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Book END OF INDENTURE An Agonising Journey To Freedom

Download or read book END OF INDENTURE An Agonising Journey To Freedom written by Dr. Ruchi Verma, Narayan Kumar and Amb. Anup Mudgal and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book is a collection of writeups contributed by various eminent artists and art critics on different kinds of art tetechniques. This book was first published in the year 1826.

Book Silent Winds  Dry Seas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vinod Busjeet
  • Publisher : Doubleday
  • Release : 2021-08-17
  • ISBN : 0385547056
  • Pages : 231 pages

Download or read book Silent Winds Dry Seas written by Vinod Busjeet and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A sweeping debut novel that explores the intimate struggle for independence and success of a young descendant of Indian indentured laborers in Mauritius, a small multiracial island in the Indian Ocean. "The beauty of Busjeet's splendid, often breathtaking book is, like the best stories of journeys to young adulthood, the precious and well-observed and heartbreaking details of day-to-day life." --Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Known World In the 1950s, Vishnu Bhushan is a young boy yet to learn the truth beyond the rumors of his family's fractured histories--an alliance, as his mother says, of two bankrupt families. In evocative chapters, the first two decades of Vishnu's life in Mauritius unfolds with heart wrenching closeness as he battles to experience the world beyond, and the cultural, political, and familial turmoil that hold on to him. Through gorgeous and precise language, Silent Winds, Dry Seas conjures the spirit and rich life of Mauritius, even as its diverse peoples live under colonial rule. Weaving the soaring hopes, fierce love, and heart-breaking tragedies of Vishnu's proud Mauritian family together with his country's turbulent path to gain independence, Busjeet masterfully evokes the epic sweep of history in the intimate moments of a boy's life. Silent Winds, Dry Seas is a poetic, powerful, and universal novel of identity and place, of the legacies of colonialism, of tradition, modernity, and emigration, and of what a family will sacrifice for its children to thrive.

Book A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States

Download or read book A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States written by Frederick Law Olmsted and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the economy and it's impact of slavery on the coast land slave states pre-Civil War.

Book Ruling the World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan Lester
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2021-01-07
  • ISBN : 1108426204
  • Pages : 417 pages

Download or read book Ruling the World written by Alan Lester and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals how the British Empire's governing men enforced their ideas of freedom, civilization and liberalism around the world.

Book Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians

Download or read book Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians written by Kimberly Johnston-Dodds and published by California Research Bureau. This book was released on 2002 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created by the California Research Bureau at the request of Senator John L. Burton, this Web-site is a PDF document on early California laws and policies related to the Indians of the state and focuses on the years 1850-1861. Visitors are invited to explore such topics as loss of lands and cultures, the governors and the militia, reports on the Mendocino War, absence of legal rights, and vagrancy and punishment.

Book Legacies of slavery

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  • Author : UNESCO
  • Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
  • Release : 2018-12-31
  • ISBN : 9231002775
  • Pages : 219 pages

Download or read book Legacies of slavery written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Narrative of William Hayden

Download or read book Narrative of William Hayden written by William Hayden and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gabriel s Rebellion

Download or read book Gabriel s Rebellion written by Douglas R. Egerton and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel's Rebellion tells the dramatic story of what was perhaps the most extensive slave conspiracy in the history of the American South. Douglas Egerton illuminates the complex motivations that underlay two related Virginia slave revolts: the first, in 1800, led by the slave known as Gabriel; and the second, called the 'Easter Plot,' instigated in 1802 by one of his followers. Although Gabriel has frequently been portrayed as a messianic, Samson-like figure, Egerton shows that he was a literate and highly skilled blacksmith whose primary goal was to destroy the economic hegemony of the 'merchants,' the only whites he ever identified as his enemies. According to Egerton, the social, political, and economic disorder of the Revolutionary era weakened some of the harsh controls that held slavery in place during colonial times. Emboldened by these conditions, a small number of literate slaves--most of them highly skilled artisans--planned an armed insurrection aimed at destroying slavery in Virginia. The intricate scheme failed, as did the Easter Plot that stemmed from it, and Gabriel and many of his followers were hanged. By placing the revolts within the broader context of the volatile political currents of the day, Egerton challenges the conventional understanding of race, class, and politics in the early days of the American republic.

Book Gandhi   Rise of a Mahatma and Diaspora

Download or read book Gandhi Rise of a Mahatma and Diaspora written by Dr. Ruchi Verma, Narayan Kumar, Amb. Anup Mudgal and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The year 1870 marks an epoch in the history of the South. It witnessed not only the death of Robert E. Lee but the passing also of John Pendleton Kennedy, George Denison Prentice, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, and William Gilmore Simms. In literature it was not only the end of the old but the beginning of the new, for in 1870 the new movement in Southern literature may be said to have been inaugurated in the work of Irwin Russell. I have attempted elsewhere to trace briefly the chronological outlines of this literature from 1870 to the present time. In this paper, therefore, I shall discuss not the history of this literature but rather the history in this literature." -An excerpt

Book The Cambridge World History of Slavery  Volume 3  AD 1420 AD 1804

Download or read book The Cambridge World History of Slavery Volume 3 AD 1420 AD 1804 written by David Eltis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.

Book  Those who Labor for My Happiness

Download or read book Those who Labor for My Happiness written by Lucia C. Stanton and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas Jefferson has given way to a more complex view of Monticello as a working plantation, the success of which was made possible by the work of slaves. At the center of this transition has been the work of Lucia "Cinder" Stanton, recognized as the leading interpreter of Jefferson's life as a planter and master and of the lives of his slaves and their descendants. This volume represents the first attempt to pull together Stanton's most important writings on slavery at Monticello and beyond. Stanton's pioneering work deepened our understanding of Jefferson without demonizing him. But perhaps even more important is the light her writings have shed on the lives of the slaves at Monticello. Her detailed reconstruction for modern readers of slaves' lives vividly reveals their active roles in the creation of Monticello and a dynamic community previously unimagined. The essays collected here address a rich variety of topics, from family histories (including the Hemingses) to the temporary slave community at Jefferson's White House to stories of former slaves' lives after Monticello. Each piece is characterized by Stanton's deep knowledge of her subject and by her determination to do justice to both Jefferson and his slaves. Published in association with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.

Book Imperialism

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Atkinson Hobson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1902
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book Imperialism written by John Atkinson Hobson and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hoosiers and the American Story

Download or read book Hoosiers and the American Story written by Madison, James H. and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A supplemental textbook for middle and high school students, Hoosiers and the American Story provides intimate views of individuals and places in Indiana set within themes from American history. During the frontier days when Americans battled with and exiled native peoples from the East, Indiana was on the leading edge of America’s westward expansion. As waves of immigrants swept across the Appalachians and eastern waterways, Indiana became established as both a crossroads and as a vital part of Middle America. Indiana’s stories illuminate the history of American agriculture, wars, industrialization, ethnic conflicts, technological improvements, political battles, transportation networks, economic shifts, social welfare initiatives, and more. In so doing, they elucidate large national issues so that students can relate personally to the ideas and events that comprise American history. At the same time, the stories shed light on what it means to be a Hoosier, today and in the past.

Book Public Administration and Public Policy

Download or read book Public Administration and Public Policy written by Dr. Alok Verma and published by K.K. Publications. This book was released on 2022-01-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Administration and Public Policy A living democracy is “an environment that is changing, organic”, imperfect, inconsistent and teaming with values. Stewardship is emphasized because public administration is concerned with accountability and effective use of scarce resources and ultimately making the connection between the doing, the making and democratic values. More recently scholars claim that public administration has no generally accepted definition because the scope of the subject is so great and so debatable that it is easier to explain than define. Public administration is a field of study (i.e., a discipline) and an occupation. There is much disagreement about whether the study of public administration can properly be called a discipline, largely because of the debate over whether public administration is a subfield of political science or a subfield of administrative science. Scholar Donald Kettl is among those who view public administration as a subfield within political science. Public policy is the principled guide to action taken by the administrative executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and substantial constitutional law and implementing legislation such as the US Federal code. Further substrates include both judicial interpretations and regulations which are generally authorized by legislation. Shaping public policy is a complex and multifaceted process that involves the interplay of numerous individuals and interest groups competing and collaborating to influence policymakers to act in a particular way. These individuals and groups use a variety of tactics and tools to advance their aims, including advocating their positions publicly, attempting to educate supporters and opponents, and mobilizing allies on a particular issue. Often, the need for public policy develops over time. In the past, there might’ve been no way to prevent the problem from occurring, but with current technologies, a solution may appear. Public Policy is easier to establish when it affects smaller groups of people. This book is offered with the hope that it will be a constant companion for students of this subject. Contents: • Critical Appraisal of the Existing Classification System • Financial Administration • Research Methodology-Research Methods in Social Sciences • Structure of District Administration • Social and Economic Administration • The Concepts of Liberalisation • Public Policy – Meaning, Types and Significance • Concept of Social Welfare

Book The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore  A miscellany

Download or read book The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore A miscellany written by Rabindranath Tagore and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume Is A Collection Of Different Genres Of Writings ý Six Prose Works Including The Hibbert Lectures, The Religion Of Man, A Large Number Of Lectures And Addresses On Various Issues, Public Statements And Messages, And Conversations With Some Of The Eminent Persons Of This Century ý Einstein, Croce, Rolland And Gandhi.

Book South to Freedom

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alice L Baumgartner
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2020-11-10
  • ISBN : 1541617770
  • Pages : 362 pages

Download or read book South to Freedom written by Alice L Baumgartner and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico. The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousands of people in the south-central United States escaped slavery not by heading north but by crossing the southern border into Mexico, where slavery was abolished in 1837. In South to Freedom, historianAlice L. Baumgartner tells the story of why Mexico abolished slavery and how its increasingly radical antislavery policies fueled the sectional crisis in the United States. Southerners hoped that annexing Texas and invading Mexico in the 1840s would stop runaways and secure slavery's future. Instead, the seizure of Alta California and Nuevo México upset the delicate political balance between free and slave states. This is a revelatory and essential new perspective on antebellum America and the causes of the Civil War.

Book Divided Mastery

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jonathan D. Martin
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2009-07-01
  • ISBN : 0674040708
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Divided Mastery written by Jonathan D. Martin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided Mastery explores a curiously neglected aspect of the history of American slavery: the rental of slaves. Though few slaves escaped being rented out at some point in their lives, this is the first book to describe the practice, and its effects on both slaves and the peculiar institution. Martin reveals how the unique triangularity of slave hiring created slaves with two masters, thus transforming the customary polarity of master-slave relationships. Drawing upon slaveholders' letters, slave narratives, interviews with former slaves, legislative petitions, and court records, Divided Mastery ultimately reveals that slave hiring's significance was paradoxical. The practice bolstered the system of slavery by facilitating its spread into the western territories, by democratizing access to slave labor, and by promoting both production and speculation with slave capital. But at the same time, slaves used hiring to their advantage, finding in it crucial opportunities to shape their work and family lives, to bring owners and hirers into conflict with each other, and to destabilize the system of bondage. Martin illuminates the importance of the capitalist market as a tool for analyzing slavery and its extended relationships. Through its fresh and complex perspective, Divided Mastery demonstrates that slave hiring is critical to understanding the fundamental nature of American slavery, and its social, political, and economic place in the Old South.