Faren siminoff (12 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. ix + 227.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 227 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345. . 2008. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Set 45 years in the future, Siminoff's disturbing alternative history takes place in a re-branded Corporate States of America after the collapse of the Republican Party as we've known it. A transformed new far-right regime rules over complacent citizens in a reality they call 'the Great Transformation.' High-ranking professor Layla Saenz navigates a perilous and twisted love triangle with Paul Gaugin, a classified Wage Earner, and Isaac Freeman, the charismatic and powerful leader of the Church of the Revealed Saints. When Layla is suspected of uploading an unofficial history of the events leading up to the Great Transformation, her status is placed in jeopardy. She makes a dangerous decision and risks revealing her own secrets from the past.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorHistorian Faren Siminoff, lawyer, historian and author has long been intrigued by the question of where we are going as a nation in this political and economic climate. She explores this theme in her first novel The Tr.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 280 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Early Long Island/New England history exploring how relations between settlers and natives were more harmonious and equal than the record usually states.&Uumlber den AutorFaren R. Siminoff is assistant professor of history at Nassau.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In seventeenth-century North America, communities on eastern Long Island were an integral part of the tumultuous and dynamic New England region and the larger Atlantic American world. They were created and modified by ideas and traditions that were inherent to life in Atlantic America and were not simply imported from Europe or established solely by settlers and imposed on native peoples. In Crossing the Sound Faren R. Siminoff skillfully weaves new data with sophisticated theoretical analysis to demonstrate that the development of eastern Long Island was based more on complex interactions between settlers and native peoples than on clashes between the two groups. English and Dutch colonists did not merely transport traditional systems of land ownership, political organizations, and control of economic resources to the Northeast. Rather, both settlers and natives underwent a process of negotiation, resulting in a hybrid society that adapted and reworked new and old patterns of life, highlighting the lasting influence of native communities on the emerging American identity. This compelling case study adds new layers to the history of the Atlantic world: it becomes a story without a dominant voice or community at its core, demonstrating that neither monolithic groups nor static interests prevailed in the region. Crossing the Sound offers a fresh interpretation of colonial relationships tracing social, cultural, and political exchanges between groups.…

First edition with a 1 present in the number line; 8vo.; cloth backed boards, hardcover; x, 211 pages; black and white map frontispiece; very good in a very good dust jacket.