A Scholar For All Seasons Jill Dias
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A Scholar For All Seasons Jill Dias
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Author : Joseph C. Miller
language : en
Publisher: Baywolf Press
Release Date : 2011-11-15
A Scholar For All Seasons Jill Dias written by Joseph C. Miller and has been published by Baywolf Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-15 with History categories.
The volume presents studies that range from slave trade in Benguela to European perceptions of colonial urban Luanda, nineteenth-century Portuguese colonial expeditions into the African interior, rubber colonialism in Garenganze/Katanga--Bié--Benguela, rubber trade in the Kongo, the dynamics of go-between societies in Portuguese Guinea, the rule of the Mozambique Company, urbanism in Lourenço Marques, the Angolan Declaration of Independence, UPA politics in northern Angola, and civilian casualties in Angola in 1975-2008. The featured contributions are by Luiz Felipe de Alencastro, Mariana P. Candido, David Birmingham, Beatrix Heintze, John K. Thornton, Jean-Luc Vellut, Jelmer Vos, William Gervase Clarence-Smith, Philip J. Havik, Rosemary E. Galli, Jeanne Marie Penvenne, Douglas L. Wheeler, Inge Brinkman, and Linda M. Heywood.
A Short History Of Modern Angola
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Author : David Birmingham
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-05-01
A Short History Of Modern Angola written by David Birmingham and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-01 with History categories.
This history by celebrated Africanist David Birmingham begins in 1820 with the Portuguese attempt to create a third, African, empire after the virtual loss of Asia and America. In the nineteenth century the most valuable resource extracted from Angola was agricultural labor, first as privately owned slaves and later as conscript workers. The colony was managed by a few marine officers, by several hundred white political convicts, and by a couple of thousand black Angolans who had adopted Portuguese language and culture. The hub was the harbor city of Luanda which grew in the twentieth century to be a dynamic metropolis of several million people. The export of labor was gradually replaced when an agrarian revolution enabled white Portuguese immigrants to drive black Angolan laborers to produce sugar cane, cotton, maize and above all coffee. During the twentieth century Congo copper supplemented this wealth, by gem-quality diamonds, and by offshore oil. Although much of the countryside retained its dollar-a-day peasant economy, new wealth generated conflict which pitted white against black, north against south, coast against highland, American allies against Russian allies. The generation of warfare finally ended in 2002 when national reconstruction could begin on Portuguese colonial foundations.
Biography And The Black Atlantic
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Author : Lisa A. Lindsay
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2014
Biography And The Black Atlantic written by Lisa A. Lindsay and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this volume, leading historians reflect on the recent biographical turn in studies of slavery and the modern African diaspora. This collection presents vivid glimpses into the lives of remarkable enslaved and formerly enslaved people who moved, struggled, and endured in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic world.
The Social Life Of Connectivity In Africa
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Author : Mirjam de Bruijn
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-12-05
The Social Life Of Connectivity In Africa written by Mirjam de Bruijn and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-05 with Social Science categories.
The rapid increase in adoption of modern 'connective' technologies like the mobile phone has reshaped the social landscape of Africa. This book examines the myriad possibilities that the post-global moment offers African societies to develop and to relate, offering profound new insights into the processes of globalization.
Mobile Africa
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Author : Rijk van Dijk
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-07-26
Mobile Africa written by Rijk van Dijk and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-26 with Social Science categories.
This anthology deals with the complexity, variety and experience of all the forms of mobility we witness today in Sub-Saharan Africa. Three sets of issues are being discussed. First, the concept of mobility itself is considered and how it is conceived of in distinction from sedentarity. Second, which forms of mobility can be distinguished, not only from the perspective of Western social sciences, but also from the perspective of people's own experiences, ideas, notions, etc? Social science in Africa has particularly focused on rural-urban migration, but it is clear that there are many other forms as well. Third, the concept of mobility concerns not only geographical space, but there are other 'spaces' to consider as well. In addition to 'forms of mobility' there is a 'mobility of forms' in which the perception of those other spaces plays a crucial role. In short, the book intends to turn the whole notion of mobility as a supposedly rupturing phenomenon on its head, emphasizing that rather through travelling connections are established and continuity is experienced. We are challenged to delve into the traveller's mind, to think and follow their multi-spatial livelihoods and to explore what it means to people if they move in a variety of spaces.
Engaging Contradictions
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Author : Charles R. Hale
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2008-05-07
Engaging Contradictions written by Charles R. Hale and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-07 with Social Science categories.
Scholars in many fields increasingly find themselves caught between the academy, with its demands for rigor and objectivity, and direct engagement in social activism. Some advocate on behalf of the communities they study; others incorporate the knowledge and leadership of their informants directly into the process of knowledge production. What ethical, political, and practical tensions arise in the course of such work? In this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary volume, leading scholar-activists map the terrain on which political engagement and academic rigor meet. Contributors: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Edmund T. Gordon, Davydd Greenwood, Joy James, Peter Nien-chu Kiang, George Lipsitz, Samuel Martínez, Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Dani Nabudere, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Jemima Pierre, Laura Pulido, Shannon Speed, Shirley Suet-ling Tang, João Vargas
An African Slaving Port And The Atlantic World
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Author : Mariana Candido
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-29
An African Slaving Port And The Atlantic World written by Mariana Candido and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-29 with History categories.
This book traces the history and development of the port of Benguela, the third largest port of slave embarkation on the coast of Africa, from the early seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Benguela, located on the central coast of present-day Angola, was founded by the Portuguese in the early seventeenth century. In discussing the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on African societies, Mariana P. Candido explores the formation of new elites, the collapse of old states and the emergence of new states. Placing Benguela in an Atlantic perspective, this study shows how events in the Caribbean and Brazil affected social and political changes on the African coast. This book emphasizes the importance of the South Atlantic as a space for the circulation of people, ideas and crops.
Mobile Phones The New Talking Drums Of Everyday Africa
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Author : Mirjam de Bruijn
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2009
Mobile Phones The New Talking Drums Of Everyday Africa written by Mirjam de Bruijn and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
'We cannot imagine life now without a mobile phone' is a frequent comment when Africans are asked about mobile phones. They have become part and parcel of the communication landscape in many urban and rural areas of Africa and the growth of mobile telephony is amazing: from 1 in 50 people being users in 2000 to 1 in 3 in 2008. Such growth is impressive but it does not even begin to tell us about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming or are being transformed by society in Africa. This volume ventures into such appropriation and mutual shaping. Rich in theoretical innovation and empirical substantiation, it brings together reflections on developments around the mobile phone by scholars of six African countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan and Tanzania) who explore the economic, social and cultural contexts in which the mobile phone is being adopted, adapted and harnessed by mobile Africa.
The Professor Is In
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Author : Karen Kelsky
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2015-08-04
The Professor Is In written by Karen Kelsky and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-04 with Education categories.
The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.
Wildlife Disease Ecology
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Author : Kenneth Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-11-14
Wildlife Disease Ecology written by Kenneth Wilson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-14 with Mathematics categories.
Introduces readers to key case studies that illustrate how theory and data can be integrated to understand wildlife disease ecology.