Author: Lisa Surwillo Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 080479183X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 264
Book Description
Transatlantic studies have begun to explore the lasting influence of Spain on its former colonies and the surviving ties between the American nations and Spain. In Monsters by Trade, Lisa Surwillo takes a different approach, explaining how modern Spain was literally made by its Cuban colony. Long after the transatlantic slave trade had been abolished, Spain continued to smuggle thousands of Africans annually to Cuba to work the sugar plantations. Nearly a third of the royal income came from Cuban sugar, and these profits underwrote Spain's modernization even as they damaged its international standing. Surwillo analyzes a sampling of nineteenth-century Spanish literary works that reflected metropolitan fears of the hold that slave traders (and the slave economy more generally) had over the political, cultural, and financial networks of power. She also examines how the nineteenth-century empire and the role of the slave trader are commemorated in contemporary tourism and literature in various regions in Northern Spain. This is the first book to demonstrate the centrality of not just Cuba, but the illicit transatlantic slave trade to the cultural life of modern Spain.
Author: Lisa Surwillo Publisher: ISBN: 9781503613645 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 264
Book Description
This book analyzes literary works from the nineteenth-century that engaged with Spain's active participation in the outlawed transatlantic slave trade.
Author: David McNally Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004201572 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 309
Book Description
"Monsters of the Market" investigates modern capitalism through the prism of the body panics it arouses. Examining "Frankenstein," Marx s "Capital" and zombie fables from sub-Saharan Africa, it offers a novel account of the cultural and corporeal economy of global capitalism.
Author: David McNally Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004206930 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 308
Book Description
Winner of the 2012 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize. Monsters of the Market investigates the rise of capitalism through the prism of the body-panics it arouses. Drawing on folklore, literature and popular culture, the book links tales of monstrosity from early-modern England, including Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, to a spate of recent vampire- and zombie-fables from sub-Saharan Africa, and it connects these to Marx’s persistent use of monster-metaphors in his descriptions of capitalism. Reading across these tales of the grotesque, Monsters of the Market offers a novel account of the cultural and corporeal economy of a global market-system. The book thus makes original contributions to political economy, cultural theory, commodification-studies and ‘body-theory’.
Author: Cullen Bunn Publisher: Marvel Entertainment ISBN: 1302498959 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 179
Book Description
Collects Monsters Unleashed #1-5. It's all hands on deck with the AVENGERS, CHAMPIONS, GUARDIANS, X-MEN and the INHUMANS as they clash with monstrous hazards that threaten to destroy every corner of the Marvel Universe. Who are the LEVIATHONS? Who controls them? How can they be stopped before Earth becomes another tragic barren world in their wake?
Author: John Boik Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education ISBN: 9780071494717 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
Everything you need to know to get in on the ground floor of the next Google! Monster Stocks gives you the expert guidance you need to add the explosive power of breakout stocks to your portfolio. You'll find everything you need to consistently spot stocks that have the potential to at the very least, double in value in a year or less - and change your life forever! Delivered in clear, concise language by market researcher John Boik, Monster Stocks gives you the tools you need to land super-performing stocks and handle them for maximum profit, market cycle after market cycle. Boik mines the history of the market to uncover the common conditions that must be in place for monster stocks to materialize. You'll learn how to easily identify these trends with the help of real-world monster stock case studies, from Yahoo! and Schwab to Apple, Broadcom, and many more. Make your fortune with Monster Stocks! Know when to buy and when to sell for tremendous profit Understand how the pros identify and handle market leaders Learn from the great super-stocks of the past Break your bad stock investing habits for good! Gain valuable insight into selecting future monster stocks
Author: Mark Millar Publisher: Marvel Entertainment ISBN: 0785178511 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 169
Book Description
Collects Ultimates 2 #1-6. It's been one year since they stopped an alien invasion, and now there are new members, new costumes and new villains for the Ultimates! Who's getting married? Who's divorced? Who's gone nuts since we last saw them? See Ultimate Hulk and the secret origin of Ultimate Thor!
Author: Dennis L. Prince Publisher: ISBN: 9780692202876 Category : Horror tales, American Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
The story of Aurora Plastic Corporation's controversial Monster Scenes model kits from 1971. They raised cries of outrage, prompted protests, and ultimately toppled the once-proud hobby and toy company.
Author: John Michael Greer Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 9780738700502 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 318
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"The author discusses monsters from the perspective of traditional magical lore, describing the characteristics of vampires, ghosts, werewolves, fairy creatures, mermaids, dragons, spirits, angels, and demons, and examining evidence of their existence."--BWI.
Author: Lisa Surwillo
Author: Lisa Surwillo
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Author: David McNally
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Author: Mark Millar
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