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Author: Kathleen Burk Publisher: Grove Press ISBN: 9780802144294 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 844
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A history of the relationship between Great Britain and the United States ranges from the establishment of the first English colony in the New World to the present day, examining both nations in terms of what connected them and what drove them apart.
Author: Kathleen Burk Publisher: Grove Press ISBN: 9780802144294 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 844
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A history of the relationship between Great Britain and the United States ranges from the establishment of the first English colony in the New World to the present day, examining both nations in terms of what connected them and what drove them apart.
Author: Katherine Anne Porter Publisher: University of Georgia Press ISBN: 0820333530 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 194
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Between 1920 and 1958 Katherine Anne Porter published more than sixty-five book review, many of which are now largely inaccessible. Although several such pieces have appeared in earlier collections of Porter's nonfiction writings, never have so many of Porter's reviews--nearly fifty--been made available in a single volume. Collectively the review reveal Porter's opinions on topics ranging from the nature of art and the place of the artist in politics and society to feminism and the role of female artists. Particularly evident in the reviews are the critical principles that guided her own work as well as her judgments of the works of other writers. In her introductory essay Darlene Harbour Unrue provides important biographical information on Porter, traces her career as a reviewer, and links critical assumptions in the reviews to the themes and techniques of Porter's fiction. Other scholars as well have regarded Porter's critical reviews as valuable tools both for analyzing the fiction and for constructing a portrait of Porter the artist, primarily because Porter produced so little fiction (three collections of short stories and novellas, Flowering Judas, The Leaning Tower, and Pale Horse, Pale Rider, and a novel, Ship of Fools). In the preface to the first collection of her nonfiction writings, The Days Before, Porter herself urged readers to look closely at her nonfiction, for there they would discover "the shape, direction, and connective tissue of a continuous, central interest and preoccupation of a lifetime." Most of the reviews--which appeared in such publications as the New York Herald Tribune, the New York Times, the Nation, and New Masses--she apparently undertook for financial reasons, but occasionally she would agree to review a friend's latest offering. She published no reviews after the success of her best-selling novel, Ship of Fools. Porter's scope as a reviewer was impressively broad. Because she lived in Mexico City during the revolution, had known Diego Rivera, and had studied "primitive" Mexican art, she was often called on to review books on Mexican art and on the revolution. Porter also reviewed many books by or about women. Her reviews of the Short Novels of Colette and Katharine Anthony's translation of Catherine the Great's memoirs are particularly noteworthy for her comments about women artists and her expression of admiration for women who flout traditional roles. These collected reviews illustrate the evolution of one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century and will interest not only Porter scholars but also anyone who appreciates her fiction.
Author: Aaron M. Shatzman Publisher: Anthem Press ISBN: 0857283375 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 222
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“The Old World, the New World, and the Creation of the Modern World, 1400–1650: An Interpretive History” provides a unique look at the early years of European discovery and colonization, examining the impact of this period on the historical development of both the New and Old Worlds. The text is enhanced by the incorporation of a wide variety of original source material, allowing readers to benefit from a more first-hand experience of the historical events of the period. Providing the essential facts in conjunction with expert analysis, the volume poses a number of important questions to enable readers to construct their own analysis of the evidence presented. Uniquely, the volume goes beyond the standard textbook formula of “what, when and where” to delve more deeply into the specific (as well as the wider) significance of historical developments, thereby providing the platform for a textured, interpretive understanding of the history of the Atlantic world.
Author: Jonathan Scott Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300249365 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 409
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A magisterial account of how the cultural and maritime relationships between the British, Dutch and American territories changed the existing world order – and made the Industrial Revolution possible Between 1500 and 1800, the North Sea region overtook the Mediterranean as the most dynamic part of the world. At its core the Anglo-Dutch relationship intertwined close alliance and fierce antagonism to intense creative effect. But a precondition for the Industrial Revolution was also the establishment in British North America of a unique type of colony – for the settlement of people and culture, rather than the extraction of things. England’s republican revolution of 1649–53 was a spectacular attempt to change social, political and moral life in the direction pioneered by the Dutch. In this wide-angled and arresting book Jonathan Scott argues that it was also a turning point in world history. In the revolution’s wake, competition with the Dutch transformed the military-fiscal and naval resources of the state. One result was a navally protected Anglo-American trading monopoly. Within this context, more than a century later, the Industrial Revolution would be triggered by the alchemical power of American shopping
Author: Charel Scheele Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595243428 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 118
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Who can resist the wonderful crusty breads baked at exclusive specialized small bakery shops? The joy of these handcrafted and horno baked goods can be yours with and adobe brick oven built right in your backyard. This will be a sensation in your neighborhood, and for your guests at your outdoor garden parties. Charel Scheele made the instructions simple and easy to follow on a step-by-step basis, with pictures to guide you. Included are also tantalizing bread recipes. You will find the mistery taken out of the sourdough and how to be sucessful in making starters and baking flavorful and delicious old fashioned loaves. In addition there are recipes for delightful flat and sweet breads as well as rolls.
Author: Marijan Von Staufer Publisher: Gower Publishing Company, Limited ISBN: 9781844163380 Category : Dead Languages : en Pages : 0
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This full-colour background book takes the form of an ancient tome, investigating the creatures of the undead that haunt the dark and gothic fantasy land, the Old World. With characterful text and fantastic art, the terrible truth of what can happen after death is revealed in all its gory detail!
Author: Perry Anderson Publisher: Verso Books ISBN: 1781683735 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 493
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The New Old World looks at the history of the European Union, the core continental countries within it, and the issue of its further expansion into Asia. It opens with a consideration of the origins and outcomes of European integration since the Second World War, and how today's EU has been theorized across a range of contemporary disciplines. It then moves to more detailed accounts of political and cultural developments in the three principal states of the original Common Market-France, Germany and Italy. A third section explores the interrelated histories of Cyprus and Turkey that pose a leading geopolitical challenge to the Community. The book ends by tracing ideas of European unity from the Enlightenment to the present, and their bearing on the future of the Union. The New Old World offers a critical portrait of a continent now increasingly hailed as a moral and political example to the world at large.
Author: Kathleen Burk
Author: Kathleen Burk
Author: Katherine Anne Porter
Author: Katherine Anne Porter
Author: Henry W. Bellows
Author: Pallavi Aiyar
Author: Aaron M. Shatzman
Author: Jonathan Scott
Author: Charel Scheele
Author: Marijan Von Staufer
Author: Perry Anderson