Author: José Zacarias de Souza
Publisher: EDIPUCRS
ISBN: 9788574301839
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Agostinho: buscador inquieto da verdade
Author: José Zacarias de Souza
Publisher: EDIPUCRS
ISBN: 9788574301839
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher: EDIPUCRS
ISBN: 9788574301839
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Revista Veritas
Cape Verde
Author: Ana Mafalda Leite
Publisher: Tagus
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
A collection of scholars from Cape Verde, Brazil, Portugal, the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain writing about Cape Verde
Publisher: Tagus
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
A collection of scholars from Cape Verde, Brazil, Portugal, the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain writing about Cape Verde
The African Colonial State in Comparative Perspective
Author: Crawford Young
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300068795
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished specialist and scholar of African affairs argues that the current crisis in African development can be traced directly to European colonial rule, which left the continent with a "singularly difficult legacy" that is unique in modern history. Crawford Young proposes a new conception of the state, weighing the different characteristics of earlier European empires (including those of Holland, Portugal, England, and Venice) and distilling their common qualities. He then presents a concise and wide-ranging history of colonization in Africa, from the era of construction through consolidation and decolonization. Young argues that several qualities combined to make the European colonial experience in Africa distinctive. The high number of nations competing for power around the continent and the necessity to achieve effective occupation swiftly yet make the colonies self-financing drove colonial powers toward policies of "ruthless extractive action." The persistent, virulent racism that established a distance between rulers and subjects was especially central to African colonial history. Young concludes by turning his sights to other regions of the once-colonized world, comparing the fates of former African colonies to their counterparts elsewhere. In tracing both the overarching traits and variations in African colonial states, he makes a strong case that colonialism has played a critical role in shaping the fate of this troubled continent.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300068795
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished specialist and scholar of African affairs argues that the current crisis in African development can be traced directly to European colonial rule, which left the continent with a "singularly difficult legacy" that is unique in modern history. Crawford Young proposes a new conception of the state, weighing the different characteristics of earlier European empires (including those of Holland, Portugal, England, and Venice) and distilling their common qualities. He then presents a concise and wide-ranging history of colonization in Africa, from the era of construction through consolidation and decolonization. Young argues that several qualities combined to make the European colonial experience in Africa distinctive. The high number of nations competing for power around the continent and the necessity to achieve effective occupation swiftly yet make the colonies self-financing drove colonial powers toward policies of "ruthless extractive action." The persistent, virulent racism that established a distance between rulers and subjects was especially central to African colonial history. Young concludes by turning his sights to other regions of the once-colonized world, comparing the fates of former African colonies to their counterparts elsewhere. In tracing both the overarching traits and variations in African colonial states, he makes a strong case that colonialism has played a critical role in shaping the fate of this troubled continent.
Colonialism in Question
Author: Frederick Cooper
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520244141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Probably the most important historian of Africa currently writing in the English language. His intellectual reach and ambition have even taken influence far beyond African studies as such, and he has become one of the major voices contributing to debates over empire, colonialism and their aftermaths. This book is a call to reinvigorate the critical way in which history can be written. Cooper takes on many of the standard beliefs passing as postcolonial theory and breathes fresh air onto them."—Michael Watts, Director of the Institute of International Studies, Berkeley "This is a very much needed book: on Africa, on intellectual artisanship and on engagement in emancipatory projects. Drawing on his enormous erudition in colonial history, Cooper brings together an intellectual and a moral-political argument against a series of linked developments that privilege 'taking a stance' and in favor of studying processes of struggle through engaged scholarship."—Jane I. Guyer, author of Marginal Gains
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520244141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Probably the most important historian of Africa currently writing in the English language. His intellectual reach and ambition have even taken influence far beyond African studies as such, and he has become one of the major voices contributing to debates over empire, colonialism and their aftermaths. This book is a call to reinvigorate the critical way in which history can be written. Cooper takes on many of the standard beliefs passing as postcolonial theory and breathes fresh air onto them."—Michael Watts, Director of the Institute of International Studies, Berkeley "This is a very much needed book: on Africa, on intellectual artisanship and on engagement in emancipatory projects. Drawing on his enormous erudition in colonial history, Cooper brings together an intellectual and a moral-political argument against a series of linked developments that privilege 'taking a stance' and in favor of studying processes of struggle through engaged scholarship."—Jane I. Guyer, author of Marginal Gains
The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History
Author: John Parker
Publisher:
ISBN: 019957247X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
Provides the latest insights into, and interpretations of, the history of Africa
Publisher:
ISBN: 019957247X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
Provides the latest insights into, and interpretations of, the history of Africa
Literary Translation
Author: Clifford E. Landers
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847695604
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language. Certain challenges and certain themes recur in translation, whatever the language pair. This guide proposes to help the translator navigate through them. Written in a witty and easy to read style, the book’s hands-on approach will make it accessible to translators of any background. A significant portion of this Practical Guide is devoted to the question of how to go about finding an outlet for one’s translations.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1847695604
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language. Certain challenges and certain themes recur in translation, whatever the language pair. This guide proposes to help the translator navigate through them. Written in a witty and easy to read style, the book’s hands-on approach will make it accessible to translators of any background. A significant portion of this Practical Guide is devoted to the question of how to go about finding an outlet for one’s translations.
Saci
Author: Monteiro Lobato
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913475208
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Saci (original title: O Saci) Bonus short stories: The Periscope (original title: O Periscópio), Caterpillars and Butterflies (original title: Lagartas e Borboletas) and The Second Jackfruit (A Segunda Jaca). Who are the sacis? Saci is a one-legged Brazilian folktale character known for his black skin, red tuque, pipe and pranks. Elfish, he will do your head in if he wants to annoy you, but if you are lost in the woods there is no better guide than this ally of plants and animals.It's nearly midnight and Saci and Pete delve into Red Toucans Weald, the dense forest just beyond Yellow Woodpecker Grange, and outsmart darkness, jaguars, anacondas, rattlesnakes... and supernatural creatures: Caipora, Curupira, Headless Mule, White Pig Sow with her seven piglets, Werewolf, Iara and the implacable 3,000 year-old alligator-headed witch Cuca, who kidnaps Retroussy. The two heroes have until dawn to solve the mystery and achieve her rescue.The short stories also by Monteiro Lobato included in this book are 'The Periscope', 'Caterpillars and Butterflies'and 'The Second Jackfruit'. In 'The Periscope', Viscount, now an inventor, creates a periscope to see the invisible, and what do they see? Sacis! In 'Caterpillars and Butterflies', Viscount presents his new invention: the 'psychocaptor', a machine that reads the thoughts of animals and trees. In 'The Second Jackfruit', Viscount is missing and Emily summons the ingenuity of a saci to help her find her best friend.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913475208
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Saci (original title: O Saci) Bonus short stories: The Periscope (original title: O Periscópio), Caterpillars and Butterflies (original title: Lagartas e Borboletas) and The Second Jackfruit (A Segunda Jaca). Who are the sacis? Saci is a one-legged Brazilian folktale character known for his black skin, red tuque, pipe and pranks. Elfish, he will do your head in if he wants to annoy you, but if you are lost in the woods there is no better guide than this ally of plants and animals.It's nearly midnight and Saci and Pete delve into Red Toucans Weald, the dense forest just beyond Yellow Woodpecker Grange, and outsmart darkness, jaguars, anacondas, rattlesnakes... and supernatural creatures: Caipora, Curupira, Headless Mule, White Pig Sow with her seven piglets, Werewolf, Iara and the implacable 3,000 year-old alligator-headed witch Cuca, who kidnaps Retroussy. The two heroes have until dawn to solve the mystery and achieve her rescue.The short stories also by Monteiro Lobato included in this book are 'The Periscope', 'Caterpillars and Butterflies'and 'The Second Jackfruit'. In 'The Periscope', Viscount, now an inventor, creates a periscope to see the invisible, and what do they see? Sacis! In 'Caterpillars and Butterflies', Viscount presents his new invention: the 'psychocaptor', a machine that reads the thoughts of animals and trees. In 'The Second Jackfruit', Viscount is missing and Emily summons the ingenuity of a saci to help her find her best friend.
The Jesuits and the Thirty Years War
Author: Robert Bireley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521820172
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book brings to light the extent to which the Thirty Years War was a religious war.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521820172
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book brings to light the extent to which the Thirty Years War was a religious war.
Black and White Make Brown
Author: Archibald Lyall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description