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Children of God's Fire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 545

Children of God's Fire

This pro-slavery propaganda, though perhaps intended mainly for foreigners, influenced the thinking of may Brazilians, resulting in one memorable contradiction which is reproduced in this book.

World of Sorrow
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 215

World of Sorrow

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1986-12-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Destruction of Brazilian Slavery 1850 - 1888
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 376

The Destruction of Brazilian Slavery 1850 - 1888

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Heart of Darkness and Other Tales
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Heart of Darkness and Other Tales

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-05-08
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  • Publisher: OUP Oxford

HEART OF DARKNESS * AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS * KARAIN * YOUTH The finest of all Conrad's tales, 'Heart of Darkness' is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his employer's agent, the renowned and formidable Mr Kurtz. What he sees on his journey, and his eventual encounter with Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into question the very bases of civilization and human nature. Endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted for film, radio, and television, the story shows Conrad at his most intense and sophisticated. The other three tales in this volume depict corruption and obsession, and question racial assumptions. ...

Joseph Conrad
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 467

Joseph Conrad

In Joseph Conrad: A Biography, acclaimed writer Jeffrey Meyers presents the definitive account of the life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, and many other landmarks in modern literature. Meyers' biography, published for the first time in paperback by Cooper Square Press, is the first biography of the author in many years. Joseph Conrad brings to light new information about Conrad's life and its impact on his fiction: new models emerge for his characters, including Heart of Darkness' Kurtz, and Meyers also examines in great detail Conrad's relationship with the wild and beautiful American journalist Jane Anderson.

Mesoamerican Voices
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Mesoamerican Voices

A 2006 collection of indigenous-language writings from central Mexico and Guatemala, written during the colonial period.

Documenting Latin America: Gender, race, and empire
  • Language: en

Documenting Latin America: Gender, race, and empire

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011
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  • Publisher: Pearson

'Documenting Latin America' focuses on the central themes of race, gender, and politics. Documentary sources provide readers with the tools to develop a broad understanding of the course of Latin American social, cultural, and political history.

A Source Book for Mediaeval History : Selected Documents illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 647

A Source Book for Mediaeval History : Selected Documents illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age

A Source Book for Mediaeval History : Selected Documents illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age It will be observed that we have made use chiefly of documents, quoting from chronicles only when it seemed absolutely necessary. An exception to this general principle is found in section I, where a larger use of chronicles was rendered necessary by the lack of documentary sources for much of the period covered; but it is perhaps unnecessary to apologize for presenting selections from the important histories of Tacitus, Gregory, Einhard, and Widukind. In the matter of form (translation, omissions, arrangements, notes, etc.), we were guided by considerations of the purpose of the boo...

Slavery in Brazil
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 377

Slavery in Brazil

This is the first complete modern survey of the institution of slavery in Brazil and how it affected the lives of enslaved Africans. It is based on major new research on the institution of slavery and the role of Africans and their descendants in Brazil. This book aims to introduce the reader to this latest research, both to elucidate the Brazilian experience and to provide a basis for comparisons with all other American slave systems.

In the Hands of Strangers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 542

In the Hands of Strangers

In the Hands of Strangers is a collection of sixty-seven documents by writers and witnesses from the past, both black and white, that offer perspectives on the trade and movement of slaves. Many elucidate the long-standing discord between North and South over the issue of slavery. Documents are divided into three parts that cover the African slave trade, the internal U.S. slave trade, and the series of conflicts and crises that led to the Civil War. They cover a variety of topics including the forced transport of slaves throughout East Coast and Gulf Coast states, buying and selling of slaves, increasingly contentious debates over the legitimacy of slavery, and effects of the breakup of families. The volume concludes with a brilliant essay by Frederick Douglass that asks the question: &"What shall be done with the Negro?&"