Download or read book Guiana British Dutch and French Classic Reprint written by James Rodway and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guiana British, Dutch, and French The difierent tribes - Their houses - Canoee - Cassava, the stae of life -pepper-pot - cultivation-woman's work and man's work - The hunter and fisherman Weapons - Cotton hammocks - Mosaic feather-work Geometrical patterns on baskets and aprons - Laps Dancing dresses - Piaimen Esoteric cults Word building Polygamy in the chiefs - Its advantages Curare - Medicines - Independent nature of the Indian -blood-feuds - Hospitality - The Akawois, the gypsies of Guiana - Thrift unknown - Famine - Piwarrie f casts - Drunken orgies-native modesty - Danger of cloth ing - Use of the Indian to the traveller - Decreasing in number near the settlements - Christian missions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Guiana written by James Rodway and published by Elibron Classics. This book was released on 1912 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by T. Fisher Unwin, 1912, London
Download or read book The West Indies Enslaved and Free Classic Reprint written by William Moister and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The West Indies, Enslaved and Free It is very pleasant for the genuine Christian philanthropist to notice the attention which has been paid of late years to the temporal and spiritual welfare of the once despised, enslaved, and downtrodden African race, both in their own home on the 'Dark Continent' and in the lands of their exile. Having spent nearly fourteen years in the West Indies, at the most interesting and critical period of their history, whilst the poor negroes were still drinking the bitter cup of bondage, during the transition period called 'the apprenticeship, ' and for some time after the advent of entire freedom; and having kept a journal and made observations on passing events in the respective colonies in which he sojourned, the author has been induced to prepare for the press the present volume, descriptive of the country and the people and of the efforts which have been made to promote their improvement. This he has done, not merely to furnish interesting reading for those who delight in the study of history and in books of travels in foreign lands, but also to provide a useful handbook of information and reference for missionaries, merchants, travellers, and others, as well as with a view to excite a still deeper interest in the moral and social well being of a race of people to whom we are deeply indebted as a nation for the wrongs they have suffered at our hands in times past. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book British Guiana Its Agriculture and Trade Classic Reprint written by Agnes Gomez Sanderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from British Guiana: Its Agriculture and Trade British Guiana has had internal self-government since August 1961 and is looking forward to complete independence. This country-the only English speaking area on the South American continent-was originally settled by the Dutch. It was occupied by other countries, and finally ceded to Great Britain in 1814. The early influence of the Dutch 18 still reflected in its place names and in the dike system along the coast, which made agriculture possible in these low lands. The name Guiana is Indian, meaning land of waters and this character izes the three Guianas, British, French, and Netherlands (surinam). The waters require systems of control to make the land available for agriculture. Dikes keep out the sea, and drainage and irrigation canals, where constructed, keep swamps from flooding during the rainy season, and supply water for irrigation during the dry season. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Scribner s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scribner s Magazine written by Edward Livermore Burlingame and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sanatana Dharma and Plantation Hinduism Second Edition Volume 2 written by Ramesh Gampat and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian Missionaries worked hard to convert immigrants. Their first order of business was to denigrate Hinduism, designate Hindus as heathen, and disparage their culture, food and even attire. Immigrants stubbornly resisted, led by the tiny educated elite, including Brhmaas whom we call Brahmins. Conversion was a failure at least up to the end of the 19th century but picked up a self-generating momentum thereafter. The result is that the share of Hindus in Guyana’s Indian population declined from 83.5 percent in 1880 to 62.8 percent in 2012. The largest portion of the contraction was lost to Christianity. The loss notwithstanding, even a casual observer would conclude that Guyanese Hindus, at home and in the Diaspora, are a very religious people. Many of us do a jhandi or havan once annually; others do the more elaborate and costlier yajña, where everyone is welcome, once or twice in their lifetime. Most of us do a short daily puja – prayers, offerings, reading the stras and listening to bhajan – in our homes. An important, but perhaps unintended, way immigrants countered conversion to Christianity was an unplanned movement towards a “synthesis” that brought Hindus, regardless of caste or sect, under a “unitary form of Hinduism.” The “synthesis” began around the 1870s and was completed by the 1930s to the 1950s. Guyanese Hindus call the unified corpus of religious beliefs and practices that emerged from the “synthesis” Sanatana Dharma. Ramesh Gampat labels it Plantation Hinduism in this path-breaking book. The book argues that the brand of Hinduism practiced is inconsistent with Sanatana Dharma, called Vednta by the more philosophically inclined. Plantation Hinduism features an extraordinary dependence upon purohits (pandits), which has anaesthetized the Hindu mind and render him unable to think, question and inquire when it comes to Dharma. Rituals and bhakti have been degraded and turned into desire-motivated worship; devats have been misconstrued as Brahman rather than as limited manifestation of the one non-dual pure Consciousness; belief in the multiplicity of gods encourages image worship; and superstitions anchor Guyanese Hindus to tradition and mere belief. Plantation Hinduism is little more than desire-motivated actions, dogmas and superstitions. Absent is the idea that Sanatana Dharma is a spiritual science no less scientific than hard sciences, such as physics and astronomy. The central message of Vednta is the innate divinity of every person and the freedom to realize that divinity through anubhava, direct personal experience of Supreme Reality.
Download or read book Sanatana Dharma and Plantation Hinduism Second Edition Volume 1 written by Ramesh Gampat and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian Missionaries worked hard to convert immigrants. Their first order of business was to denigrate Hinduism, designate Hindus as heathen, and disparage their culture, food and even attire. Immigrants stubbornly resisted, led by the tiny educated elite, including Brhmaas whom we call Brahmins. Conversion was a failure at least up to the end of the 19th century but picked up a self-generating momentum thereafter. The result is that the share of Hindus in Guyana’s Indian population declined from 83.5 percent in 1880 to 62.8 percent in 2012. The largest portion of the contraction was lost to Christianity. The loss notwithstanding, even a casual observer would conclude that Guyanese Hindus, at home and in the Diaspora, are a very religious people. Many of us do a jhandi or havan once annually; others do the more elaborate and costlier yajña, where everyone is welcome, once or twice in their lifetime. Most of us do a short daily puja – prayers, offerings, reading the stras and listening to bhajan – in our homes. An important, but perhaps unintended, way immigrants countered conversion to Christianity was an unplanned movement towards a “synthesis” that brought Hindus, regardless of caste or sect, under a “unitary form of Hinduism.” The “synthesis” began around the 1870s and was completed by the 1930s to the 1950s. Guyanese Hindus call the unified corpus of religious beliefs and practices that emerged from the “synthesis” Sanatana Dharma. Ramesh Gampat labels it Plantation Hinduism in this path-breaking book. The book argues that the brand of Hinduism practiced is inconsistent with Sanatana Dharma, called Vednta by the more philosophically inclined. Plantation Hinduism features an extraordinary dependence upon purohits (pandits), which has anaesthetized the Hindu mind and render him unable to think, question and inquire when it comes to Dharma. Rituals and bhakti have been degraded and turned into desire-motivated worship; devats have been misconstrued as Brahman rather than as limited manifestation of the one non-dual pure Consciousness; belief in the multiplicity of gods encourages image worship; and superstitions anchor Guyanese Hindus to tradition and mere belief. Plantation Hinduism is little more than desire-motivated actions, dogmas and superstitions. Absent is the idea that Sanatana Dharma is a spiritual science no less scientific than hard sciences, such as physics and astronomy. The central message of Vednta is the innate divinity of every person and the freedom to realize that divinity through anubhava, direct personal experience of Supreme Reality.
Download or read book The Discovery of Guiana and the Journal of the Second Voyage Thereto written by Sir Walter Raleigh and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Library Annual 1911 12 1917 18 written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Bibliography of the Caribbean written by Marian Goslinga and published by Scarecrow Area Bibliographies. This book was released on 1996 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive general bibliography on the Caribbean in more than a decade, Goslinga's work provides a balanced and representative overview of the bibliographic output about the region from Bermuda to Trinidad as well as Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. This text will serve as a guide to the general reader and the specialist to the most important literature on the region... --REFERENCE REVIEWS
Download or read book The Americana Annual written by Alexander Hopkins McDannald and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Caliban s Curse written by Supriya Nair and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Views the tumultuous history and political struggles of the peoples of the Caribbean through the works of novelist George Lamming
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Download or read book Define and Rule written by Mahmood Mamdani and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Define and Rule focuses on the turn in late nineteenth-century colonial statecraft when Britain abandoned the attempt to eradicate difference between conqueror and conquered and introduced a new idea of governance, as the definition and management of difference. Mahmood Mamdani explores how lines were drawn between settler and native as distinct political identities, and between natives according to tribe. Out of that colonial experience issued a modern language of pluralism and difference. A mid-nineteenth-century crisis of empire attracted the attention of British intellectuals and led to a reconception of the colonial mission, and to reforms in India, British Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies. The new politics, inspired by Sir Henry Maine, established that natives were bound by geography and custom, rather than history and law, and made this the basis of administrative practice. Maine’s theories were later translated into “native administration” in the African colonies. Mamdani takes the case of Sudan to demonstrate how colonial law established tribal identity as the basis for determining access to land and political power, and follows this law’s legacy to contemporary Darfur. He considers the intellectual and political dimensions of African movements toward decolonization by focusing on two key figures: the Nigerian historian Yusuf Bala Usman, who argued for an alternative to colonial historiography, and Tanzania’s first president, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, who realized that colonialism’s political logic was legal and administrative, not military, and could be dismantled through nonviolent reforms.
