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Verlag: University of Texas Press, United States, Austin, TX, 1998
ISBN 10: 0292712030ISBN 13: 9780292712034
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. African slaves in Haiti emancipated themselves from French rule in 1804 and created the first independent black republic in the Western Hemisphere. But they reinstituted slavery for the most vulnerable members of Haitian societythe children of the poorby using them as unpaid servants to the wealthy. These children wereand still arerestavecs, a French term whose literal meaning of "staying with" disguises the unremitting labor, abuse, and denial of education that characterizes the children's lives. In this memoir, Jean-Robert Cadet recounts the harrowing story of his youth as a restavec, as well as his inspiring climb to middle-class American life. He vividly describes what it was like to be an unwanted illegitimate child "staying with" a well-to-do family whose physical and emotional abuse was sanctioned by Haitian society. He also details his subsequent life in the United States, where, despite American racism, he put himself through college and found success in the Army, in business, and finally in teaching. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, United States, Austin, TX, 1995
ISBN 10: 029272778XISBN 13: 9780292727786
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, United States, Austin, TX, 2011
ISBN 10: 0292729294ISBN 13: 9780292729292
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. There are 27 million slaves living in the world today-more than at any time in history. Three hundred thousand of them are impoverished children in Haiti, who stay with families as unpaid and uneducated domestic workers, subject to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. This practice, known locally as restavek (staying with), is so widespread that one in ten Haitian children is caught up in this form of slavery. Jean-Robert Cadet was a restavek in Haiti from the late 1950s until the early 1970s. He told the harrowing story of his youth in Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American-a landmark book that exposed ongoing child slavery in Haiti. Now in My Stone of Hope, Cadet continues his story from his early attempts to adjust to freedom in American society to his current life mission of eliminating child slavery through advocacy and education. As he recounts his own struggles to surmount the psychological wounds of slavery, Cadet puts a human face on the suffering that hundreds of thousands of Haitians still endure daily. He also builds a convincing case that child slavery is not just one among many problems that Haiti faces as the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. Rather, he argues that the systematic abuse of so many of its children is Haiti's fundamental problem, because it creates damaged adults who seem incapable of governing the country justly or managing its economy productively. For everyone concerned about the fate of Haiti, the welfare of children, and the freedom of people around the globe, My Stone of Hope sounds an irresistible call to action. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, United States, Austin, TX, 1998
ISBN 10: 0333673824ISBN 13: 9780333673829
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Mexican Revolution is one of the most important and ambitious sociopolitical experiments in modem times. The Revolution developed in three distinct stages: the overthrow of the Diaz dictatorship, the subsequent era of bloodshed and devastation during which radical ideas were written into the constitution, and the much longer span during which the ideas have been put into practice. This volume covers the first stage of the Revolution. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, United States, Austin, TX, 2003
ISBN 10: 0292701853ISBN 13: 9780292701854
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This third edition adds new essays on teen films, the question of genre hybridity, and neo-noir and genre in the era of globalization, along with an updated bibliography. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, United States, Austin, TX, 1994
ISBN 10: 029274322XISBN 13: 9780292743229
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Many language books are boring - this one is not. Written by a native English speaker who learned Spanish the hard way - by trying to talk to Spanish-speaking people - it offers English speakers with a basic knowledge of Spanish with hundreds of tips for using the language more fluently and colloquially, with fewer obvious 'gringo' errors. Writing with humour, common sense, and a minimum of jargon, Joseph Keenan covers everything from pronunciation, verb usage, and common grammatical mistakes to the subtleties of addressing other people, 'trickster' words that look alike in both languages, inadvertent obscenities, and intentional swearing. He guides readers through the set phrases and idiomatic expressions that pepper the native speaker's conversation and provides a valuable introduction to the most widely used Spanish slang. With this book, both students in school and adult learners who never want to see another classroom can rapidly improve their speaking ability. Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish will be an essential aid in passing the supreme language test-communicating fluently with native speakers. Joseph J. Keenan is a journalist, editor, and environmentalist who has lived and worked in Mexico since 1984. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX and London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0292760086ISBN 13: 9780292760080
Anbieter: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, USA
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First edition. Small hardcover. 86 pages. A collection of short poems based on the sonnet form. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that has some rubbing and minor edge wear.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1969
ISBN 10: 0292784163ISBN 13: 9780292784161
Anbieter: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, USA
Buch Erstausgabe
First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Foreword by Merle Armitage. An about very good copy with some minor soiling to the boards in a very good dust jacket with some soiling as well.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, U.S.A., 2001
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Light wear to exterior; contents clean, sound, bright. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, United States, Austin, TX, 2006
ISBN 10: 0292713002ISBN 13: 9780292713000
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 2007 - LASA Peru Flora Tristan Book Prize from the Peru Section - Latin American Studies Association Voices from the Global Margin looks behind the generalities of debates about globalization to explore the personal impact of global forces on the Peruvian poor. In this highly readable ethnography, William Mitchell draws on the narratives of people he has known for forty years, offering deep insight into how they have coped with extreme poverty and rapid population growth-and their creation of new lives and customs in the process. In their own passionate words they describe their struggles to make ends meet, many abandoning rural homes for marginal wages in Lima and the United States. They chronicle their terror during the Shining Path guerrilla war and the government's violent military response. Mitchell's long experience as an anthropologist living with the people he writes about allows him to put the stories in context, helping readers understand the impact of the larger world on individuals and their communities. His book reckons up the human costs of the global economy, urging us to work toward a more just world. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, United States, Austin, TX, 1987
ISBN 10: 029279035XISBN 13: 9780292790353
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Expatriation, the sense of being "outside" or exposed, is a central theme in the life and work of Paul Bowles. Beginning with Bowles' account of a frightening childhood memory, A World Outside explores how the dichotomies of inside and outside, safety and danger, enclosure and exposurefundamental dualities in Bowles' fictionhave their deepest origin in the fabric of Bowles' own life and also mark his kinship with other twentieth-century writers. Like V. S. Naipaul, Paul Bowles is one of those writers who have an uncanny grasp of what it is like never to feel "at home." In this much-needed study, Richard Patteson explores how this sense of "outsidedness" characterizes one's experience in a world in which many of the traditional shelterssocial, familial, religiousseem to have lost their ability to protect. He discovers that storytelling is the vehicle by which both Bowles and his characters attempt to domesticate inchoate experience, bringing it into the familiar interior of human comprehension. The music world has for decades recognized Paul Bowles' stature as a composer, but his fiction is only recently receiving the close attention it has long deserved from students of American and contemporary literature. Bowles is an author who neither sought nor received the kind of publicity often lavished on his contemporaries but one whom an ever-growing audience regards as a commanding figure of twentieth-century American literature. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Verlag: Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, (1999.), 1999
Anbieter: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, USA
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First edition - First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Four essays that discuss the writing and major novels of the noted 19th century Brazilian author Machado de Ass s - who despite all obstacles - he was the son of a mulatto house painter, educated primarily in "the kitchen of a girl's school" where his stepmother worked, suffered from illness and epilepsy since childhood, never travelled outside Brazil and rarely left his native Rio de Janeiro - became one of the greatest Brazilian writers, known for his psychological insights and his literary brilliance. This book includes "Dom Casmurro: Realism and Internationalism Revisted" by John Gledson, "Dom Casmurro: Simulacrum and Allegory" by Jo o Adolfo Hansen, "Dependents Play Chess: Political Dialogues in Machado de Ass s" by Sidney Chalhoub, and "Machado in English" by Daphne Patai. Edited and with an introduction by Richard Graham. A title in the Critical Reflections on Latin America Series. References, index. 134 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 2001
ISBN 10: 0292725256ISBN 13: 9780292725256
Anbieter: Kultgut, Berlin, Deutschland
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Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 316 p. w/ index. Size: 235 x 155 mm.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1993
ISBN 10: 0292711646ISBN 13: 9780292711648
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1994
ISBN 10: 0292711654ISBN 13: 9780292711655
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1994
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1994
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1995
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1995
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1996
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1996
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1996
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1997
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1997
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1997
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Good. Paperback in good condition. Light creases on upper edges of covers, affecting pages. Minor abrasions on contents page. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1997
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1998
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1998
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1999
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.
Verlag: University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA, 1999
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. HCW. Used.