Download or read book Union Island s History Servitude Metayage and Civilization written by Josiah Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in this 21st Century (2018), many countries, the world over, still have never heard of Union Island, the third largest islands of the Grenadines. Is this a surprise to historians in the Caribbean? "The answer here is an unequivocal No!" Said Leslie Jennings, a historian, and third generation immigrant from the island of Trinidad, West Indies. "The Caribbean Sea is comprised of more than 700 Islands, and in a wider sense, the mainland countries of Venezuela, Guyana, Belize and French Guiana are a part of this Tropical atmosphere." She continued. "Every island have a past, or are linked to another larger island or islands that share a common history." Such is the case with Union Island, a 3.5 square mile landmass that was deemed the epicenter of an archipelago of 32 small islands. And although Union Island's history is intrinsically linked to Grenada and St. Vincent, two larger islands in the region, Union Island's history, for the most part, is an independent one that dates back to the mid 18th Century. During the 17th and 18th Centuries, Union Island was a hub for the French privateers that traversed the waters of the Grenadines on their voyages to the larger Islands in the region. And there are a lot of informative and intriguing information that is derived from the Caribbean during the early European presence. Unfortunately, the history of these islands in the vicinity (St. Vincent, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Dominica) was vaguely documented and was never taught in the schools of the Caribbean. Instead, the students have been force-fed the history of Europe and the might of the British Empire. The contents of the history textbooks at the schools and institutions in the Caribbean were pro-Europe; the students were daily served this menu as part of their intellectual diets. No data of St. Vincent & the Grenadines or Africa, the origin of the forefathers and foremothers of the current African generations was ever mentioned in the history books. Instead, the British Empire was lauded. Names such as Queen Isabella, King Ferdinand, John Hawkins, Walter Raleigh, Admiral Penn, General Venables, Francis Drake, and Henry Morgan were revered. Many of them were knighted "Sir" regardless of the taints and notorieties that are attached to their names. Regrettably, history teaches that these personalities should be respect and admired nonetheless. Fortuitously, for Union Island, its complete history is depicted in details in a new book Union Island History -Servitude, Metayage, and Civilization. In this intriguing text, the history dates back to the 1750s when this 3.5 Sq. Miles landmass was strong-armed from the Carib Indians by the French. The French proposed the cultivation of the cotton crop on the island based on the climate and the evanescence of its annual rainfall. Cotton, they thought, would have generated a sizable income in Europe. But free or cheap labor must first be put into place for the cultivation of the proposed cotton crop. Immediately, 350 Africans have been ushered in bondage from the west coast of Africa and were used as slaves for the first time on this tiny island. But with the principle of retributive justice or the doctrine of inevitable consequence being expressed in only a few years, the French ownership of Union Island was short lived. Their rulership was vehemently interrupted with the intervention of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which give rise to the British dominance in the region. In reprisal, the French's wrath and resilience were felt a few years later when they reclaimed the neighboring island of Grenada. Consequently, the Grenadines were impacted negatively by the resurgence of the French in such proximity. To bring about tranquility in the region, which was rife with mayhem, another agreement (Treaty of Versailles) was drafted in the year 1783. This treaty represented the end of all territorial conflicts and insurgency; it installed a state of decorum and stability in the region. Unveil the detai
Download or read book The Production of Space written by Henri Lefebvre and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1992-04-08 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henri Lefebvre has considerable claims to be the greatest living philosopher. His work spans some sixty years and includes original work on a diverse range of subjects, from dialectical materialism to architecture, urbanism and the experience of everyday life. The Production of Space is his major philosophical work and its translation has been long awaited by scholars in many different fields. The book is a search for a reconciliation between mental space (the space of the philosophers) and real space (the physical and social spheres in which we all live). In the course of his exploration, Henri Lefebvre moves from metaphysical and ideological considerations of the meaning of space to its experience in the everyday life of home and city. He seeks, in other words, to bridge the gap between the realms of theory and practice, between the mental and the social, and between philosophy and reality. In doing so, he ranges through art, literature, architecture and economics, and further provides a powerful antidote to the sterile and obfuscatory methods and theories characteristic of much recent continental philosophy. This is a work of great vision and incisiveness. It is also characterized by its author's wit and by anecdote, as well as by a deftness of style which Donald Nicholson-Smith's sensitive translation precisely captures.
Download or read book History of Capitalism 1500 1980 written by Michel Beaud and published by Springer. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Economics written by John Eatwell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title Social Economics describes a range of questions that preoccupy economists, sociologists, and political theorists alike: are the laws of economics 'law of life'? To what extent are individuals governed by economic motives when they make decisions about where they live, how they live, the size of their families, and above all, the way they treat their fellow men and women? The essays in this volume show how economic theory can increase the understanding of issues that affect all our lives.
Download or read book The Other Half of Gender written by Ian Bannon and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to bring the gender and development debate full circle-from a much-needed focus on empowering women to a more comprehensive gender framework that considers gender as a system that affects both women and men. The chapters in this book explore definitions of masculinity and male identities in a variety of social contexts, drawing from experiences in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on a slowly emerging realization that attaining the vision of gender equality will be difficult, if not impossible, without changing the ways in which masculinities are defined and acted upon. Although changing male gender norms will be a difficult and slow process, we must begin by understanding how versions of masculinities are defined and acted upon.
Download or read book History of Management Thought written by Vadim I. Marshev and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the millennia-long process of the genesis, formation, struggle, and change of views on the management of social organizations in various countries around the world; in other words, it characterizes the worldwide evolution of the History of Management Thought (HMT) - ideas, concepts, theories, paradigms, and scientific schools - from Antiquity to the present. The book is the outcome of extensive research, based on the analysis, generalization, and systematization of foreign and domestic published literature, as well as on the gathering and analysis of unique archival materials. For the first time in the historical and managerial literature, the book puts forward original definitions of three historical and managerial sciences - the History of Management, the History of Management Thought, and the Historiography of Historical and Managerial Research. It addresses the main challenges in pursuing Historical and Scientific Research (HSR), the main “subject” levels of HSR and specific methodological problems concerning HMT, as well as epistemological methods for identifying key factors in and causes of the advent and evolution of HMT. This book presents both the origins of management thought dating back to the 5th millennium BC and the latest management concepts of the early 21st century. In particular, it traces the origins and sources of management thought, reflected in the works of thinkers and statesmen of the Ancient World (Egypt, Western Asia, China, India, Greece, and Rome), the era of feudalism, and the Middle Ages (Byzantium, Western Europe, and England), the era of inception capitalism (Western Europe and the USA), as well as the new and recent history of management thought of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition, for the first time in History of Management literature, it presents the history of Russian management thought from the 9th century to modern concepts and scientific schools.
Download or read book A History of Capitalism 1500 2000 written by Michel Beaud and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily an economic history, this book also shows how the discipline of economics helps to understand politics, society, culture and history. This edition brings the work up to date to the end of the 20th century.
Download or read book Toward Liberty written by Friedrich August Hayek and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Age of the Nandas and Mauryas written by K.A. Nilakants Sastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 1967-01-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work deals with the period c. 400-185 B.C. which saw grat changes in the political, economic and artistic life of India. Alexander, Chandragputa, Chanakya and Asoka dominate the period. We get vivid pictures of the outstanding events of the period--as of Alexander's conquests and their influence on the cultural life of India, of the fusion of Brahma-Ksatra in the early Mauryan rule after the overthrow of the Nandas and of the rule of Asoka and his successors.The work consists of eleven chapters contributed by eminent historians. The reader would find the chapters on Mauryan Polity, Industry, Art, Religion, Language, and Literature very interesting and instructive.
Download or read book Studies in the Development of Capitalism written by Maurice Dobb and published by Aakar Books. This book was released on 1975 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A most valuable contribution to economic literature, and to the understanding of the problems of our time.
Download or read book The Garden of the World written by Dan Hicks and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies in Contemporary and Historical Archaeology 3 This study uses the perspectives of what might be termed the 'empirical tradition' of British landscape archaeology that developed in the 1960s and 1970s, especially in industrial archaeology, to explore the early modern history of the 'garden' landscapes formed by British colonialism in the eastern Caribbean, and their place in the world. It presents a detailed chronological sequence of the changing material conditions of these English-/British-owned plantation landscapes during the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, with particular reference to the origins, history and legacies of the sugar industry. The study draws together the results of archaeological fieldwork and documentary research to present a progressive account of the historical landscapes of the islands of St Kitts and St Lucia: sketching a chronological outline of landscape change. This approach to landscape is characterised by the integration of archaeological field survey, standing buildings recording alongside documentary and cartographic sources, and focuses upon producing accounts of material change to landscapes and buildings. By providing a long-term perspective on eastern Caribbean colonial history: from the nature of early, effectively prehistoric contact and interaction in the 16th century, through early permanent European settlements and into the developed sugar societies of the 18th and 19th centuries, the study suggests a temporal and thematic framework of landscape change that might inform the further development of historical archaeology in the island Caribbean region. The broader aim of the study relates to exploring how archaeological techniques can be used to contribute a highly detailed, empirical case study to the interdisciplinary study of postcolonial landscapes and British colonialism. In order to achieve this goal, the study draws upon the techniques of what has been called the 'empirical tradition' of landscape archaeology.
Download or read book The Second Era of Great Expansion of the Capitalist World economy 1730 1840s written by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein and published by Emerald Group Pub Limited. This book was released on 1989 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Algerians written by Pierre Bourdieu and published by Boston : Beacon Press [1962]. This book was released on 1962 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1950s, like tens of thousands of young men of his generation, Pierre Bourdieu, having recently passed the agrégation in philosophy, found himself immersed in the Algerian war. Motivated by an impulse that, as he himself says, 'was civic rather than political', nothing seemed more important to him than to understand the Algerian situation and provide the elements that would enable others to come to an informed judgement about it.
Download or read book On the History of Economic Thought written by A. W. Bob Coats and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-08 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following an introduction to the key ideas of Coats, this work focuses on two themes: the difference between British and American economics, both in content and in the practice of the profession; and the interrelationships between economic ideas, events (or conditions) and policy issues.
Download or read book Mrs Byrne s Dictionary of Unusual Obscure and Preposterous Words written by Josefa Heifetz and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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