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Red Strangers
Kenya's forgotten history from its inception to independence in 1963.
Power
"Highly readable, vastly informative, and richly illustrated from the first page to the last"--Booklist. From the Boer War to the Russian Revolution, from the Great Depression to the atomic bomb, from the start of the Cold War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the full sweep of twentieth-century political history spills from the pages of this lavishly illustrated volume. Written and edited by some of the finest historians of our times (including William McNeill and Paul Kennedy), this colorful, oversized volume recounts the events of our century in a narrative that is both readable and intelligent. Each chapter covers approximately a decade and a half and features a time chart of events the world over; boxed special focus sections that address key topics (such as the Marshall Plan and the Kennedy assassination); datafiles with graphs and charts of important statistics; and clear, enjoyable discussions of the major international developments.
Elspeth Huxley
This is a biography of the renowned writer, broadcaster, conservationist and chronicler of colonial Kenya, Elspeth Huxley, who achieved worldwide fame with her memoir 'The Flame Trees of Thika' in 1959.
Whose Tail Is That?
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Encyclopedia of Biography
Contains over ten thousand alphabetically arranged biographies of people from around the world and throughout history who have made significant contributions in a wide variety of fields, and includes photographs, quotations, suggested reading lists, and a chronological index.
The Pain of Unbelonging
Beyond the obvious and enduring socio-economic ravages it unleashed on indigenous cultures, white settler colonization in Australasia also inflicted profound damage on the collective psyche of both of the communities that inhabited the contested space of the colonial world. The acute sense of alienation that colonization initially provoked in the colonized and colonizing populations of Australia and New Zealand has, recent studies indicate, developed into an endemic, existential pathology. Evidence of the psychological fallout from the trauma of geographical deracination, cultural disorientation and ontological destabilization can be found not only in the state of anomie and self-destructive...
Race, Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealand
Fourteen academics and writers from the land down under present papers on aboriginal identity, Asians in Australia, Australians in Asia, bi- and multiculturalism in New Zealand, and whiteness, most of which were presented at the 1998 Sydney conference, Adventures of Identity: Constructing the Multic
Monster Anthropology
Monsters are culturally meaningful across the world. Starting from this key premise, this book tackles monsters in the context of social change. Writing in a time of violent upheaval, when technological innovation brings forth new monsters while others perish as part of the widespread extinctions that signify the Anthropocene, contributors argue that putting monsters at the center of social analysis opens up new perspectives on change and social transformation. Through a series of ethnographically grounded analyses they capture monsters that herald, drive, experience, enjoy, and suffer the transformations of the worlds they beleaguer. Topics examined include the evil skulking new roads in An...
Art, Land, Story
Indigenous Australian art today is recognised throughout Australia and the world for its strength and vitality. In her book Art, Land, Story, Christine Nicholls looks at some of the traditions this art has come from and emphasises the continuous links between Indigenous art, place and The Dreaming the central core of Indigenous law and religion. Sections on body painting, art from the central and western deserts and bark painting from Arnhem Land, highlight the extraordinary diversity that is and always has been a hallmark of Indigenous Australian art.
Kathleen Petyarre
Eastern Anmatyerr artist Kathleen Petyarre was born around 1940 on the Atnangker homelands in the Northern Territory, arid spinifex country. Kathleen Petyarre presents a stunning full colour retrospective of Petyarre¿s work to date. The framing essay by Christine Nicholls offers an account of Kathleen¿s life based on conversations with the artist over a period of years, and reflects the significance that the artist attributes to the episodes and events in her life that have impacted on her work. The release of the monograph coincides with a three month retrospective exhibition of Petyarre¿s work at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.
