Caught between Worlds
Title | Caught between Worlds PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Snader |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 446 |
Release | 2021-10-21 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0813184444 |
The captivity narrative has always been a literary genre associated with America. Joe Snader argues, however, that captivity narratives emerged much earlier in Britain, coinciding with European colonial expansion, the development of anthropology, and the rise of liberal political thought. Stories of Europeans held captive in the Middle East, America, Africa, and Southeast Asia appeared in the British press from the late sixteenth through the late eighteenth centuries, and captivity narratives were frequently featured during the early development of the novel. Until the mid-eighteenth century, British examples of the genre outpaced their American cousins in length, frequency of publication, attention to anthropological detail, and subjective complexity. Using both new and canonical texts, Snader shows that foreign captivity was a favorite topic in eighteenth-century Britain. An adaptable and expansive genre, these narratives used set plots and stereotypes originating in Mediterranean power struggles and relocated in a variety of settings, particularly eastern lands. The narratives' rhetorical strategies and cultural assumptions often grew out of centuries of religious strife and coincided with Europe's early modern military ascendancy. Caught Between Worlds presents a broad, rich, and flexible definition of the captivity narrative, placing the American strain in its proper place within the tradition as a whole. Snader, having assembled the first bibliography of British captivity narratives, analyzes both factual texts and a large body of fictional works, revealing the ways they helped define British identity and challenged Britons to rethink the place of their nation in the larger world.
The African Roots of Marijuana
Title | The African Roots of Marijuana PDF eBook |
Author | Chris S. Duvall |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2019-05-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1478004533 |
After arriving from South Asia approximately a thousand years ago, cannabis quickly spread throughout the African continent. European accounts of cannabis in Africa—often fictionalized and reliant upon racial stereotypes—shaped widespread myths about the plant and were used to depict the continent as a cultural backwater and Africans as predisposed to drug use. These myths continue to influence contemporary thinking about cannabis. In The African Roots of Marijuana, Chris S. Duvall corrects common misconceptions while providing an authoritative history of cannabis as it flowed into, throughout, and out of Africa. Duvall shows how preexisting smoking cultures in Africa transformed the plant into a fast-acting and easily dosed drug and how it later became linked with global capitalism and the slave trade. People often used cannabis to cope with oppressive working conditions under colonialism, as a recreational drug, and in religious and political movements. This expansive look at Africa's importance to the development of human knowledge about marijuana will challenge everything readers thought they knew about one of the world's most ubiquitous plants.
A History of Moray and Nairn
Title | A History of Moray and Nairn PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Joseph Galliari Rampini |
Publisher | |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 1897 |
Genre | Elginshire |
ISBN |
Vasco Da Gama and His Successors, 1460-1580
Title | Vasco Da Gama and His Successors, 1460-1580 PDF eBook |
Author | Kingsley Garland Jayne |
Publisher | |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Discoveries in geography |
ISBN |
A History of the British and Foreign Bible Society
Title | A History of the British and Foreign Bible Society PDF eBook |
Author | William Canton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 568 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN |
History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760
Title | History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760 PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Douglas Larned |
Publisher | |
Pages | 618 |
Release | 1874 |
Genre | Windham County (Conn.) |
ISBN |
Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone
Title | Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone PDF eBook |
Author | Magbaily C. Fyle |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 347 |
Release | 2006-03-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0810865041 |
Sierra Leone was founded, albeit under British control, with the highest hopes of being a refuge for liberated Africans and freed slaves. When the country received its independence, hopes for the future grew even stronger. Alas, its expectations came crashing down when the country's situation grew steadily worse after repeated military interventions and a devastating ten-year civil war that raged throughout the 1990s. Now that the war is over, there is once again renewed cause for optimism about the country's future, as Sierra Leone becomes an active participant in African and world affairs. This new edition is based primarily on recent research on the country, but covers the earliest known inhabitants, the colonial era, and the period of independence including the very confusing turmoil of the recent past. The chronology briefly traces its history and the introduction provides an essential overview of all the recent developments in the country. Hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries describe significant leaders, events, political parties and movements, ethnic groups, and related political, economic, and social aspects. A bibliography is included to facilitate further research.