Download or read book Cession of Danish Islands in the West Indies written by Denmark and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cession of Danish Islands in the West Indies written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cession of Danish West Indian Islands written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cession of Danish West Indes written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Museums and Sites of Persuasion written by Joyce Apsel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museums and Sites of Persuasion examines the concept of museums and memory sites as locations that attempt to promote human rights, democracy and peace. Demonstrating that such sites have the potential to act as powerful spaces of persuasion or contestation, the book also shows that there are perils in the selective memory and history that they present. Examining a range of museums, memorials and exhibits in places as varied as Burundi, Denmark, Georgia, Kosovo, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam and the US, this volume demonstrates how they represent and try to come to terms with difficult histories. As sites of persuasion, the contributors to this book argue, their public goal is to use memory and education about the past to provide moral lessons to visitors that will encourage a more democratic and peaceful future. However, the case studies also demonstrate how political, economic and social realities often undermine this lofty goal, raising questions about how these sites of persuasion actually function on a daily basis. Straddling several interdisciplinary fields of research and study, Museums and Sites of Persuasion will be essential reading for those working in the fields of museum studies, memory studies, and genocide studies. It will also be essential reading for museum practitioners and anyone engaged in the study of history, sociology, political science, anthropology and art history. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Download or read book Transfer Day written by Sophie Schiller and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel commemorates the upcoming Centennial Anniversary of America's purchase of the Danish West Indies (1917-2017) known as "Transfer Day". These islands are now the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Download or read book Land of Love and Drowning written by Tiphanie Yanique and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipient of the 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Foundation Award A major debut from an award-winning writer—an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands. In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Uniquely imagined, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and the author’s own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evoke an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prizewinning young writer.

Download or read book Island of Shame written by David Vine and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-23 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Vine recounts how the British & US governments created the Diego Garcia base, making the native Chagossians homeless in the process. He details the strategic significance of this remote location & also describes recent efforts by the exiles to regain their territory.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Public Documents of the the Fifty third Congress to the 76th Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 2442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transfer Day written by Gary James and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The narrative of Transfer Day explores the discovery of ancestral roots on the Island of St. Croix and the history of the American Virgin Islands, formally known as the Danish West Indies. The Transfer Day literary project is central to a series of projects that formulate a comprehensive study of the historical "New World." Learn the role the Virgin Islands and Caribbean region played in the growth and advanced development of the Western world and the African Diaspora. Apart from the Caribbean Islands as the first port of call for Christopher Columbus' four voyages and the explorer's "official" mandate of discovery, enslaved Africans on St. Croix and the Virgin Islands in particular gave birth to historical African American figures. These people made exemplary contributions to the respective islands of their birth, as well to the illustrious and colorful history of America and the famous Harlem Renaissance. Transfer Day crystallizes an important and unheralded piece of history that enjoys a symbiotic connection in context to the broader popular historical account of the development of the Western hemisphere, from the sixteenth century to current political, economic, and social times.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Public Documents of the Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from to written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of the Public Documents of the Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 2444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Denmark in English and American Literature written by Jens Christian Bay and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Interior Department Appropriation Bill 1933 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 1220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Interior Department Appropriation Bill 1933 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior Department Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 1220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Atoll Island States and International Law written by Lilian Yamamoto and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atoll Island States exist on top of what is perceived to be one of the planet's most vulnerable ecosystems: atolls. It has been predicted that an increase in the pace of sea level rise brought about by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will cause them to disappear, forcing their inhabitants to migrate. The present book represents a multidisciplinary legal and engineering perspective on this problem, challenging some common misconceptions regarding atolls and their vulnerability to sea-level rise. Coral islands have survived past changes in sea levels, and it is the survival of coral reefs what will be crucial for their continued existence. These islands are important for their inhabitants as they represent not only their ancestral agricultural lands and heritage, but also a source of revenue through the exploitation of the maritime areas associated with them. However, even if faced with extreme climate change, it could theoretically be possible for the richer Atoll Island States to engineer ways to prevent their main islands from disappearing, though sadly not all will have the required financial resources to do so. As islands become progressively uninhabitable their residents will be forced to settle in foreign lands, and could become stateless if the Atoll Island State ceases to be recognized as a sovereign country. However, rather than tackling this problem by entering into lengthy negotiations over new treaties, more practical solutions, encompassing bilateral negotiations or the possibility of acquiring small new territories, should be explored. This would make it possible for Atoll Island States in the future to keep some sort of international sovereign personality, which could benefit the descendents of its present day inhabitants.