Colonial Myths
Title | Colonial Myths PDF eBook |
Author | Azzedine Haddour |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Algeria |
ISBN | 9780719059926 |
The viking invasion and settlement in England has been the subject of a large and complex body of scholarship, with the consensus of opinion among scholars as to its exact nature and influence shifting considerably over the years.This is a fascinating new study which will make an important addition to the literature on the Scandinavians and the settlement in England in the ninth and tenth centuries. D. M. Hadley offers a focused and interdisciplinary discussion of often neglected sources. Topics covered include the development of current debates regarding the settlement, Anglo-Scandinavian political accommodation, the differences and similarities between Scandinavian rural settlement and Scandinavians in the urban environment, the conversion of Scandinavians to Christianity, and burial practices and associated issues of ethnicity, gender and social status.A clear and exhaustive summary of the available archaeological, historical and linguistic evidence, this book offers a comprehensive and authoritative starting point for all researchers and students investigating the viking settlement of Britain.
Casablanca
Title | Casablanca PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Louis Cohen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Architecture |
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Casablanca is a city of international renown, not least because of its urban structures and features. Celebrated by colonial writers, filmed by Hollywood, magnet for Europeans and Moroccans, Casablanca is above all an exceptional collection of urban spaces, houses, and gardens. While it is true that Casablanca developed as a port city well before the introduction of the French in 1907, it unquestionably ranks among the most significant urban creations of the twentieth century, attracting remarkable teams of architects and planners. Their commissions came from clients who were interested in innovation and modernization, thereby fostering the emergence of Casablanca as a laboratory for legislative, technological, and visual experimentation. Having studied the city for ten years, Jean-Louis Cohen and Monique Eleb trace, from the late nineteenth century to the early 1960s, the rebirth of a once-forgotten port and its metamorphosis into a teeming metropolis that is an amalgam of Mediterranean culture from Tunisia, Algeria, Spain, and Italy. The extensive presentation of the significant buildings of this hybrid city -- where, alongside the French, Muslim and Jewish Moroccan patrons commissioned provocative buildings -- is drawn from French and Moroccan archives, including hundreds of previously unpublished photographs. Cohen and Eleb focus as much on Casablanca's diverse social fabric as its urban spaces, chronicling the clients, inhabitants, and inventive architects who comprise the human component of an essential yet overlooked episode of modernism.
Urban Legends, Colonial Myths
Title | Urban Legends, Colonial Myths PDF eBook |
Author | James Ogude |
Publisher | Africa Research and Publications |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Africa, East |
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Debunking the Myths of Colonization
Title | Debunking the Myths of Colonization PDF eBook |
Author | Samar Attar |
Publisher | University Press of America |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0761850384 |
Debunking the Myths of Colonization examines Salman Rushdi's thesis on the paradoxical nature of colonialism and its horrific impact on the psyche of the colonized. It probes Frantz Fanon's theories concerning the relationship between colonizers and colonized, and attempts to apply these theories to modern Arabic literature. Like Rushdi and Fanon, many Arab writers have embarked on a journey to the metropolis of their ex-colonial masters. Due to their encounter with English or French culture, they have written memoirs, poems, or fictions in which they have represented themselves and the 'other.' Their representations differ markedly according to their own make up as human beings, their class, education, experiences, and gender. Yet what brings them together is their love-hate relationship with the ex-colonizer. In the case of the Palestinian writers, however, there is only bitterness and bewilderment at Israel as a colonizing power in the 21st century and its Jewish citizens, who were once victims in Europe but now have turned into victimizers. Book jacket.
Coloniality of Power in Postcolonial Africa
Title | Coloniality of Power in Postcolonial Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 286978578X |
In this book the author examines the current state of postcolonial Africa with a focus on the "liberation predicament" and the crisis of epistemological, cultural, economic, and political dependence created by colonialism and coloniality.
Myths - Realities
Title | Myths - Realities PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Bridenbaugh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1981-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780844617367 |
Death by Petticoat
Title | Death by Petticoat PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Miley Theobald |
Publisher | Andrews Mcmeel+ORM |
Pages | 167 |
Release | 2012-06-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1449424449 |
This myth-busting compendium sets the record straight on American history, from famous-but-false legends to weird-but-true stories. American history is full of oft-repeated errors and outright fabrications—as well as truths that are stranger than fiction. Collaborating with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Mary Miley Theobald has uncovered the real stories behind many well-known myth-understandings. Did pregnant women really seclude themselves indoors? Were uneven stairs made to trip up burglars? Did people only bathe once a year? Death by Petticoat reveals the truth about these and many other funny, surprising, and strange misapprehensions of history.