Download or read book Hawthorn written by Bill Vaughn and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging introduction to the ancient hawthorn tree and its varied roles in human history One of humankind's oldest companions, the hawthorn tree is bound up in the memories of every recorded age and the plot lines of cultures across the Northern Hemisphere. In Hawthorn, Bill Vaughn examines the little-recognized political, cultural, and natural history of this ancient spiky plant. Used for thousands of years in the impenetrable living fences that defined the landscapes of Europe, the hawthorn eventually helped feed the class antagonism that led to widespread social upheaval. In the American Midwest, hawthorn-inspired hedges on the prairies made nineteenth-century farming economically rewarding for the first time. Later, in Normandy, mazelike hedgerows bristling with these thorns nearly cost the Allies World War II. Vaughn shines light on the full scope of the tree's influence over human events. He also explores medicinal value of the hawthorn, the use of its fruit in the world's first wine, and the symbolic role its spikes and flowers played in pagan beliefs and Christian iconography. As entertaining as it is illuminating, this book is the first full appreciation of the hawthorn's abundant connections with humanity.
Download or read book The Hawthorn Archive written by Avery F. Gordon and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hawthorn Archive, named after the richly fabled tree, has long welcomed the participants in the various Euro-American social struggles against slavery, racial capitalism, imperialism, and authoritarian forms of order. The Archive is not a library or a research collection in the conventional sense but rather a disorganized and fugitive space for the development of a political consciousness of being indifferent to the deadly forms of power that characterize our society. Housed by the Archive are autonomous radicals, runaways, abolitionists, commoners, and dreamers who no longer live as obedient or merely resistant subjects. In this innovative, genre- and format-bending publication, Avery F. Gordon, the “keeper” of the Archive, presents a selection of its documents—original and compelling essays, letters, cultural analyses, images, photographs, conversations, friendship exchanges, and collaborations with various artists. Gordon creatively uses the imaginary of the Archive to explore the utopian elements found in a variety of resistive and defiant activity in the past and in the present, zeroing in on Marxist critical theory and the black radical tradition. Fusing critical theory with creative writing in a historical context, The Hawthorn Archive represents voices from the utopian margins, where fact, fiction, theory, and image converge. Reminiscent of the later fictions of Italo Calvino or Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, The Hawthorn Archive is a groundbreaking work that defies strict disciplinary, methodological, and aesthetic boundaries. And like Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination, which established Gordon as one of the most influential interdisciplinary scholars of the humanities and social sciences in recent years, it provides a kaleidoscopic analysis of power and effect. The Hawthorn Archive’s experimental format and inventive synthesis of critical theory and creative writing make way for a powerful reconception of what counts as social change and political action, offering creative inspiration and critical tools to artists, activists, scholars across various disciplines, and general readers alike.
Download or read book Plausible Worlds written by Geoffrey Hawthorn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-11-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examples through history used to examine the role of possible worlds in explanation and practical judgements.
Download or read book Hawthorne written by Henry James and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under the Hawthorn Tree written by Marita Conlon-McKenna and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, three children are left alone and in danger of being sent to the workhouse, so they set out to find the great-aunts they remember from their mother's stories.
Download or read book The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Hawthorn written by Victoria Peel and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 1993 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the history of Hawthorn over the last 150 years.
Download or read book Grandfather s Chair written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under The Hawthorn Tree written by Ai Mi and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jingqiu, an innocent young woman from a politically questionable family in the city, is selected as one of a small group of students to be sent to the countryside to work on a project that will further the Cultural Revolution. Clever, curious and eager, she tries to fit in with her hosts and the rural way of life, and it isn't appropriate for her to fall in love. But she does, with the son of a mighty army general. This beautiful, simple story of love against the odds will break your heart.
Download or read book A History of Book Publishing in the United States The great change 1940 1980 written by John William Tebbel and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Down in the Holler written by Hometown Memories LLC, Staff and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Simpson Railroad written by Joel Hawthorn and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a pictorial perspective of the Simpson Railroad, which during its last years ran along a ten mile mainline on the Olympic Peninsula out of Shelton, Washington. 1950's era diesel switchers, bumpy rails, lumber and log hauling through remote areas made this a one-of-a-kind operation, the last of its kind in the country. The book focuses mostly on the five years which followed the reopening of the line in 2010 after a one year closure and ends with the final days of operation before it disappeared into history July 1, 2015.
Download or read book The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism written by Henri Daniel Rops and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-11 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Superstitions A History of Superstition written by M. A. Radford and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete encyclopaedia to feature the history and source of superstitions around the world. First published in 1947, this encyclopaedia presents over 2,300 superstitions and lists them either individually or collectively under clear headings. Discover the many superstitions that have existed throughout history in this fascinating volume.
Download or read book The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham written by William Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gentleman s Magazine and Historical Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham written by William Fordyce and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
