Download or read book The Age of Globalization written by Benedict Anderson and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is forged through the travel of ideas across continents—as well as by bombs. The Age of Globalization is an account of the unlikely connections that made up late nineteenth-century politics and culture, and in particular between militant anarchists in Europe and the Americas, and anti-imperialist uprisings in Cuba, China and Japan. Told through the complex intellectual interactions of two great Filipino writers—the political novelist José Rizal and the pioneering folklorist Isabelo de los Reyes—The Age of Globalization is a brilliantly original work on how global exchanges shaped the nationalist movements of the time.

Download or read book Spanish in the United States written by Ana Roca and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of original papers presents current research on linguistic aspects of the Spanish used in the United States. The authors examine such topics as language maintenance and language shift, language choice, the bilingual's discourse patterns, varieties of Spanish used in the United States, and oral proficiency testing of bilingual speakers. In view of the fact that Hispanics constitute the largest linguistic minority in the United States, the pioneering work in the area of sociolinguistic issues in the U.S. Spanish presented here is of great importance.

Download or read book Under Three Flags written by Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson and published by Verso. This book was released on 2005 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sparkling new work, Benedict Anderson provides a radical recasting of themes from Imagined Communities, his classic book on nationalism, through an exploration of fin-de-siecle politics and culture that spans the Caribbean, Imperial Europe and the South China Sea. A jewelled pomegranate packed with nitroglycerine is primed to blow away Manila's 19th-century colonial elite at the climax of El Filibusterismo, whose author, the great political novelist Jose Rizal, was executed in 1896 by the Spanish authorities in the Philippines at the age of 35. Anderson explores the impact of avant-garde European literature and politics on Rizal and his contemporary, the pioneering folklorist Isabelo de los Reyes, who was imprisoned in Manila after the violent uprisings of 1896 and later incarcerated, together with Catalan anarchists, in the prison fortress of Montjuich in Barcelona. On his return to the Philippines, by now under American occupation, Isabelo formed the first militant trade unions under the influence of Malatesta and Bakunin. Anderson considers the complex intellectual interactions of these young Filipinos with the new "science" of anthropology in Germany and Austro-Hungary, and with post-Communard experimentalists in Paris, against a background of militant anarchism in Spain, France, Italy and the Americas, Jose Marti's armed uprising in Cuba and anti-imperialist protests in China and Japan. In doing so, he depicts the dense intertwining of anarchist internationalism and radical anti-colonialism. Under Three Flags is a brilliantly original work on the explosive history of national independence and global politics.

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Download or read book Thirteen Moons written by Charles Frazier and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent novel by one of America’s finest writers is the epic of one man’s remarkable journey, set in nineteenth-century America against the background of a vanishing people and a rich way of life. At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a card game with a white Indian named Featherstone, Will wins—for a brief moment—a mysterious girl named Claire, and his passion and desire for her spans this novel. As Will’s destiny intertwines with the fate of the Cherokee Indians—including a Cherokee Chief named Bear—he learns how to fight and survive in the face of both nature and men, and eventually, under the Corn Tassel Moon, Will begins the fight against Washington City to preserve the Cherokee’s homeland and culture. And he will come to know the truth behind his belief that “only desire trumps time.” Brilliantly imagined, written with great power and beauty by a master of American fiction, Thirteen Moons is a stunning novel about a man’s passion for a woman, and how loss, longing and love can shape a man’s destiny over the many moons of a life.

Download or read book Language Is Music written by Susanna Zaraysky and published by Create Your World Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language is Music focuses on making learning foreign languages fun, easy and affordable for anyone with a desire to communicate effectively with people around the world. By applying over 100 simple tips to things you already do, such as listening to music or surfing the Web, you can experience the joy of "fluency" in any language without having to study abroad or spend money on private tutors. In Language is Music, Susanna Zaraysky masterfully shares her listening methods so that anyone can have fun learning any language. With over 100 tips and 100 free or low-cost Internet resources, you will learn how to use daily activities, such as watching T.V. or listening to music; conversation partners; and attendance at cultural events to become a masterful speaker of any tongue. "Learning foreign languages is like learning to sing a song or play music," says self-made linguist Susanna Zaraysky and author of Language is Music. Zaraysky has what you might call "an ear" for languages, having used music to successfully learn English, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Serbo-Croatian-all with excellent accents. Advance Praise for Language is Music "I love it! I think it will help people who want to learn, and those who are curious about additional language learning. Many people want to learn a language but are frightened, or disappointed by the courses they have taken. Reading Language is Music will encourage them to try again, on their own and with friendly supporters." -Dr. Elba Maldonado-Colon, Professor Department of Elementary Education Bilingual Program, San Jose State University LET IT JUST ROLL OFF YOUR TONGUE. With lyrical insight and solid experience, Susanna Zaraysky, author of Language is Music, provides easy steps for learning a language. Gone are the boring, disconnected strategies that most of us remember from school. You've never learned a language this quickly and easily. Zaraysky's methods embody fun, connection, rhythm, and above all...music. -Suzanne Lettrick, M.Ed Educator and Founder of The Global Education and Action Network "Forget dictionaries and phrase books . . . Susanna Zaraysky's easy-to-use guide to language learning is indispensable for any serious language learner wanting to become fluent--not just conversationally proficient--in another language. Language is Music will teach you how to make language acquisition a part of your daily life, and to recreate the kind of total-immersion environment necessary for fluency. Highly recommended reading for aspiring polyglots. Pick up this book and you too will be all ears!" -Justin Liang, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Marshallese, intermediate Spanish Back in France, I spent many years learning "academic" English in school. But I progressed much faster when I forced myself to listen to the BBC or not look at the subtitles when watching an American movie. I wish I had Susanna's book with me then. It's full of creative ideas and practical tips that are indispensable complements to the traditional methods of learning foreign languages -- and it's coming from someone you can trust, she speaks so many of them! -Philippe Levy, French native speaker This book is great. It showed me another aspect and a new approach of learning a language. I will put the book to good use. As a foreign English speaker, I spent many years at school learning English and did not make much progress. A lot of the tips that I read in this book, I learned them with time. However if I had read this book earlier, it would have made my life much easier and I would have saved so much time. I am going to apply the tips in Language is Music into learning a third language: Spanish. This time, I am sure I will make huge progress much faster. Not only is Language is Music useful in acquiring a foreign language, but the resources and websites in the book are valuable for someone who wants to travel abroad. -Fabien Hsu, French native speaker

Download or read book Nature and History in Modern Italy written by Marco Armiero and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marco Armiero is Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council and Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Universitat Aut(noma de Barcelona. He has published extensively on-Italian environmental history and edited Views from the South: Environmental Stories from the Mediterranean World. --

Download or read book The School in Question written by Torsten Husén and published by Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Vocabulario Espanol Griego 7000 Palabras Mas Usadas written by Andrey Taranov and published by T&p Books. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los vocabularios de T&P Books buscan ayudar a aprender, memorizar y repasar palabras de idiomas extranjeros. El vocabulario contiene mas de 7000 palabras comunmente usadas y organizadas de manera tematica. Aspectos claves del vocabulario: Las palabras se organizan segun el significado, no el orden alfabetico Las palabras se presentan en tres columnas para facilitar los procesos de repaso y auto-evaluacion Los grupos de palabras se dividen en pequenas secciones para facilitar el proceso de aprendizaje El vocabulario ofrece una transcripcion sencilla y conveniente de cada palabra extranjera. Este vocabulario contiene 198 temas que incluyen: Conceptos Basicos, Numeros, Unidades de Medidas, los Verbos mas Importantes, la Hora, el Calendario, el Dia y la Noche, Meses, Estaciones, los Viajes, el Hotel, Exploracion del Paisaje, la Ciudad, Compras, Ropa y Accesorios, Productos Cosmeticos, Experiencias Cotidianas, el Telefono, Conversaciones Telefonicas, Idiomas Extranjeros, las Comidas, Restaurantes, la Familia Nuclear, la Familia Extendida, el Cuerpo Humano, la Medicina, las Drogas, Accesorios, Muebles, Interiores de Casas, los Aparatos Domesticos, la Tierra, el Tiempo, el Mar, el Oceano, las Montanas, los Rios, el Bosque, los Desastres Naturales, la Fauna, Animales Silvestres, Pajaros, la Flora, los Paises del Mundo y mas... Este vocabulario de T&P Books: Se recomienda como ayuda adicional a cualquier curso de idiomas. Capta las necesidades de aprendices de idiomas de nivel principiante y avanzado. Conveniente para uso cotidiano, practica de revision y actividades de auto-evaluacion.

Download or read book The Radio Amateur s Handbook written by George Woodward and published by . This book was released on 1982-12 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies written by Bartolomé de las Casas and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witness the chilling chronicle of colonial atrocities and the mistreatment of indigenous peoples in 'A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies'. Written by the compassionate Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas in 1542, this harrowing account exposes the heinous crimes committed by the Spanish in the Americas. Addressed to Prince Philip II of Spain, Las Casas' heartfelt plea for justice sheds light on the fear of divine punishment and the salvation of Native souls. From the burning of innocent people to the relentless exploitation of labor, the author unveils a brutal reality that spans across Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba.

Download or read book Vocabulario Espanol Bulgaro 7000 Palabras Mas Usadas written by Andrey Taranov and published by T&p Books. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los vocabularios de T&P Books buscan ayudar a aprender, memorizar y repasar palabras de idiomas extranjeros. El vocabulario contiene mas de 7000 palabras comunmente usadas y organizadas de manera tematica. Aspectos claves del vocabulario: Las palabras se organizan segun el significado, no el orden alfabetico Las palabras se presentan en tres columnas para facilitar los procesos de repaso y auto-evaluacion Los grupos de palabras se dividen en pequenas secciones para facilitar el proceso de aprendizaje El vocabulario ofrece una transcripcion sencilla y conveniente de cada palabra extranjera. Este vocabulario contiene 198 temas que incluyen: Conceptos Basicos, Numeros, Unidades de Medidas, los Verbos mas Importantes, la Hora, el Calendario, el Dia y la Noche, Meses, Estaciones, los Viajes, el Hotel, Exploracion del Paisaje, la Ciudad, Compras, Ropa y Accesorios, Productos Cosmeticos, Experiencias Cotidianas, el Telefono, Conversaciones Telefonicas, Idiomas Extranjeros, las Comidas, Restaurantes, la Familia Nuclear, la Familia Extendida, el Cuerpo Humano, la Medicina, las Drogas, Accesorios, Muebles, Interiores de Casas, los Aparatos Domesticos, la Tierra, el Tiempo, el Mar, el Oceano, las Montanas, los Rios, el Bosque, los Desastres Naturales, la Fauna, Animales Silvestres, Pajaros, la Flora, los Paises del Mundo y mas... Este vocabulario de T&P Books: Se recomienda como ayuda adicional a cualquier curso de idiomas. Capta las necesidades de aprendices de idiomas de nivel principiante y avanzado. Conveniente para uso cotidiano, practica de revision y actividades de auto-evaluacion.

Download or read book Theoretical Discussions of Biography written by Hans Renders and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical Discussions of Biography: Approaches from History, Microhistory, and Life Writing offers comprehensive overviews by 14 academic scholars of the actual state of the field of Biography Studies. In the volume, edited by biography scholars Hans Renders and Binne de Haan, specifically the connections between biography and the fields of microhistory, journalism, and Life Writing illuminate key challenges and problems in studying individual lives. Different perspectives are provided on the ways in which biography contributes to scholarship in the humanities in general and academic historiography in particular. The contributing authors are academic experts in these fields and include Richard D. Brown, Carlo Ginzburg, Nigel Hamilton, Marlene Kadar, Giovanni Levi, Sabina Loriga, Matti Peltonen, and James Walter.

Download or read book The Martyr Luis de Carvajal written by Martin A. Cohen and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documentary history of Luis de Carvajal the younger and his family in Spain, their migration to Mexico, their life there, their persecution and deaths at the hands of the Inquisition.

Download or read book Jo o Rodrigues s Account of Sixteenth Century Japan written by João Rodrigues and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: João Rodrigues sailed from Portugal to Japan in 1577, and there entered the Jesuit novitiate and was ordained priest. He met Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the virtual ruler of Japan, in 1591, and from that time became the missionaries' spokesman in dealings with Japanese authorities. He was also involved in negotiations concerning the bulk sale of Chinese silk in Japan, and commercial and political rivalries led to his eventual expulsion from the country in 1610. Rodrigues spent the rest of his life in Macao and the interior of China, dying in 1633. Renowned for his fluency in spoken Japanese, Rodrigues earned a place in the history of Japanese-European cultural relations by publishing a Portuguese grammar of the Japanese language (Nagasaki, 1604-1608), followed by a revised edition (Macao, 1620). Both works provide valuable information about Japanese spoken in the early 17th century. Rodrigues also provided the draft used as a basis for the official history of the Christian mission in Japan. To set this work in context he composed two books on various aspects of Japanese life - geography, customs, clothing, science, architecture, art, and, above all, the tea ceremony. The present volume provides annotated translations of these two books, together with an introduction assessing Rodrigues's contribution to the understanding of Japanese life and culture in the early 17th century.

Download or read book Vocabulario Espanol Rumano 7000 Palabras Mas Usadas written by Andrey Taranov and published by T&p Books. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los vocabularios de T&P Books buscan ayudar al aprendiz a aprender, memorizar y repasar palabras de idiomas extranjeros. El vocabulario contiene mas de 7000 palabras comunmente usadas y organizadas de manera tematica. Aspectos claves del vocabulario: Las palabras se organizan segun el significado, no el orden alfabetico Las palabras se presentan en tres columnas para facilitar los procesos de repaso y auto-evaluacion Los grupos de palabras se dividen en pequenas secciones para facilitar el proceso de aprendizaje El vocabulario ofrece una transcripcion sencilla y conveniente de cada palabra extranjera. Este vocabulario contiene 198 temas que incluyen: Conceptos Basicos, Numeros, Unidades de Medidas, los Verbos mas Importantes, la Hora, el Calendario, el Dia y la Noche, Meses, Estaciones, los Viajes, el Hotel, Exploracion del Paisaje, la Ciudad, Compras, Ropa y Accesorios, Productos Cosmeticos, Experiencias Cotidianas, el Telefono, Conversaciones Telefonicas, Idiomas Extranjeros, las Comidas, Restaurantes, la Familia Nuclear, la Familia Extendida, el Cuerpo Humano, la Medicina, las Drogas, Accesorios, Muebles, Interiores de Casas, los Aparatos Domesticos, la Tierra, el Tiempo, el Mar, el Oceano, las Montanas, los Rios, el Bosque, los Desastres Naturales, la Fauna, Animales Silvestres, Pajaros, la Flora, los Paises del Mundo y mas... Este vocabulario de T&P Books: Se recomienda como ayuda adicional a cualquier curso de idiomas. Capta las necesidades de aprendices de idiomas de nivel principiante y avanzado. Conveniente para uso cotidiano, practica de revision y actividades de auto-evaluacion.

Download or read book 11th International Conference on Theory and Application of Soft Computing Computing with Words and Perceptions and Artificial Intelligence ICSCCW 2021 written by Rafik A. Aliev and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the 11th Conference on Theory and Applications of Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions and Artificial Intelligence, ICSCCW-2021, held in Antalya, Turkey, on August 23–24, 2021. The general scope of the book covers uncertain computation, decision making under imperfect information, neuro-fuzzy approaches, natural language processing, and other areas. The topics of the papers include theory and application of soft computing, computing with words, image processing with soft computing, intelligent control, machine learning, fuzzy logic in data mining, soft computing in business, economics, engineering, material sciences, biomedical engineering, and health care. This book is a useful guide for academics, practitioners, and graduates in fields of soft computing and computing with words. It allows for increasing of interest in development and applying of these paradigms in various real-life fields.