : 517 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (28 Download)
Download and Read The Age of the Great Powers PDF by H. G. Wells Full Book and published by Ozymandias Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The open struggle of the private property owner against the aggressions of the "Prince" begins in England far back in the twelfth century. The phase in this struggle that we have to study now is the phase that opened with the attempts of Henry VII and VIII and their successors, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, to make the government of England a "personal monarchy" of the continental type. It became more acute when, by dynastic accidents, James, King of Scotland, became James I, King of both Scotland and England (1603), and began to talk in the manner we have already quoted of his "divine right" to do as he pleased. But never had the path of English monarchy been a smooth one. In all the monarchies of the Northmen and Germanic invaders of the empire there had been a tradition of a popular assembly of influential and representative men to preserve their general liberties, and in none was it more living than in England. France had her tradition of the assembly of the Three Estates, Spain her Cortes, but the English assembly was peculiar in two respects: that it had behind it a documentary declaration of certain elementary and universal rights, and that it contained elected "Knights of the Shire," as well as elected burghers from the towns. The French and Spanish assemblies had the latter, but not the former element...
Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : AtheneMedia-Verlag
Release Date : 2021-01-26
ISBN : 3869924063
Pages : 9825 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (924 Download)
Download and Read Collected Works PDF by H. G. Wells Full Book and published by AtheneMedia-Verlag. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 9825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive collection - without images and optimized in file size for quick access - contains: A Modern Utopia A Short History of the World An Englishman Looks at the World / Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story Anticipations / Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought Bealby; A Holiday Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump / Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times Certain Personal Matters First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" God, the Invisible King In the Days of the Comet In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace Joan and Peter: The story of an education Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul Little Wars (a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books) Love and Mr. Lewisham Mankind in the Making Marriage Mr. Britling Sees It Through Russia in the Shadows Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences Socialism and the family Tales of Space and Time Text Book of Biology, Vertebrata The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The Discovery of the Future The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories The First Men in the Moon The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth The Future in America: A Search After Realities The History of Mr. Polly The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance The Island of Doctor Moreau The New Machiavelli The New Teaching of History / With a reply to some recent criticisms of The Outline of History The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind The Plattner Story, and Others The Red Room The Research Magnificent The Salvaging Of Civilization The Sea Lady The Secret Places of the Heart The Sleeper Awakes / A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes The Soul of a Bishop The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents The Time Machine The Undying Fire: A contemporary novel The War in the Air The War of the Worlds The War That Will End War The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The Wonderful Visit The World Set Free This Misery of Boots Tono-Bungay Twelve Stories and a Dream War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War Washington and the Riddle of Peace What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War When the Sleeper Wakes Herbert George Wells wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback - utopian works and foresaw the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television and something resembling the World Wide Web. His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, and biological engineering...
Author : Gene Santoro
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2004
ISBN : 0195154819
Pages : 321 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (154 Download)
Download and Read Highway 61 Revisited PDF by Gene Santoro Full Book and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers essays arguing that post-World War II American popular music decended from Louis Armstrong's jazz and Woody Guthrie's folk music, discussing such artists as Chet Baker, Ani DiFranco, and Willie Nelson.
Author : Stacey Olster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-06-09
ISBN : 1107049210
Pages : 271 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (49 Download)
Download and Read The Cambridge Introduction to Contemporary American Fiction PDF by Stacey Olster Full Book and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores American fiction of the last thirty years, examining the political and cultural changes that distinguish the period
