On Becoming A Stranger in My Native Land
Author | : Lewis Chase |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 53 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780967391052 |
Download On Becoming A Stranger In My Native Land full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free On Becoming A Stranger In My Native Land ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : Lewis Chase |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 53 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780967391052 |
Author | : Joan T. Mark |
Publisher | : Bison Books |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Called "Her Majesty" because of her resemblance to Queen Victoria and known as "the measuring woman" among the Indians whose land allotments she administered, Alice Fletcher (1838–1923) commanded respect from both friend and foe. She was the foremost woman anthropologist in the United States in the nineteenth century and instrumental in the adoption of the policy of severalty that dominated Indian affairs in the 1880s. This is the full and intimate story of a woman who, as she grew in understanding of Indian ways, came to recognize that she was the one who was alien, a stranger in her native land. Joan Mark recreates the long and active life of Alice Fletcher from diaries, correspondence, and other records, placing her achievements for the first time in a feminist perspective. Sustained by a sense of mission, Alice Fletcher challenged her society's definition of what women could be and do.
Author | : Bill Bryson |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2012-05-15 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 038567452X |
When an old friend asked him to write a weekly dispatch from New Hampshire for the Mail on Sunday's Night and Day magazine, Bill Bryson firmly turned him down. So firm was he, in fact, that gathered here are nineteen months' worth of his popular columns about the strangest of phenomena -- the American way of life.Whether discussing the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the mind-boggling plethora of methods by which to shop, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on the world's richest and craziest country.
Author | : David Smith |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780802847089 |
A pioneering look at the implications of Christian faith for foreign language education. It has become clear in recent years that reflection on foreign language education involves more than questioning which methods work best. This new volume carries current discussions of the value-laden nature of foreign language teaching into new territory by exploring its spiritual and moral dimensions. David Smith and Barbara Carvill show how the Christian faith sheds light on the history, aims, content, and methods of foreign language education. They also propose a new approach to the field based on the Christian understanding of hospitality.
Author | : Debra Gwartney |
Publisher | : University of New Mexico Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0826360718 |
Winner of the 2020 WILLA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction from Women Writing the West Part history, part memoir, I Am a Stranger Here Myself taps dimensions of human yearning: the need to belong, the snarl of family history, and embracing womanhood in the patriarchal American West. Gwartney becomes fascinated with the missionary Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, the first Caucasian woman to cross the Rocky Mountains and one of fourteen people killed at the Whitman Mission in 1847 by Cayuse Indians. Whitman's role as a white woman drawn in to "settle" the West reflects the tough-as-nails women in Gwartney's own family. Arranged in four sections as a series of interlocking explorations and ruminations, Gwartney uses Whitman as a touchstone to spin a tightly woven narrative about identity, the power of womanhood, and coming to peace with one's most cherished place.
Author | : James Cox |
Publisher | : IndyPublish.com |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
In the old days of town meetings training days town schools and Puritans bells took a more prominent part in public affairs than they do to-day.
Author | : Edward Paulino |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2016-02-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822981033 |
The island of Hispaniola is split by a border that divides the Dominican Republic and Haiti. This border has been historically contested and largely porous. Dividing Hispaniola is a study of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo's scheme, during the mid-twentieth century, to create and reinforce a buffer zone on this border through the establishment of state institutions and an ideological campaign against what was considered an encroaching black, inferior, and bellicose Haitian state. The success of this program relied on convincing Dominicans that regardless of their actual color, whiteness was synonymous with Dominican cultural identity. Paulino examines the campaign against Haiti as the construct of a fractured urban intellectual minority, bolstered by international politics and U.S. imperialism. This minority included a diverse set of individuals and institutions that employed anti-Haitian rhetoric for their own benefit (i.e., sugar manufacturers and border officials.) Yet, in reality, these same actors had no interest in establishing an impermeable border. Paulino further demonstrates that Dominican attitudes of admiration and solidarity toward Haitians as well as extensive intermixture around the border region were commonplace. In sum his study argues against the notion that anti-Haitianism was part of a persistent and innate Dominican ethos.
Author | : David A. deSilva |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 2012-06-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1621893669 |
A lot of mystery surrounds the book of Hebrews, especially regarding its authorship, date, and audience. But by asking the right kind of questions, one can move beyond the impasses typical of historical investigation. In this volume, David deSilva explores Hebrews through a social-scientific lens, asking one of the most important questions when interpreting letters and sermons: What was going on in the community to occasion such a response? DeSilva looks for clues concerning the anonymous author, his education level, the influence of the Greek environment, and his perception of his own authority. In addition, by forming a social profile of the audience that includes location, ethnicity, and class status, deSilva brings to light the author's aims of helping protect Christian converts from persecution and social shame. This book not only helps the sermon "to the Hebrews" take on flesh and blood for contemporary readers; it also expands the readers' tools for asking fresh questions and exploring new dimensions in biblical texts.
Author | : Robert A. Heinlein |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2014-06-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1444710230 |
The original uncut edition of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Hugo Award winner Robert A Heinlein - one of the most beloved, celebrated science-fiction novels of all time. Epic, ambitious and entertaining, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND caused controversy and uproar when it was first published and is still topical and challenging today. Twenty-five years ago, the first manned mission to Mars was lost, and all hands presumed dead. But someone survived... Born on the doomed spaceship and raised by the Martians who saved his life, Valentine Michael Smith has never seen a human being until the day a second expedition to Mars discovers him. Upon his return to Earth, a young nurse named Jill Boardman sneaks into Smith's hospital room and shares a glass of water with him, a simple act for her but a sacred ritual on Mars. Now, connected by an incredible bond, Smith, Jill and a writer named Jubal must fight to protect a right we all take for granted: the right to love.
Author | : Jung Young Lee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780687380015 |