The Haunting Past

The Haunting Past
Author: Henry Rousso
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2002-02-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780812236453

"The Haunting Past is a brief but richly textured treatment of the role of the historian in dealing with information about contemporary political and legal matters."—Libraries and Culture

The Haunting Past

The Haunting Past
Author: Alvin O. Thompson
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780765600127

First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Haunting History

Haunting History
Author: Ethan Kleinberg
Publisher: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781503603387

This book argues for a deconstructive approach to the past by looking at deconstruction's impact on American historians and then presenting an alternative hauntological theory and method of history influenced by, but not beholden to, the work of Jacques Derrida.

The Haunting Past

The Haunting Past
Author: Alvin O. Thompson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317456505

First Published in 2015. This book places in firm historical perspective the roots of Caribbean dependency, highlighting the ways in which the region has been and continues to be a pawn in Great Power politics and economics. The past is both haunting and daunting, seriously hampering the region's capacity to pursue an autonomous path. The author develops his argument by focusing on how politics, economics and race have shaped Caribbean history and contemporary life. Discussions and analysis include examples from the Anglophone, Spanish, French and Dutch speaking Caribbean islands and countries. Thompson also attempts to provide prescriptions that would free the region from the shackles of the past and place the countries on the path to independence.

Ghosts of Christmas Past

Ghosts of Christmas Past
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: John Murray
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781473663466

A present contains a monstrous secret. An uninvited guest haunts a Christmas party. A shadow slips across the floor by firelight. A festive entertainment ends in darkness and screams. Who knows what haunts the night at the dark point of the year? This collection of seasonal chillers looks beneath Christmas cheer to a world of ghosts and horrors, mixing terrifying modern fiction with classic stories by masters of the macabre. From Neil Gaiman and M. R. James to Muriel Spark and E. Nesbit, there are stories here to make the hardiest soul quail - so find a comfy chair, lock the door, ignore the cold breath on your neck and get ready to welcome in the real spirits of Christmas.

The Haunting Past Has Risen

The Haunting Past Has Risen
Author: Pattie A. Jones
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-12-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1365645843

Janet Simmons's never thought that running away from home five years ago would come back at her like an erupting volcano. She had been warned that Ishmael, the false promise, usually came before Isaac, the true promise. She had met her Ishmael, her fool's gold, and now he wants her and her family eliminated.

Core Christianity

Core Christianity
Author: Michael Horton
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-04-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310525071

What beliefs are core to the Christian faith? This book is here to help you understand the reason for your hope as a Christian so that you can see it with fresh sight and invite others into the conversation. A lot of Christians take their story—the narratives that give rise to their beliefs—for granted. They pray, go to church, perhaps even read their Bible. But they might be stuck if a stranger asked them to explain what they believe and why they believe it. Author, pastor, and theologian Mike Horton unpacks the essential and basic beliefs that all Christians share in a way that is easy to understand and applicable to our lives today. And in a way that will make you excited to be a Christian! Core Christianity covers topics like: Jesus as both fully God and fully man. The doctrine of the Trinity. The goodness of God despite a broken world. The ways God speaks. The meaning of salvation. What is the Christian calling? Includes discussion questions for individual or group use. This introduction to the basic doctrines of Christianity is perfect for those who are new to the faith, as well as those who have an interest in deepening their understanding of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.

Tales from the Haunted South

Tales from the Haunted South
Author: Tiya Miles
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2015-08-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469626349

In this book Tiya Miles explores the popular yet troubling phenomenon of "ghost tours," frequently promoted and experienced at plantations, urban manor homes, and cemeteries throughout the South. As a staple of the tours, guides entertain paying customers by routinely relying on stories of enslaved black specters. But who are these ghosts? Examining popular sites and stories from these tours, Miles shows that haunted tales routinely appropriate and skew African American history to produce representations of slavery for commercial gain. "Dark tourism" often highlights the most sensationalist and macabre aspects of slavery, from salacious sexual ties between white masters and black women slaves to the physical abuse and torture of black bodies to the supposedly exotic nature of African spiritual practices. Because the realities of slavery are largely absent from these tours, Miles reveals how they continue to feed problematic "Old South" narratives and erase the hard truths of the Civil War era. In an incisive and engaging work, Miles uses these troubling cases to shine light on how we feel about the Civil War and race, and how the ghosts of the past are still with us.