Author: Santiago Ramón y CajalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nervous system
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Recollections of My Life
Author: Santiago Ramón y CajalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nervous system
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Cecilia Valdés or El Angel Hill
Author: Cirilo VillaverdePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199725233
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the children of the same father. Eventually Cecilia gives in to Leonardo's advances; she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. When Leonardo, who gets bored with Cecilia after a while, agrees to marry a white upper class woman, Cecilia vows revenge. A mulatto friend and suitor of hers kills Leonardo, and Cecilia is thrown into prison as an accessory to the crime. For the contemporary reader Helen Lane's masterful translation of Cecilia Valdés opens a new window into the intricate problems of race relations in Cuba and the Caribbean. There are the elite social circles of European and New World Whites, the rich culture of the free people of color, the class to which Cecilia herself belonged, and then the slaves, divided among themselves between those who were born in Africa and those who were born in the New World, and those who worked on the sugar plantation and those who worked in the households of the rich people in Havana. Cecilia Valdés thus presents a vast portrait of sexual, social, and racial oppression, and the lived experience of Spanish colonialism in Cuba.
The Spanish American Reader
Author: Ernesto NelsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spanish language
Languages : es
Pages : 392
Book Description
Queen Calafia
Author: Vicente Blasco IbáñezPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Blue Bird
Author: Tom CunliffePublisher:
ISBN: 9780954079710
Category : Yachts
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Building Suburbia
Author: Dolores HaydenPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307515265
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A lively and provocative history of the contested landscapes where the majority of Americans now live. From rustic cottages reached by steamboat to big box stores at the exit ramps of eight-lane highways, Dolores Hayden defines seven eras of suburban development since 1820. An urban historian and architect, she portrays housewives and politicians as well as designers and builders making the decisions that have generated America’s diverse suburbs. Residents have sought home, nature, and community in suburbia. Developers have cherished different dreams, seeking profit from economies of scale and increased suburban densities, while lobbying local and federal government to reduce the risk of real estate speculation. Encompassing environmental controversies as well as the complexities of race, gender, and class, Hayden’s fascinating account will forever alter how we think about the communities we build and inhabit.
Light, Space, Surface: Art from Southern California
Author: Melinda WortzPublisher: Delmonico Books
ISBN: 9781942884996
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
"Published in conjunction with the touring exhibition, Light, Space, Surface. Itinerary: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy October 2, 2021-January 30, 2022 Frist Art Museum June 3, 2022-September 6, 2022"--
Lina Bo Bardi
Author: Zeuler R. M. de A. LimaPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300154267
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
div The first major retrospective of the Brazilian modernist architect's life and work/DIV
The ʻOpus Majus' of Roger Bacon
Author: Roger BaconPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : la
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia
Author: Andrea CanepariPublisher: Temple University Press
ISBN: 1439916470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
"The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia examines the impact and influence of Italian arts, culture, people, and ideas on the city of Philadelphia from the founding to the present"--