A People At The Source Of A River
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A People At The Source Of A River
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Author : Myrna Brown
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2020-02-07
A People At The Source Of A River written by Myrna Brown and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-07 with Fiction categories.
In 1933, a young Jewish family leaves an increasingly tense Germany for New York. Eager to make a place for his family in America, Henrich Schwartz purchases a large acreage in Washington State with plans to plant an apple orchard. With his wife, Anna, and young sons, Hans and Gustav, Heinrich begins to build a legacy in the rich valley of Wenatchee and is fuelled not only by his ambition but also the grief of having left his aging parents behind. As his orchard grows, so does his family and the community around him. Hans trains as a doctor and fathers little Gerhardt, while Gustav commits to the family business and marries. But when a tragic accident threatens to dismantle the family legacy, a secret is buried and changes the fate of the family forever. A People at the Source of a River tells the story of three generations of the Swartz family, capturing a complex portrayal of how people’s experiences, personalities, values, successes, and failures translate through the years and into future generations.
The Source Of The River
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Author : Douglas S. Massey
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-06-27
The Source Of The River written by Douglas S. Massey and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-27 with Education categories.
African Americans and Latinos earn lower grades and drop out of college more often than whites or Asians. Yet thirty years after deliberate minority recruitment efforts began, we still don't know why. In The Shape of the River, William Bowen and Derek Bok documented the benefits of affirmative action for minority students, their communities, and the nation at large. But they also found that too many failed to achieve academic success. In The Source of the River, Douglas Massey and his colleagues investigate the roots of minority underperformance in selective colleges and universities. They explain how such factors as neighborhood, family, peer group, and early schooling influence the academic performance of students from differing racial and ethnic origins and differing social classes. Drawing on a major new source of data--the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen--the authors undertake a comprehensive analysis of the diverse pathways by which whites, African Americans, Latinos, and Asians enter American higher education. Theirs is the first study to document the different characteristics that students bring to campus and to trace out the influence of these differences on later academic performance. They show that black and Latino students do not enter college disadvantaged by a lack of self-esteem. In fact, overconfidence is more common than low self-confidence among some minority students. Despite this, minority students are adversely affected by racist stereotypes of intellectual inferiority. Although academic preparation is the strongest predictor of college performance, shortfalls in academic preparation are themselves largely a matter of socioeconomic disadvantage and racial segregation. Presenting important new findings, The Source of the River documents the ongoing power of race to shape the life chances of America's young people, even among the most talented and able.
What Is A River
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Author : Monika Vaicenavičiene
language : en
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Release Date : 2020-02-12
What Is A River written by Monika Vaicenavičiene and has been published by Enchanted Lion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-12 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A river is a thread, embroidering our world. This non-fiction picture book brings attention to the rivers that stitch and thread our world together.
The People Of The River
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Author : Oscar de la Torre
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2018-08-17
The People Of The River written by Oscar de la Torre and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-17 with History categories.
In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African-descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom. He draws on social and environmental history to connect them intimately to the natural landscape and to Indigenous peoples. Relying on this world as a repository for traditions, discourses, and strategies that they retrieved especially in moments of conflict, Afro-Brazilians fought for autonomous communities and developed a vibrant ethnic identity that supported their struggles over labor, land, and citizenship. Prior to abolition, enslaved and escaped blacks found in the tropical forest a source for tools, weapons, and trade--but it was also a cultural storehouse within which they shaped their stories and records of confrontations with slaveowners and state authorities. After abolition, the black peasants' knowledge of local environments continued to be key to their aspirations, allowing them to maintain relationships with powerful patrons and to participate in the protest cycle that led Getulio Vargas to the presidency of Brazil in 1930. In commonly referring to themselves by such names as "sons of the river," black Amazonians melded their agro-ecological traditions with their emergent identity as political stakeholders.
Landscape And Ecosystem Diversity Dynamics And Management In The Yellow River Source Zone
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Author : Gary John Brierley
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-05-23
Landscape And Ecosystem Diversity Dynamics And Management In The Yellow River Source Zone written by Gary John Brierley and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-23 with Science categories.
This book offers a comprehensive review of the landscapes and ecosystems of the Upper Yellow River. It focuses on landscapes as a platform for considering environmental values and issues across the region. The book is based on extensive field-based analyses, applications, and photographs.
Sources Of The River 2nd Edition
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Author : Jack Nisbet
language : en
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Release Date : 2007-04-10
Sources Of The River 2nd Edition written by Jack Nisbet and has been published by Sasquatch Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-10 with History categories.
The awe-inspiring story of explorer David Thompson, whose expeditions helped shape western North America In this true story of adventure, author Jack Nisbet re-creates the life and times of David Thompson—fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America, and his field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Thompson was the first person to chart the entire route of the Columbia river, and his wilderness expeditions have become the stuff of legend. Jack Nisbet tracks the explorer across the content, interweaving his own observations with Thompson’s historical writings. The result is a fascinating story of two men discovering the Northwest territory almost two hundred years apart.
The River And The Source
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Author : Margaret Ogola
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
The River And The Source written by Margaret Ogola and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
People Of The River
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Author : Grace Karskens
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2020-09-01
People Of The River written by Grace Karskens and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-01 with History categories.
A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Award-winning historian Grace Karskens uncovers the everyday lives of ordinary people in the early colony, both Aboriginal and British. Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021 Winner of the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize 2021 Co-winner of the Ernest Scott Prize for History 2021 'A masterpiece of historical writing that takes your breath away' - Tom Griffiths 'A majestic book' - John Maynard 'Shimmering prose' - Tiffany Shellam Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, is where the two early Australias - ancient and modern - first collided. People of the River journeys into the lost worlds of the Aboriginal people and the settlers of Dyarubbin, both complex worlds with ancient roots. The settlers who took land on the river from the mid-1790s were there because of an extraordinary experiment devised half a world away. Modern Australia was not founded as a gaol, as we usually suppose, but as a colony. Britain's felons, transported to the other side of the world, were meant to become settlers in the new colony. They made history on the river: it was the first successful white farming frontier, a community that nurtured the earliest expressions of patriotism, and it became the last bastion of eighteenth-century ways of life. The Aboriginal people had occupied Dyarubbin for at least 50,000 years. Their history, culture and spirituality were inseparable from this river Country. Colonisation kicked off a slow and cumulative process of violence, theft of Aboriginal children and ongoing annexation of the river lands. Yet despite that sorry history, Dyarubbin's Aboriginal people managed to remain on their Country, and they still live on the river today. The Hawkesbury-Nepean was the seedbed for settler expansion and invasion of Aboriginal lands to the north, south and west. It was the crucible of the colony, and the nation that followed.
Report
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Author : Vermont. State Board of Health
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
Report written by Vermont. State Board of Health and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Public health categories.
Vols. for 1896/97- include also 41st- (1st- biennial) report relating to the registry and returns of births, marriages, deaths and divorces in the state of Vermont, 1897-
Xu Xiake S Travels
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Author : Xu Xiake
language : en
Publisher: DeepLogic
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Xu Xiake S Travels written by Xu Xiake and has been published by DeepLogic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Travel categories.
“Xu Xiake's Travels” (徐霞客游记) is a Chinese travelogue book, written in the 17th century. The book has 22 sections. It consists mainly of essays describing the travels of the Ming dynasty geographer Xu Xiake. Over 34 years, Xu produced more than 600,000 words, including works such as "Guizhou tour diary" and "Yunnan tour diary". This book offers detailed descriptions of geography, hydrology, geology, plants and other phenomena. It is also respected for its literary qualities and for its historicity.