Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 348
Book Description
Continente
Author: Spain, Third Edition
Author: John A. CrowPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520244962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
A readable and erudite study of the cultural history of Spain and its people.
Voice of the Leopard
Author: Ivor L. MillerPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604738146
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
In Voice of the Leopard: African Secret Societies and Cuba, Ivor L. Miller shows how African migrants and their political fraternities played a formative role in the history of Cuba. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, no large kingdoms controlled Nigeria and Cameroon's multilingual Cross River basin. Instead, each settlement had its own lodge of the initiation society called Ékpè, or “leopard,” which was the highest indigenous authority. Ékpè lodges ruled local communities while also managing regional and long-distance trade. Cross River Africans, enslaved and forcibly brought to colonial Cuba, reorganized their Ékpè clubs covertly in Havana and Matanzas into a mutual-aid society called Abakuá, which became foundational to Cuba's urban life and music. Miller's extensive fieldwork in Cuba and West Africa documents ritual languages and practices that survived the Middle Passage and evolved into a unifying charter for transplanted slaves and their successors. To gain deeper understanding of the material, Miller underwent Ékpè initiation rites in Nigeria after ten years' collaboration with Abakuá initiates in Cuba and the United States. He argues that Cuban music, art, and even politics rely on complexities of these African-inspired codes of conduct and leadership. Voice of the Leopard is an unprecedented tracing of an African title-society to its Caribbean incarnation, which has deeply influenced Cuba's creative energy and popular consciousness.
Schwann Long Playing Record Catalog
Author: When Bulls Cry
Author: Michael A. OgorzalyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781425927721
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Great News for Leeland Lake! March 2011 NEVERLAST by Leeland Lake is a winner! NEVERLAST is featured on crime writer's April Smith's website as the top finisher in March's writing contest. Read about it here: http://www.aprilsmith.net/2011/04/01/march-writing-contest-winner/ Fearing he's losing his wife, ex minor leaguer Matt Marinek seeks out an old boxing buddy from the "other" side of town. Gravel-voiced Vaughn McIntyre offers a "therapy" promising to alleviate Matt's anguish. Matt goes along, relying on athletic training methods and visualization techniques to "imagine" his wife out of his life. Now, Matt's in police custody, facing life in prison for ordering double murders he claims were "make believe." NEVERLAST is a gripping account of abandonment and betrayal that becomes a first-rate mystery as Matt seeks justice and forgiveness in Leeland Lake's newest page-turning crime novel. 289 pages. Crime/Suspense/Novel
World War One
Author: Stephen BullPublisher: Potomac Books
ISBN: 9781857532708
Category : Military uniforms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
BRASSEY'S HISTORY OF UNIFORMS series provides information on the uniforms and equipment worn by the great armies of the past. Each book is illustrated with photographs and other works by leading military artists. This title covers the British Army at war 1914-1918.
Fifty Years a Detective
Author: Thomas FurlongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Spain
Author: Stanley G. PaynePublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299249336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
From bloodthirsty conquest to exotic romance, stereotypes of Spain abound. This new volume by distinguished historian Stanley G. Payne draws on his half-century of experience to offer a balanced, broadly chronological survey of Spanish history from the Visigoths to the present. Who were the first “Spaniards”? Is Spain a fully Western country? Was Spanish liberalism a failure? Examining Spain’s unique role in the larger history of Western Europe, Payne reinterprets key aspects of the country’s history. Topics include Muslim culture in the peninsula, the Spanish monarchy, the empire, and the relationship between Spain and Portugal. Turning to the twentieth century, Payne discusses the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War. The book’s final chapters focus on the Franco regime, the nature of Spanish fascism, and the special role of the military. Analyzing the figure of Franco himself, Payne seeks to explain why some Spaniards still regard him with respect, while many others view the late dictator with profound loathing. Framed by reflections on the author’s own formation as a Hispanist and his evaluation of the controversy about “historical memory” in contemporary Spain, this volume offers deeply informed insights into both the history and the historiography of a unique country. A Choice Outstanding Academic Book Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Association
Tourism and Dictatorship
Author: S. PackPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230601162
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Following WWII, the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how this helped to strengthen Franco's regime and economic and political standing.
Medium Cool
Author: Roger BeebePublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822341628
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Medium Cool