Download or read book Recollections of a Provincial Past written by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was Argentina's leading writer, educator, and politician of the nineteenth century, and served as President from 1868 to 1874. Of his several autobiographies, the best-known Recollections of a Provincial Past is one of the indisputable classics of Spanish American literature, as well as one of the earliest autobiographies written in the Americas in Spanish. Written in exile in 1850, the memoirs describe his childhood and adolescence in an Andean province whose customs were still those of a colony. Sarmiento presents his life as the triumph of civilization over barbarism; looking back on his youth, he measures his wealth and strength by the accumulation of enriching personal and political experiences. He compares himself to the newly independent Argentina, claiming to be a historically representative individual whose trajectory seves to illuminate contemporary South America.
Download or read book Recollections of a Provincial Past written by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888) was Argentina's leading writer, educator, and politician of the nineteenth century, and served as President from 1868 to 1874. Of his several autobiographies, the best-known Recollections of a Provincial Past is one of the indisputable classics of Spanish American literature, as well as one of the earliest autobiographies written in the Americas in Spanish. Written in exile in 1850, the memoirs describe his childhood and adolescence in an Andean province whose customs were still those of a colony. Sarmiento presents his life as the triumph of civilization over barbarism; looking back on his youth, he measures his wealth and strength by the accumulation of enriching personal and political experiences. He compares himself to the newly independent Argentina, claiming to be a historically representative individual whose trajectory serves to illuminate contemporary South America.
Download or read book Recollections of a Provincial Past written by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recollections of a Provincial Past written by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recollections of Past Life written by Henry Holland and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-04 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original.
Download or read book My Recollections of the Last Four Popes and of Rome in Their Time written by Alessandro Gavazzi and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recollections of the last four popes and of Rome in their times written by Nicholas Patrick S. Wiseman (card, abp. of Westminster.) and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A model pastor of the old school Recollections of the rev D Johnston and the parish of North Leith written by Margaret E. Foster and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recollections of the Last Four Popes A of Rome in Their Times written by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recollections written by Alexis de Tocqueville and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tocqueville was not only an active participant in the French Revolution of 1848, he was also a deeply perceptive observer with a detached attitude of mind. He saw the pitfalls of the course his country was taking more clearly than any of his contemporaries, including Karl Marx. Recollections was first written for self-clarification. It is both an exciting, candid, behind-the-scenes account of what actually happened during those tumultuous months and a remarkably shrewd analysis that has become an accurate forecast of future societies wrestling with the dilemma of synthesizing equality and freedom. Thus the book has a relevance that extends beyond France, to our own country and others, a relevance that is explored in J.P. Mayer's new introduction.Out of print in English for several years, Recollections is presented here in a translation based on the definitive French edition of 1964. It captures the wit and subtlety of mind that have made this book one of the most popular of all Tocqueville's works. Tocqueville's own comments, which he wrote into the manuscript, including his variants, are given, and the editors have added explanatory notes.
Download or read book A Reconciliation without Recollection written by Joshua Ben David Nichols and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current framework for reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state is based on the Supreme Court of Canada’s acceptance of the Crown’s assertion of sovereignty, legislative power, and underlying title. The basis of this assertion is a long-standing interpretation of Section 91(24) of Canada’s Constitution, which reads it as a plenary grant of power over Indigenous communities and their lands, leading the courts to simply bypass the question of the inherent right of self-government. In A Reconciliation without Recollection?, Joshua Ben David Nichols argues that if we are to find a meaningful path toward reconciliation, we will need to address the history of sovereignty without assuming its foundations. Exposing the limitations of the current model, Nichols carefully examines the lines of descent and association that underlie the legal conceptualization of the Aboriginal right to govern. Blending legal analysis with insights drawn from political theory and philosophy, A Reconciliation without Recollection? is an ambitious and timely intervention into one of the most pressing concerns in Canada.
Download or read book Recollections of an Old Soldier written by Harriet Ward and published by London : Richard Bentley. This book was released on 1849 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genres of Recollection written by P. Papalias and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings to life the social and textual worlds in which the representation of contemporary Greek historical experience has been passionately debated, building on contemporary research in history and anthropology concerning the social production of the past.
Download or read book Spenser s Ruins and the Art of Recollection written by Rebeca Helfer and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the origins of mnemonic strategies in epic tales, Helfer examines how the art of memory speaks to debates about poetry and its place in culture from Plato to Spenser's present day.
Download or read book Justice Not Vengeance Recollections written by Simon Wiesenthal and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2024-09-05 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The beloved and reviled ‘Nazi hunter’ pens his life story, and a riveting one it is. Born in Galicia, one of the most war-ravaged territories in the world, he miraculously survived World War II, with more than one hair’s-breadth escape. Since that time he has been occupied mainly with tracking down Nazi war criminals who have gone into hiding and in pushing, through publicity, reluctant German and Austrian officials to bring war criminals to justice... the book consists of mainly... a miscellany of cases and questions that have engaged the 81-year-old Mr. Wiesenthal, who has lived in Vienna since the war, through the course of his unique career. Above all, it contains the story of how, after 12 years of tracking him down, he was able to point his finger at Adolf Eichmann, then living pseudonymously in Argentina, so that the Israelis could kidnap him for trial and eventual execution. But, apart from successes such as this one, Mr. Wiesenthal’s book contains histories of Nazi war criminals whose whereabouts have not yet been discovered or who have remained unattainable in spite of his efforts... this book may best be described as a companion volume, or even as a supplement, to Mr. Wiesenthal’s classic 1967 work, The Murderers Among Us... Mr. Wiesenthal’s recollections do not involve evil men alone. There is a chapter on the late Andrei Sakharov, praising him and describing the author’s efforts on his behalf, and there is one on Raoul Wallenberg, who was arrested by the victorious Soviets in February 1945 after his heroic efforts the previous year had succeeded in saving the lives of tens of thousands of Jews in Budapest. Since then, Mr. Wallenberg’s whereabouts have remained a mystery... In all, this book provides a sense of a formidable presence, of a force larger than life that seems equal to an enormous task it has taken on.” — The New York Times “Simon Wiesenthal, who has devoted his life to hunting down Nazis, believes that ‘guilt cannot be forgiven but only paid for by expiation.’ In his memoirs, which created a furor when they were published in Austria (where he now lives) in 1988, Wiesenthal explores the lack of remorse among former Austrian Nazis in the larger context of that country’s approach to its past. This is not an autobiography in the strict sense — those wishing a fuller account of his life should turn to The Murderers Among Us (1967); rather, Wiesenthal shows here how his own pursuit of war criminals came to be entangled in the net of Austrian politics. Appropriately, Justice Not Vengeance reaches its climax in a narrative of his battles with the late Austrian chancellor, Bruno Kreisky... In these absorbing memoirs, Wiesenthal goes some way toward counting up the cost, to Austria itself, of its ongoing destructive attempt to suppress and to deny its past.” — Commentary Magazine “The Nazi hunter’s life and raison d’être are eloquently encapsulated by this autobiography — and its title. The book opens with a biographical sketch by Peter Lingens, an Austrian journalist who provides background on Wiesenthal’s life up until the sleuth’s second escape from death shortly before liberation... the final testament of a major 20th-century figure, seeking vindication from any image of vindictiveness.” — Kirkus “Renowned Nazi-hunter Wiesenthal recalls his escapes from death in concentration camps where his family perished, and his career tracking down war criminals. The shattering account, as riveting as a spy yarn, concerns his ruthless global pursuit of hundreds of murderers and collaborators, including Adolf Eichmann, Joseph Mengele and the SS officer who arrested Anne Frank.” — Publishers Weekly “This is a fascinating book for more reasons than one... The details of the numerous cases in the book read truly like detective stories.” — International Journal on World Peace
Download or read book Stage Reminiscences Being Recollections Chiefly Personal of Celebrated Theatrical Musical Performers During the Last Forty Years written by Stage Reminiscences and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trains of Recollection written by D. B. Hanna and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book provides a first-hand account of the railway developments in Scotland and Canada, as told by the author, David Blyth Hanna, who was president of the Canadian National Railways in 1919.
