Author: César Caviedes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book traces the development of settlements and economic systems, as well as provide up-to-date information and interpretation of the contemporary problems of South America.
South to America
Author: Imani Perry
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062977385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
WINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel Wilkerson An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South—and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge. In South to America, Imani Perry shows that the meaning of American is inextricably linked with the South, and that our understanding of its history and culture is the key to understanding the nation as a whole. This is the story of a Black woman and native Alabaman returning to the region she has always called home and considering it with fresh eyes. Her journey is full of detours, deep dives, and surprising encounters with places and people. She renders Southerners from all walks of life with sensitivity and honesty, sharing her thoughts about a troubling history and the ritual humiliations and joys that characterize so much of Southern life. Weaving together stories of immigrant communities, contemporary artists, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes, her own ancestors, and her lived experiences, Imani Perry crafts a tapestry unlike any other. With uncommon insight and breathtaking clarity, South to America offers an assertion that if we want to build a more humane future for the United States, we must center our concern below the Mason-Dixon Line. A Recommended Read from: The New Yorker • The New York Times • TIME • Oprah Daily • USA Today • Vulture • Essence • Esquire • W Magazine • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • PopSugar • Book Riot • Chicago Review of Books • Electric Literature • Lit Hub
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062977385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
WINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel Wilkerson An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South—and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge. In South to America, Imani Perry shows that the meaning of American is inextricably linked with the South, and that our understanding of its history and culture is the key to understanding the nation as a whole. This is the story of a Black woman and native Alabaman returning to the region she has always called home and considering it with fresh eyes. Her journey is full of detours, deep dives, and surprising encounters with places and people. She renders Southerners from all walks of life with sensitivity and honesty, sharing her thoughts about a troubling history and the ritual humiliations and joys that characterize so much of Southern life. Weaving together stories of immigrant communities, contemporary artists, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes, her own ancestors, and her lived experiences, Imani Perry crafts a tapestry unlike any other. With uncommon insight and breathtaking clarity, South to America offers an assertion that if we want to build a more humane future for the United States, we must center our concern below the Mason-Dixon Line. A Recommended Read from: The New Yorker • The New York Times • TIME • Oprah Daily • USA Today • Vulture • Essence • Esquire • W Magazine • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • PopSugar • Book Riot • Chicago Review of Books • Electric Literature • Lit Hub
Open Veins of Latin America
Author: Eduardo Galeano
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0853459908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0853459908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.
The Mythology of North America
Author: John Bierhorst
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780833501516
Category : Indian mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780833501516
Category : Indian mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
South America
Author: César Caviedes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book traces the development of settlements and economic systems, as well as provide up-to-date information and interpretation of the contemporary problems of South America.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book traces the development of settlements and economic systems, as well as provide up-to-date information and interpretation of the contemporary problems of South America.
South America
Author: James Bryce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South America
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South America
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
The Physical Geography of South America
Author: Thomas T. Veblen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019803184X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic conditions of this remarkable continent and their relationships to human activity. It fills a void in recent environmental literature by assembling a team of specialists from within and beyond South America in order to provide an integrated, cross-disciplinary body of knowledge about this mostly tropical continent, together with its high mountains and temperate southern cone. The authors systematically cover the main components of the South American environment - tectonism, climate, glaciation, natural landscape changes, rivers, vegetation, animals, and soils. The book then presents more specific treatments of regions with special attributes from the tropical forests of the Amazon basin to the Atacama Desert and Patagonian steppe, and from the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific coasts to the high Andes. Additionally, the continents environments are given a human face by evaluating the roles played by people over time, from pre-European and European colonial impacts to the effects of modern agriculture and urbanization, and from interactions with El Niño events to prognoses for the future environments of the continent.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019803184X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The Physical Geography of South America, the eighth volume in the Oxford Regional Environments series, presents an enduring statement on the physical and biogeographic conditions of this remarkable continent and their relationships to human activity. It fills a void in recent environmental literature by assembling a team of specialists from within and beyond South America in order to provide an integrated, cross-disciplinary body of knowledge about this mostly tropical continent, together with its high mountains and temperate southern cone. The authors systematically cover the main components of the South American environment - tectonism, climate, glaciation, natural landscape changes, rivers, vegetation, animals, and soils. The book then presents more specific treatments of regions with special attributes from the tropical forests of the Amazon basin to the Atacama Desert and Patagonian steppe, and from the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific coasts to the high Andes. Additionally, the continents environments are given a human face by evaluating the roles played by people over time, from pre-European and European colonial impacts to the effects of modern agriculture and urbanization, and from interactions with El Niño events to prognoses for the future environments of the continent.
South America
Author: James Bryce Bryce (Viscount)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South America
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South America
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
A Tour Through South America
Author: Archibald Stevenson Forrest
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
South America
Author: Karen Bush Gibson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736854313
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
"Describes the continent of South America, including climate, landforms, plants, animals, countries, people, as well as South America and the world"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736854313
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
"Describes the continent of South America, including climate, landforms, plants, animals, countries, people, as well as South America and the world"--Provided by publisher.
The History of South America from Its Discovery to the Present Time
Author: Alfred Joseph Deberle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South America
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South America
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description