Download or read book Two Years in the French West Indies written by Lafcadio Hearn and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an international writer best known for his books about Japan. Born on the Greek island of Lefkáda, the son of an Irish father and a Greek mother, he was raised in England, Ireland, and France and immigrated to the United States at age 19. He lived first in Cincinnati, where he landed a job as a journalist, and then moved to New Orleans in 1877, where he wrote for several newspapers. His impressionistic writings about the city caught the eye of editors at Harper's Magazine, which in 1887 sent Hearn to the West Indies as a correspondent. The first part of this book is an account of Hearn's "midsummer trip to the tropics," which took him from New York to the Lesser Antilles, with stops in Saint Kitts, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad, Grenada, and Saint Lucia. Hearn was captivated by the French-ruled island of Martinique and its people, where he came to live for two years. The second part of the book consists of 14 sketches of the island, all with French or Creole titles. The book includes photographs, drawings, and an appendix that discusses the music of Martinique and reproduces the melody and lyrics of several Creole songs. In 1890, the year this work was published, Hearn traveled to Japan, where he eventually settled, married a Japanese woman, and became a naturalized Japanese citizen.
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Download or read book The Negro in the French West Indies written by Shelby T. McCloy and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the research for his book on the opportunities of the black population in Metropolitan France, Shelby T. McCloy found the treatment accorded to people of color in the French colonies so significantly different as to warrant a separate book. This historical study examines the black experience in the French West Indies -- the islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Santo Domingo -- from the days of slavery and the brutal Code Noir through struggle and revolution to freedom. McCloy provides a detailed account of the black popluation's increasingly important place in the islands from early in the seventeenth century to 1960.
Download or read book French West Indies written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book St Barth written by Charles Didcott and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Barthelemy, affectionately known as "St. Barth" or "St. Barts," is a small island in the French West Indies. It occupies only 8.3 square miles and is distinctly different from most of the Caribbean islands. St. Barth's interesting history of first Spanish then Swedish then French sovereignty has given St. Barth a unique, now predominantly French, culture. St. Barth's natural beauty and absence of high-rises, casinos, or crowded beaches make it a haven for vacationers and a popular destination of the rich and famous (David Letterman, Mikhail Barishnikov, Martha Stewart, among others, frequent or have houses there). This beautiful book depicts in photographs and words the heart and soul of the island.
Download or read book TWO YEARS IN THE FRENCH WEST INDIES written by LAFCADIO HEARN and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book French and West Indian written by Richard D. E. Burton and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1946, after more than three hundred years as French colonies, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana were transformed into "overseas departments" of France, equal and identical in theory to any French department. This book assesses the effects of almost half a century of political assimilation into France and asks to what extent the high standard of living enjoyed by French West Indians today has been offset by losses on the political, cultural, and psychological levels. The book, whose contributors come from the French West Indies themselves and from Britain and Jamaica, brings a variety of perspectives to bear on what to many observers will seem a paradox in the postcolonial age: three West Indian societies that are now part of Europe and whose desire to remain French far outweighs- or so it seems- their desire to be West Indian.
Download or read book Two Years in the French West Indies written by Lafcadio Hearn and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book The French Struggle for the West Indies 1665 1713 written by Nellis Maynard Crouse and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book French Pioneers in the West Indies 1624 1664 written by Nellis Maynard Crouse and published by Octagon Press, Limited. This book was released on 1977 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Two Years in the French West Indies Classic Reprint written by Lafcadio Hearn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Two Years in the French West Indies Some of the literary results of that sojourn form the bulk of the present volume. Several, or portions of several, papers have been published in harper's mag azin_e; but the majority of the sketches now appear in print for.the first time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book French West Indies written by Don Larrimore and published by Berlitz Publishing. This book was released on 1988-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
