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El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America
by Carrie GibsonA sweeping saga of the Spanish history and influence in North America over five centuries, from the acclaimed author of Empire’s Crossroads.Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and clarity in El Norte, the nation has much older Spanish roots?ones that have long been unacknowledged or marginalized. The Hispanic past of the United States predates the arrival of the Pilgrims by a century, and has been every bit as important in shaping the nation as it exists today.El Norte chronicles the dramatic history of Hispanic North America from the arrival of the Spanish in the early 16th century to the present?from Ponce de Leon’s initial landing in Florida in 1513 to Spanish control of the vast Louisiana territory in 1762 to the Mexican-American War in 1846 and up to the more recent tragedy of post-hurricane Puerto Rico and the ongoing border acrimony with Mexico. Interwoven in this narrative of events and people are cultural issues that have been there from the start but which are unresolved to this day: language, belonging, community, race, and nationality. Seeing them play out over centuries provides vital perspective at a time when it is urgently needed.In 1883, Walt Whitman meditated on his country’s Spanish past: “We Americans have yet to really learn our own antecedents, and sort them, to unify them,” predicting that “to that composite American identity of the future, Spanish character will supply some of the most needed parts.” That future is here, and El Norte, a stirring and eventful history in its own right, will make a powerful impact on our national understanding.“This history debunks the myth of American exceptionalism by revisiting a past that is not British and Protestant but Hispanic and Catholic. Gibson begins with the arrival of Spaniards in La Florida, in 1513, discusses Mexico’s ceding of territory to the U.S., in 1848, and concludes with Trump’s nativist fixations. Along the way, she explains how California came to be named after a fictional island in a book by a Castilian Renaissance writer and asks why we ignore a chapter of our history that began long before the Pilgrims arrived. At a time when the building of walls occupies so much attention, Gibson makes a case for the blurring of boundaries.” —New Yorker“A sweeping and accessible survey of the Hispanic history of the U.S. that illuminates the integral impact of the Spanish and their descendants on the U.S.’s social and cultural development. . . . This unusual and insightful work provides a welcome and thought-provoking angle on the country’s history, and should be widely appreciated.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, PW Pick
El Paso
by Winston GroomLong fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth century, best-selling author Winston Groom brings to life a much-forgotten period of history in this episodic saga set in six parts. Pitting the legendary Pancho Villa against "the Colonel," a thrill-seeking Bostonian railroad tycoon whose fading fortune is tied up in a colossal ranch in Chihuahua, El Paso opens during a time of dramatic upheaval in Mexico--its government being squeezed on one end by Villa's revolutionaries and on the other by "filthy" American capitalists. Content to observe the war from aboard his dazzling yacht, the Ajax, the Colonel is suddenly pulled into this drama when his famous Valle del Sol ranch is raided for nearly "two million and a half dollars in beef on the hoof. " Oblivious to the realities of war and hoping to salvage his losses, the Colonel whisks his family down to Mexico where they make a disturbing discovery: it was Villa who not only stole the cattle but also murdered their beloved ranch manager. Even worse, Villa's henchmen abduct the Colonel's grandchildren in another daring raid only days later. Frantic, the aging patriarch and his adopted son race to El Paso, hoping to gather a group of cowboys brave enough to hunt down the generalissimo on his own turf. As the desperate Yankees quickly learn once they return to Chihuahua, their deep pockets and political clout mean next to nothing in a crumbling nation rife with communist sympathizers. After weeks of searching and with no trace of Villa, the Colonel fears all is lost--that is, until a twist of fate unites his party with that of Johnny Ollas, an aspiring matador whose wife has also been kidnapped by the marauding revolutionaries. Bloodied and battered, the two factions unite, galloping off on an extraordinary manhunt through some of the most inhospitable terrain on earth: the vast and snake-ridden Sierra Madre. The novel explodes into an epic as an extraordinary cast of characters from both history and imagination begin to emerge, all vying to get their hands on the ever-elusive Villa. But no matter what prize each player ultimately seeks, no one is left unscathed in this sprawling story of heroism, injustice, and love. Replete with shootouts, daring escapes, and an unforgettable bullfight, El Paso brings to life a crucial moment in history and, in the process, becomes an indelible portrait of the American Southwest in the final days of the wild frontier.
El Paso and the Mexican Revolution (Images of America)
by Patricia Haesly WorthingtonThe Mexican Revolution took place along the entire length of the border between the United States and Mexico. Most of the intense battles and revolutionary intrigue, however, were concentrated in the border region of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. For 20 years, the U.S. and Mexico border communities dealt with revolution, beginning before the 1909 Taft-Díaz visit and ending with the Escobar Revolution of 1929. In between were battles, assassinations, invasions, and attempts at diplomacy. El Paso was center stage for many of these events. Newspapers and media from all over the country flocked to the border and produced numerous stories, photographs, and colorful renditions of the Mexican Revolution. The facts and myths have been kept alive over the last 100 years, and the revolution remains an important topic of discussion today.
El pintor d'ànimes
by Ildefonso FalconesDesprés de vendre més de 10 milions d'exemplars, Ildefonso Falcones torna amb una novel·la fascinant. Una poderosa història d'amor, passió per l'art, revoltes socials i venjança a la Barcelona modernista. Barcelona, 1901. La ciutat viu dies de gran agitació social. L'absoluta misèria dels més desfavorits contrasta amb l'elegant opulència de les grans avingudes, on destaquen alguns edificis singulars, símbol de l'arribada del modernisme. En Dalmau Sala, fill d'un anarquista ajusticiat, és un jove pintor que viu atrapat entre dos móns. D'una banda, la seva família i l'Emma, la dona que estima, són fermes defensores de la lluita obrera; homes i dones que no coneixen la por a l'hora d'exigir els drets dels treballadors. De l'altra, la seva feina en el taller de ceràmica del senyor Bello, el seu mentor i un conservador burgès de fèrries creences catòliques, l'acosta a un ambient on imperen la riquesa i la innovació creativa. Així, seduït per les ofertes temptadores d'una burgesia disposada a comprar la seva obra i la seva consciència, en Dalmau haurà de trobar el seu autèntic camí, com a home i com a artista, i allunyar-se de les nits d'alcohol i drogues per a descobrir el que de debò li importa: els seus valors, la seva essència, l'amor d'una dona valenta i lluitadora i, sobretot, aquests quadres que brollen de la seva imaginació i capturen en un llenç les ànimes més miserables que deambulen pels carrers d'una ciutat agitada pel germen de la rebel·lia. Amb El pintor d'ànimes, Ildefonso Falcones ens ofereix la poderosa història d'una època convulsa alhora que ens brinda una trama emocionant en què l'amor, la passió per l'art, la lluita pels ideals i la venjança es combinen magistralment per recrear una Barcelona, sòbria i grisa en el passat, que ara s'encaminacap a un futur brillant en què el color i l'esperança comencen a estendre's per les cases i els carrers. El que la crítica ha dit sobre L'església del mar:«De Barcelona ja coneixíem la Sagrada Família, la delirant catedral de l'arquitecte Gaudí. Ara, L'església del mar d'Ildefonso Falcones, com Notre-Dame de París de Víctor Hugo, ens ofereix la història d'una ciutat i un poble.»Le Figaro «Un best seller per a la catedral del poble.»Catalina Serra, El País «Un gran fulletó. Una prosa enèrgica... Falcones té una habilitat especial per al detall... i els seus personatges són de carn i ossos... Una història fascinant.»The Washington Post Sobre La mà de Fàtima:«Manté l'expectació del lector, s'aparta del previsible, s'acosta a l'ideari dels autors francesos i italians (passió, revenja, esperança i justícia) i atrapa l'interès amb diverses subtrames que actuen comllibres en cadena.»Ramon Ventura, El Periódico Sobre La reina descalça:«Falcones s'ha consagrat com l'autor espanyol de novel·la històrica més venut arreu del món.»El País Sobre Els hereus de la terra:«Deia Kipling que l'artesania està sempre en la base de tot gran art. Tal apreciació ens ha rondat mentre llegíem la cabalosa (i molt treballada) segona part de L'església del mar. [...] Una bona novel·la històrica que aconsegueix submergir el lector en atmosferes del passat. [...] Una seqüela a l'altura de la seva obra matriu.»Carles Barba, Cultura/S, La Vanguardia «El millor de la novel·la radica en la creació del món gairebé màgic d'una Barcelona que encara es pot reconèixer, però el passat de la qual es desconeix. Falcones el revela, el fa atractiu i l'acosta a nosaltres en un joc de paral·lelismes intel·ligent. Aquests paral·lelismes, al costat d'una espectacular recreac
El poder del pueblo: ¿Cómo funciona nuestro gobierno? (Relatos estadounidenses)
by DKInspira jóvenes curiosos a explorar las instituciones estadounidenses a lo largo de la historia de la nación y cómo es la vida en EE. UU. hoy en díaParte de una serie inspirante que apoya el aprendizaje acerca del gobierno y el civismo en un EE. UU. contemporáneo a través de eventos históricos y las personas que formaron los mismos. El poder del pueblo interconecta contexto,personalidades y eventos históricos y las experiencias de estadounidenses modernos. Ayudará los estudiantes a entender temas claves de estudios sociales, como los orígenes de instituciones y valores de EE. UU. y la relevancia que tienen a las vidas de jóvenes hoy. El libro explora las instituciones y los sistemas de gobierno estadounidenses como una república constitucional, y las razones por las mismas. Incluyen la función del Presidente, del Congreso, de la Corte Suprema, el gobierno estatal y otras entidades nacionales e internacionales. Temas y eventos históricos incluyen la Constitución estadounidense y enmiendas, elecciones y grandes Presidentes históricos
EL REBAÑO HEREJE
by Sandra Cifuentes Dowling Jana PetkenValencia, España 1491 Las ambiciones de cuatro hombres colisionan y se funden en un letal juego de intrigas. El joven miliciano David Sanz es obligado a cometer un crimen despreciable convirtiéndose en involuntario peón de una feroz lucha de poder. Luis Perato, duque de Sagrat, sacrifica a su propio pueblo para ocultar oscuros secretos que podrían llevarlo a morir quemado en la hoguera por traición. El tesorero de Sagrat, Sergio García, es un hombre cruel e inescrupuloso dispuesto a eliminar a cualquiera que entorpezca su ascenso al poder. Gaspar de Amo, miembro de la Inquisición y fanático religioso, castiga herejes por sus pecados contra Roma y contra el Tribunal del Santo Oficio, pero someter a Sagrat acabará siendo una misión mucho más difícil de lo que De Amo y la Iglesia alguna vez imaginaron. Sumido en el caos y aterrorizado por una seguidilla de asesinatos, el pueblo de Sagrat se enfrenta a un peligro aún mayor con la llegada de la Inquisición y los horrores inimaginables que esta traerá consigo.
El retorn dels Bassat
by Vicenç VillatoroCosint narració, testimoni i reflexió literària, El retorn dels Bassat és un fil que ressegueix l’esplendor i la tragèdia dels jueus del Vell Continent. I, al capdavall, la història de la mateixa Europa. Un viatge a un món ja desaparegut, trenat per tots els confins de la Mediterrània de la mà de Vicenç Villatoro. En la vida de Lluís Bassat, un dels publicistes més prestigiosos del món, conflueixen dues famílies errants i molts viatges a través dels segles. Els Bassat, sefardites que, després d'haver de marxar d'Espanya al segle XIV, recorren durant el XIX i el XX Bulgària,Turquia, Àustria, Alemanya i França, abans de tornar a Espanya. Els Coen, jueus romaniotes establerts a l'illa grega de Corfú, també han d'emigrar durant els segles XIX i XX a Itàlia i França, abans que un dels seus membres arribi a Barcelona l'any 1905. Vicenç Villatoro, de la mà de Lluís Bassat, indaga en aquest periple extraordinari del retorn a Sefarad, i ens transporta a un món ja desaparegut, trenat per tots els confins de la Mediterrània.
El Salvador in Transition
by Enrique A. BaloyraBaloyra argues that the deepening American involvement in what is basically a domestic conflict between Salvadorans has failed to eliminate the obstructionism and violence of the Originally published in 1982.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
El secret de la casa del riu
by Sarah LarkUna història apassionant, que enganxa el lector, sobre com el passat pot irrompre amb força i canviar el present. NOMÉS SI ESBRINA EL PASSAT DE LA SEVA FAMÍLIA PODRÀ TROBAR-SE A SI MATEIXA Viena, en l'actualitat. A causa de la inesperada malaltia de la seva cosina més estimada, l'Ellinor descobreix un secret familiar ocult fins aleshores per la seva mare: l'àvia materna de la jove va ser una nena adoptada, així que ni ella ni la seva mare estan biològicament vinculades a qui han considerat sempre la seva família. A la recerca dels seus orígens, l'Ellinor viatja a Dalmàcia, on descobrirà que el seu besavi, en Frano Zima, va desaparèixer fa molts anys enmig de la nit, probablement rumb a Nova Zelanda. Seguint el seu rastre, descobrirà una tràgica i emocionant història d'amor i de desamor.
El secret de l'Emmaline
by Megan ShepherdNomés la mirada d’un nen pot combatre la foscor. «Em dic Emmaline i tinc un secret. No l’explicaré a ningú, ni a en Benny, ni a l’Anna, ni tan sols a la germana Constance. El meu secret s’amaga als miralls que reflecteixen les elegants estances que en una altra època van ser la llar d’una princesa bonica i que avui habitem nosaltres. Però a tu sí que te l’explicaré: hi ha cavalls alats que viuen als miralls de l’hospital de Briar Hill.» Desembre del 1941. El bombardejos alemanys assolen les ciutats d’Anglaterra i molts nens són evacuats al camp. Els més malalts i traumatitzats són traslladats a hospitals especials. L’Emmaline és una d’aquestes nenes. Però ella és diferent, ja que té una cosa que no tenen els altres. Un secret que li permetrà trobar el color en un món gris.
El Segundo (Images of America)
by Debra BrightonBy 1885, Daniel Freeman owned a successful 25,000-acre ranch along the coastline in Southern California. That year, he sold parcels to J.S. Vosberg, and this became the site of the town of El Segundo. The Standard Oil Company of California purchased 840 acres of dunes in June 1911, and R.J. Hanna was hired to construct and manage the new refinery. His wife is credited with naming the town El Segundo ("the second"), as it was the location of the second Standard Oil plant. The city quickly expanded and was incorporated on January 18, 1917. From an early oil town to the "Aerospace Capital of the World" in the mid-1950s, El Segundo today includes a thriving residential community as well as several Fortune 500 corporations, an Air Force base, and the Chevron El Segundo Refinery.
El Sicario: The Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin
by Charles Bowden Molly MolloyIn this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs on the American. El Sicario is the hidden face of America's war on drugs. He is a contract killer who functioned as a commandante in the Chihuahuan State police, who was trained in the US by the FBI, and who for twenty years kidnapped, tortured and murdered people for the drug industry at the behest of Mexican drug cartels. He is a hit man who came off the killing fields alive. He left the business and turned to Christ. And then he decided to tell the story of his life and work. Charles Bowden first encountered El Sicario while reporting for the book "Murder City". As trust between the two men developed, Bowden bore witness to the Sicario's unfolding confession, and decided to tell his story. The well-spoken man that emerges from the pages of El Sicario is one who has been groomed by poverty and driven by a refusal to be one more statistic in the failure of Mexico. He is not boastful, he claims no major standing in organized crime. But he can explain in detail not only torture and murder, but how power is distributed and used in the arrangement between the public Mexican state and law enforcement on the ground - where terror and slaughter are simply tools in implementing policy for both the police and the cartels. And he is not an outlaw or a rebel. He is the state. When he headed the state police anti-kidnapping squad in Juarez, he was also running a kidnapping ring in Juarez. When he was killing people for money in Juarez, he was sharpening his marksmanship at the Federal Police range. Now he lives in the United States as a fugitive. One cartel has a quarter million dollar contract on his head. Another cartel is trying to recruit him. He speaks as a free man and of his own free will - there are no charges against him. He is a lonely voice - no one with his background has ever come forward and talked. He is the future - there are thousands of men like him in Mexico and there will be more in other places. He is the truth no one wants to hear.
El soldat fanfarró
by PlauteEl soldat pagat de sí mateix i l’esclau murri còmplice del seu amo, protagonistes d’aquesta obra, són dos dels caràcters de Plaute amb més influència en la comèdia europea de tots els temps. A Efes, Pirgopolinices, soldat fanfarró i vanitós, ha segrestat l’amant de Plèusicles, Filocomàsia. Per alliberar-la, Palestrió, esclau de Plèusicles, li para una trampa: fa veure que la cortesana Acrotelèucia, que fingeix ser l’esposa del veí ancià del soldat, Periplectomen, se n’ha enamorat perdudament de Pirgopolinices. Aquest, convençut d’haver fet una bona conquesta, es desempallega de Filocomàsia. Mentrestant, Periplectomen, fingint indignació per la gosadia del soldat, li prepara una bona pallissa.
El somni d'Ulisses: La Mediterrània, de la guerra de Troia a les pasteres
by José Enrique Ruiz-DomènecLa Mediterrània, el mar de la història La Mediterrània és un mar aparentment plàcid sobre el qual s'alcen sovint núvols negres, un lloc de trobada i alhora de conflictes, bressol dels mites clàssics i de les grans religions monoteistes, escenari de l'eclosió d'algunes de les creacions de la humanitat més enlluernadores i camp de batalla de guerres terribles. Amb una amenitat extraordinària, José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec construeix un retrat elegant d'aquest món mediterrani, des de l'Antiguitat clàssica fins als nostres dies, que integra idees i esdeveniments, figures històriques i literàries, intrigues polítiques i passions humanes, obres d'art i llibres d'una biblioteca universal del coneixement humà. De la mort de Sòcrates a Carlemany, de Marco Polo a Napoleó i als savis d'Egipte, de Trieste a Israel, de la Barcelona olímpica a la guerra dels Balcans, El somni d'Ulisses és la gran obra d'un mestre de la historiografia que, després de quaranta anys d'estudi sobre la Mediterrània i de diversos libres d'èxit, presenta la síntesi definitiva sobre una civilització que ha marcat de forma indeleble el curs de la historia al llarg de tres mil anys. Amb una narració fascinant, un veritable regal per als sentits, l'autor ofereix una reflexió il·luminadora sobre la importància del llegat mediterrani en la cultura mundial, des de la guerra de Troia, que inspirà la poesia èpica d'Homer, fins a les pasteres que avui arriben a la costa i que són la imatge de les nostres pitjors decisions sobre el futur. Un llibre d'història per entendre el present i pensar el futur.
El Terrible: Life and Labor in Pueblonuevo, 1887-1939 (ISSN)
by Patricia A. SchechterThis book is a biography of Pueblonuevo del Terrible, a mining town located in Andalusia, Spain. Based on previously unexamined sources, the study paints a fresh portrait of industrial workers and their families in Córdoba province, enriching our understanding of this mostly agricultural region.Previous studies of laboring communities in Spain have identified radical workers, miners among them, as a destabilizing element due to their insurgent protest activity, including lethal violence. This study, by contrast, describes both worker activism and cross-class organizing as constructive, not destructive, and aimed at integration into Spanish society. Economically, the mining zone was dominated by a French company in the Rothschild portfolio. But by running their own city, waging peaceful labor strikes, raising a church, building housing, and honoring their dead, residents turned a quasi-colonial outpost into a pueblo worth defending, and they rallied in defense of the Republic at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In the making of Pueblonuevo del Terrible, Spanish men and women contended with the perils of mine work, the jolts of industrial capitalism, creeping fascism, and civil war.As such, this book tells a village-scale story of global events that defined the twentieth century.
Elaine Black Yoneda: Jewish Immigration, Labor Activism, and Japanese American Exclusion and Incarceration
by Rachel SchreiberDuring World War II, Elaine Black Yoneda, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, spent eight months in a concentration camp—not in Europe, but in California. She did this voluntarily and in solidarity, insisting on accompanying her husband, Karl, and their son, Tommy, when they were incarcerated at the Manzanar Relocation Center. Surprisingly, while in the camp, Elaine and Karl publicly supported the United States’ decision to exclude Japanese Americans from the coast. Elaine Black Yoneda is the first critical biography of this pioneering feminist and activist. Rachel Schreiber deftly traces Yoneda’s life as she became invested in radical politics and interracial and interethnic activism. In her work for the International Labor Defense of the Communist Party, Yoneda rose to the rank of vice president. After their incarceration, Elaine and Karl became active in the campaigns to designate Manzanar a federally recognized memorial site, for redress and reparations to Japanese Americans, and in opposition to nuclear weapons. Schreiber illuminates the ways Yoneda’s work challenged dominant discourses and how she reconciled the contradictory political and social forces that shaped both her life and her family’s. Highlighting the dangers of anti-immigrant and anti-Asian xenophobia, Elaine Black Yoneda recounts an extraordinary life.
Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures)
by Lisa BhungaliaThe United States integrated counterterrorism mandates into its aid flows in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the early years of the global war on terror. Some two decades later, this securitized model of aid has become normalized across donor intervention in Palestine. Elastic Empire traces how foreign aid, on which much of the Palestinian population is dependent, has multiplied the sites and means through which Palestinian life is regulated, surveilled, and policed—this book tells the story of how aid has also become war. Drawing on extensive research conducted in Palestine, Elastic Empire offers a novel accounting of the US security state. The US war chronicled here is not one of tanks, grenades, and guns, but a quieter one waged through the interlacing of aid and law. It emerges in the infrastructures of daily life—in a greenhouse and library, in the collection of personal information and mapping of land plots, in the halls of municipal councils and in local elections—and indelibly transfigures lives. Situated in a landscape where the lines between humanitarianism and the global war on terror are increasingly blurred, Elastic Empire reveals the shape-shifting nature of contemporary imperial formations, their realignments and reformulations, their haunted sites, and their obscured but intimate forms.
Elasticized Ecclesiology
by Ulrich SchmiedelThis study confronts the current crisis of churches. In critical and creative conversation with the German theologian Ernst Troeltsch (1865-1923), Ulrich Schmiedel argues that churches need to be "elasticized" in order to engage the "other. " Examining contested concepts of religiosity, community, and identity, Schmiedel explores how the closure of church against the sociological "other" corresponds to the closure of church against the theological "other. " Taking trust as a central category, he advocates for a turn in the interpretation of Christianity--from "propositional possession" to "performative project," so that the identity of Christianity is "done" rather than "described. " Through explorations of classical and contemporary scholarship in philosophy, sociology, and theology, Schmiedel retrieves Troeltsch's interdisciplinary thinking for use in relation to the controversies that encircle the construction of community today. The study opens up innovative and instructive approaches to the investigation of the practices of Christianity, past and present. Eventually, church emerges as a "work in movement," continually constituted through encounters with the sociological and the theological "other. "
“Elbe Operation” - With 2d Armored Division & 83d Infantry Divisions
by Lt. HoucekThe crossing of the Elbe River was to prove a mortal blow to the hopes of the Nazi Command to continuing resistance to Allied forces in the West. The 2d Armored "Hell on Wheels" Division and 83d "Thunderbolt Division were the spearheads of the Ninth US army and they were the units who were first to seize the crossing of the Elbe. However the units were halted on orders from above and their advance was to be the furthest east the Allies reached during the hostilities and mark the point at which American and Russian Forces met for the first time. This short monograph produced by the European Theater of Operation historian Lt. Houcek was based on the oral testimony collected from the men involved.
Elbert County (Images of America)
by Joyce M. DavisEstablished in 1790, Elbert County was carved from adjacent Wilkes County and named in honor of American patriot and former governor Samuel Elbert. Located in Northeast Georgia on the Savannah and Broad Rivers, the territory witnessed Revolutionary War fighting and the creation of Fort James, Dartmouth, and Petersburg, occurring all before 1790. Later Ruckersville, Heardmont, Bowman, and Dewy Rose were established. Elberton, chosen as county seat by former governor Stephen Heard's committee, was incorporated in 1803 and dominated county history thereafter. Nancy Hart and Stephen Heard, among others, aided the revolution; merchants William and Beverly Allen forged a business path; and preachers, including Dozier Thornton, established many county churches. In later years, Corra Harris, born at Farmhill, attended Elberton Female Academy before becoming a noted writer. In the 20th century, cotton production was overshadowed by the growth of granite quarrying and finishing, leading to Elberton becoming the "Granite Capital of the World."
Elbert County, Georgia (Black America Series)
by Aurolyn Melba HammElbert County, the granite capital of the world, is nestled in the northeast corner of Georgia, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The educational and political journey of many African Americans in this county began at Elbert Colored High School. African Americans in Elbert County helped shape their community and their country through sheer determination and faith, in the face of slavery and laws biased against them.
Elbeuf during the Revolutionary Period: History and Social Structure (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science)
by Jeffry KaplowOriginally published in 1964. Jeffry Kaplow investigates the effects of the French Revolution on life in Elbeuf, a textile town in Normandy, through a social-historical lens. A careful study of local demographic, fiscal, and tax records allows him to reconstruct the social structure of Elbeuf's population on the eve of the French Revolution and to make claims about its economy, which was based on wool production. Somewhat unusually, there was no strong noble or clerical presence in Elbeuf, which was dominated by wool manufacturers. Despite the destabilizing effects of the Revolution, which included an economic downturn and an inflamed sense of grievance among less wealthy local constituencies, the bourgeoisie retained its grip on power in Elbeuf and its environs throughout this period. With the support of extensive archival evidence, Kaplow goes to great lengths to model the particular social and economic conditions that allowed this town to avoid succumbing to the tumult of the Revolution and to undergo, in fact, so little change compared with most municipalities of the country.
Eldad’s Travels: A Journey from the Lost Tribes to the Present
by Micha J PerryIn the latter years of the ninth century, a mysterious figure arrived in the North African Jewish community of Kairouan. The visitor, Eldad of the tribe of Dan, claimed to have arrived from the kingdom of the Israelite tribes whose whereabouts had been lost for over a millennium and a half. Communicating solely in Hebrew, the sojourner’s vocabulary contained many words that were unfamiliar to his hosts. This enigmatic traveler not only baffled and riveted the local Jewish community but has continued to grip audiences and influence lives into the present era. This book takes stock of the long journey that both Eldad and his writings have made through Jewish and Christian imaginations from the moment he stepped foot in North Africa to the turn of the new millennium. Each of its chapters assays a major leg of this voyage, offering an in-depth look at the original source material and shedding light on the origins and later reception of this elusive character.
The Elder Brother: A Biography of Charles Webster Leadbeater (Routledge Revivals)
by Gregory TillettA leading figure in the Theosophical Society, Leadbeater was a prolific author, writing on subjects ranging from Buddhism, Masonic history and the origins of Christianity through to the power of thought and the fourth dimension. Leadbeater was also the force behind Annie Besant, the discoverer and educator if Krishnamurti, and became Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church. For all his influence Charles Leadbeater remains largely unknown as a man. This biography, first published in 1982, dispels many of the mysteries surrounding his life, and Leadbeater emerges as neither evil degenerate or infallible saint, but as a complex and eccentric adventurer into the realm of the occult. This title will be of particular interest to students of history and theology.
Elder Brother and the Law of the People: Contemporary Kinship and Cowessess First Nation
by Robert Alexander InnesIn the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains were relatively small multicultural communities that actively maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices. These practices were governed by the Law of the People as described in the traditional stories of Wîsashkêcâhk, or Elder Brother, that outlined social interaction, marriage, adoption, and kinship roles and responsibilities.In Elder Brother and the Law of the People, Robert Innes offers a detailed analysis of the role of Elder Brother stories in historical and contemporary kinship practices in Cowessess First Nation, located in southeastern Saskatchewan. He reveals how these tradition-inspired practices act to undermine legal and scholarly definitions of “Indian” and counter the perception that First Nations people have internalized such classifications. He presents Cowessess’s successful negotiation of the 1996 Treaty Land Agreement and their high inclusion rate of new “Bill-C31s” as evidence of the persistence of historical kinship values and their continuing role as the central unifying factor for band membership.Elder Brother and the Law of the People presents an entirely new way of viewing Aboriginal cultural identity on the northern plains.