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Book Zong

    Book Details:
  • Author : M. NourbeSe Philip
  • Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
  • Release : 2008-09-23
  • ISBN : 0819568767
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Zong written by M. NourbeSe Philip and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting lifeline between archive and memory, law and poetry

Book The Zong

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  • Author : James Walvin
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2011-10-11
  • ISBN : 0300180756
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book The Zong written by James Walvin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A lucid, fluent and fascinating account of the Zong. The book details the horror of the mass killing of enslaved Africans on board the ship in 1781.”—Gad Heuman, co-editor of The Routledge History of Slavery On November 29, 1781, Captain Collingwood of the British ship Zong commanded his crew to throw overboard one-third of his cargo: a shipment of Africans bound for slavery in America. The captain believed his ship was off course, and he feared there was not enough drinking water to last until landfall. This book is the first to examine in detail the deplorable killings on the Zong, the lawsuit that ensued, how the murder of 132 slaves affected debates about slavery, and the way we remember the infamous Zong today. Historian James Walvin explores all aspects of the Zong’s voyage and the subsequent trial—a case brought to court not for the murder of the slaves but as a suit against the insurers who denied the owners’ claim that their “cargo” had been necessarily jettisoned. The scandalous case prompted wide debate and fueled Britain’s awakening abolition movement. Without the episode of the Zong, Walvin contends, the process of ending the slave trade would have taken an entirely different moral and political trajectory. He concludes with a fascinating discussion of how the case of the Zong, though unique in the history of slave ships, has come to be understood as typical of life on all such ships. “Engaging . . . [Walvin’s] expertise shines through with surgical use of statistics and absorbing deviations into subjects such as Turner’s masterpiece The Slave Ship and the slave-fueled growth of Liverpool.”—Daily Mail

Book Test This Book

Download or read book Test This Book written by Louie Zong and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bear and a frog attempt to answer the age-old question "How do books work?" in this clever, interactive picture book from animator Louie Zong. Test This Book! features a bear scientist and a frog scientist testing how books work in a variety of exciting, dramatic experiments. What happens when readers sit on their books? Shake them? Whisper secrets to them? The results are funny, surprising, and very, very informative. This hilarious picture book is a great read-aloud experience, as readers are rewarded for physically interacting with the book. And they also learn a little about the scientific method—the basis of all STEM education. An Imprint Book

Book Granville Sharp s Uncovered Letter and the Zong Massacre

Download or read book Granville Sharp s Uncovered Letter and the Zong Massacre written by Michelle Faubert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delineates the discovery of a previously unknown manuscript of a letter from Granville Sharp, the first British abolitionist, to the “Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.” In the letter, Sharp demands that the Admiralty bring murder charges against the crew of the Zong for forcing 132 enslaved Africans overboard to their deaths. Uncovered by Michelle Faubert at the British Library in 2015, the letter is reproduced here, accompanied by her examination of its provenance and significance for the history of slavery and abolition. As Faubert argues, the British Library manuscript is the only fair copy of Sharp’s letter, and extraordinary evidence of Sharp’s role in the abolition of slavery.

Book    Xian Fo Qi Zong                  The Sacred Traces of Taoist Immortals and Priests  Buddhas and Zen Masters

Download or read book Xian Fo Qi Zong The Sacred Traces of Taoist Immortals and Priests Buddhas and Zen Masters written by Hong Yingming and published by DeepLogic. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “仙佛奇踪“(”Xian Fo Qi Zong”) “The Sacred Traces of Taoist Immortals and Priests, Buddhas and Zen Masters” was written by Hong Yingming in Ming Dynasty. The book includes the first two volumes of the Taoist affairs, from Laozi to Zhang Sanfeng, a total of 63 Taoist immortals and priests; the second two volumes of the Buddhism, with life stories of a total of 61 Buddhas and Zen masters. It can serve as a gateway to understand the two cultures of Taoism and Buddhism in ancient China. The writer Hong Yingming‘s life story is unknown to modern world. He wrote other great works such as “菜根谭”("Cai Gen Tan").

Book A Chinese Paradigm of the Jingtu Famen

Download or read book A Chinese Paradigm of the Jingtu Famen written by Kwong Chuen Ching and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vigorously-researched publication for advanced graduate students and fellow scholars of the Chinese Pure Land tradition (Jingtu famen) in the wider context of Chinese Buddhism extends the horizon opened up by recent leading scholars to reconstruct a more insightful understanding of the Jingtu famen and the notion of zong. Focusing on previously unstudied writings of Sheng'an Shixian 省庵實賢 (1686–1734), the findings support the argument that the Jingtu famen is an advanced form of Mahāyānist meditation rooted in the Mādhyamika and Yogācāra traditions. The original English translation of Master Shixian’s writings provided also paves the way for other researchers to conduct new and extended studies.

Book The Song of Zong

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  • Author : William A. Moses
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2020-10-12
  • ISBN : 1664133054
  • Pages : 29 pages

Download or read book The Song of Zong written by William A. Moses and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SONG OF ZONG takes you to a far place called the planet of Zong, where the people love to dance, play and sing. When a group of friends Fling Flong, Wing Wong, & Bing Bong, travel to adventurous places they communicate through song and dance. Inspired by the love of hip-hop culture this story promotes linguistic curiosity through the eyes of aliens. Through the influence of hip hop rhythms and poetry you can communicate using effective repetitive speech. Language development is paramount in early years of communication. The Song of Zong is a playful tale for making speech-building fun.

Book Routes in Asia  Pt  1  Routes in Nepaul  Pt  2  Routes in Bhutan  Pt  3  Routes in Sikhim  Pt 4  Routes in Thibet  Pt  5  Routes in Burmah  Pt  6  Routes between Assam and Burmah

Download or read book Routes in Asia Pt 1 Routes in Nepaul Pt 2 Routes in Bhutan Pt 3 Routes in Sikhim Pt 4 Routes in Thibet Pt 5 Routes in Burmah Pt 6 Routes between Assam and Burmah written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hmong in Wisconsin

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  • Author : Mai Zong Vue
  • Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
  • Release : 2020-03-16
  • ISBN : 0870209434
  • Pages : 103 pages

Download or read book Hmong in Wisconsin written by Mai Zong Vue and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unknown to many Americans at the time, the Hmong helped the US government fight Communists in Laos during the Secret War of the 1960s and 1970s, a parallel conflict to the Vietnam War. When Saigon fell and allies withdrew, the surviving Hmong fled for their lives, spending years in Thai refugee camps before being relocated to the United States and other countries. Many of these families found homes in Wisconsin, which now has the third largest Hmong population in the country, following California and Minnesota. As one of the most recent cultural groups to arrive in the Badger State, the Hmong have worked hard to establish a new life here, building support systems to preserve traditions and to help one another as they enrolled in schools, started businesses, and strived for independence. Told with a mixture of scholarly research, interviews, and personal experience of the author, this latest addition to the popular People of Wisconsin series shares the Hmong’s varied stories of survival and hope as they have become an important part of Wisconsin communities.

Book Shih and Zong

Download or read book Shih and Zong written by Yinpo Tschang and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Download or read book Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal written by Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes indexes to Numismatic supplements.

Book Journal   Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Download or read book Journal Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Numismatic supplement," no. 5-45 (previously issued in the society's Journal, later in its Journal, 3rd ser.).

Book Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Download or read book Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Text Data Mining

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chengqing Zong
  • Publisher : Springer Nature
  • Release : 2021-05-22
  • ISBN : 9811601003
  • Pages : 363 pages

Download or read book Text Data Mining written by Chengqing Zong and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-22 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses various aspects of text data mining. Unlike other books that focus on machine learning or databases, it approaches text data mining from a natural language processing (NLP) perspective. The book offers a detailed introduction to the fundamental theories and methods of text data mining, ranging from pre-processing (for both Chinese and English texts), text representation and feature selection, to text classification and text clustering. It also presents the predominant applications of text data mining, for example, topic modeling, sentiment analysis and opinion mining, topic detection and tracking, information extraction, and automatic text summarization. Bringing all the related concepts and algorithms together, it offers a comprehensive, authoritative and coherent overview. Written by three leading experts, it is valuable both as a textbook and as a reference resource for students, researchers and practitioners interested in text data mining. It can also be used for classes on text data mining or NLP.

Book The Meaning of Zong

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  • Author : Giles Terera
  • Publisher : NHB Modern Plays
  • Release : 2023-04-18
  • ISBN : 9781839040290
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Meaning of Zong written by Giles Terera and published by NHB Modern Plays. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over two hundred years ago, Olaudah Equiano changed the world. After reading reports of the British ship Zong, where 132 enslaved Africans were thrown overboard, he joins forces with anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp and together they set in motion events which will go on to galvanise the abolition movement. But Olaudah's impassioned fight for justice goes beyond the courtroom. Having bought his own freedom, he now faces a personal battle to rediscover his past and accept his true self. Weaving together the many lives affected by these events across the globe, The Meaning of Zong is both a depiction of a shameful true story from British history, and a timely response to the social upheaval the world has witnessed in recent years - celebrating the power of individual action to drive huge societal change. Giles Terera's debut play was commissioned by Bristol Old Vic and the National Theatre, and first performed on stage at Bristol Old Vic in April 2022, co-directed by Tom Morris and Terera, after an acclaimed production on BBC Radio 3.

Book Sphere Packings

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chuanming Zong
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2008-01-20
  • ISBN : 0387227806
  • Pages : 245 pages

Download or read book Sphere Packings written by Chuanming Zong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-20 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sphere packings is one of the most fascinating and challenging subjects in mathematics. In the course of centuries, many exciting results have been obtained, ingenious methods created, related challenging problems proposed, and many surprising connections with other subjects found. This book gives a full account of this fascinating subject, especially its local aspects, discrete aspects, and its proof methods. The book includes both classical and contemporary results and provides a full treatment of the subject.

Book Ao Naga Dictionary

Download or read book Ao Naga Dictionary written by Edward Winter Clark and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: