“Nuestros Antepasados” (Our Ancestors)

“Nuestros Antepasados” (Our Ancestors)
Author: Ernest S. Sanchez
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 926
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1504927508

This is a book that for over forty years was carefully researched and footnoted by the principal author Ernest S. Sanchez. It is a story that is weaved together by multiple interviews with families and their familial history that makes this account and supported by documentation. This book brings into focus the following points: 1. History of the settlement of New Mexico from Onate to the present 2. The principal families that were involved in the settlement and their experiences... 3. The New Mexican experience from the Hispanic view in the history of the settlement of Lincoln County and the Lincoln County War 4. An insight on the personal relationship of the Hispanics with William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid). 5. A very accurate reference in the genealogy of the families that settled in Lincoln County New Mexico. This story illuminates the rich customs and traditions of the people that make up New Mexico history. We get a view of the every day life experiences of the Nuevo Mexicanos, that were passed forward from generation to generation. This account also exposes the violence, greed and racism that not only permeated the Spanish settlement of New Mexico but also fueled the Lincoln County War. It is an American story, a story of the painful birth of a nation.

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes

The Collected Works of Langston Hughes
Author: Langston Hughes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 952
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780826213945

The sixteen volumes are published with the goal that Hughes pursued throughout his lifetime: making his books available to the people. Each volume will include a biographical and literary chronology by Arnold Rampersad, as well as an introduction by a Hughes scholar lume introductions will provide contextual and historical information on the particular work.

Andean Truths

Andean Truths
Author: Anne Lambright
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781382514

Studies the way in which literature, drama, film, and the visual arts contest the dominant narrative of national peace and reconciliation, as constructed by Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Post-totalitarian Spanish Fiction

Post-totalitarian Spanish Fiction
Author: Robert C. Spires
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

This study records an epistemic shift away from logocentric and totalizing approaches to reality by analyzing the links between the novelistic strategies used by Spanish writers from 1975 to 1989 and recent international events and theoretical trends in science, mathematics, communication studies, and art.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Author: Carl Sagan
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2011-07-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0307801039

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Exciting and provocative . . . A tour de force of a book that begs to be seen as well as to be read.”—The Washington Post Book World World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a thrilling saga that starts with the origin of the Earth. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits—self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics—are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals. Sagan and Druyan conduct a breathtaking journey through space and time, zeroing in on critical turning points in evolutionary history, and tracing the origins of sex, altruism, violence, rape, and dominance. Their book culminates in a stunningly original examination of the connection between primate and human traits. Astonishing in its scope, brilliant in its insights, and an absolutely compelling read, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a triumph of popular science.

Upgrading Physics Education to Meet the Needs of Society

Upgrading Physics Education to Meet the Needs of Society
Author: Maurício Pietrocola
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2019-02-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319961632

Nations around the globe consider physics education an important tool of economic and social development and currently advocate the use of innovative strategies to prepare students for knowledge and skills acquisition. Particularly in the last decade, a series of revisions were made to physics curricula in an attempt to cope with the changing needs and expectations of society. Educational transformation is a major challenge due to educational systems’ resistance to change. Updated curriculum content, pedagogical facilities (for example, computers in a school), new teaching and learning strategies and the prejudice against girls in physics classes are all issues that have to be addressed. Educational research provides a way to build schemas and resources to promote changes in physics education. This volume presents physics teaching and learning research connected with the main educational scenarios.

Latinos in Milwaukee

Latinos in Milwaukee
Author: Joseph A. Rodriguez
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738540306

"I didn't know there were Latinos in Wisconsin" is one of the more frequently heard comments when visiting outside of the state. In fact, more than 100,000 Latinos live in Milwaukee, and the continued growth of this community is visible in every segment of the city. Milwaukee's Latino community began humbly as a "Colonia Mexicana" in the 1920s, when Mexicans were recruited to work in the city's tanneries. Subsequent waves of workers came from Texas to work in Wisconsin's agricultural fields. In the early 1950s, Puerto Ricans began arriving to the area, and the population doubled in the 1990s.

Jorge Teillier

Jorge Teillier
Author: Teresa R. Stojkov
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2002
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780838755051

"The study concludes with a rereading of Teillier's poetry itself. Stojkov's analyses depend upon a sense of the subject's constituting consciousness and the ability of the reader to participate in it. Through the approach proposed here, she arrives at a method not only for reading Teillier's poetry, but also for evaluating its unique significance within both the national and international contexts."--BOOK JACKET.

Missing the Mix

Missing the Mix
Author: Isar Pilar Godreau-Santiago
Publisher:
Total Pages: 826
Release: 1999
Genre: Black people
ISBN: