Pieces Of The Past A Stroll Down Jamaica S Memory Lane
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Pieces Of The Past
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Author : Rebecca Tortello
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Pieces Of The Past written by Rebecca Tortello and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Jamaica categories.
Function And Fantasy Iron Architecture In The Long Nineteenth Century
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Author : Paul Dobraszczyk
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-01
Function And Fantasy Iron Architecture In The Long Nineteenth Century written by Paul Dobraszczyk and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-01 with Architecture categories.
The introduction of iron – and later steel – construction and decoration transformed architecture in the nineteenth century. While the structural employment of iron has been a frequent subject of study, this book re-directs scholarly scrutiny on its place in the aesthetics of architecture in the long nineteenth century. Together, its eleven unique and original chapters chart – for the first time – the global reach of iron’s architectural reception, from the first debates on how iron could be incorporated into architecture’s traditional aesthetics to the modernist cleaving of its structural and ornamental roles. The book is divided into three sections. Formations considers the rising tension between the desire to translate traditional architectural motifs into iron and the nascent feeling that iron buildings were themselves creating an entirely new field of aesthetic expression. Exchanges charts the commercial and cultural interactions that took place between British iron foundries and clients in far-flung locations such as Argentina, Jamaica, Nigeria and Australia. Expressing colonial control as well as local agency, iron buildings struck a balance between pre-fabricated functionalism and a desire to convey beauty, value and often exoticism through ornament. Transformations looks at the place of the aesthetics of iron architecture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period in which iron ornament sought to harmonize wide social ambitions while offering the tantalizing possibility that iron architecture as a whole could transform the fundamental meanings of ornament. Taken together, these chapters call for a re-evaluation of modernism’s supposedly rationalist interest in nineteenth-century iron structures, one that has potentially radical implications for the recent ornamental turn in contemporary architecture.
Mayer Matalon
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Author : Diana Thorburn
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-07-09
Mayer Matalon written by Diana Thorburn and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This biography of Mayer Matalon, an influential Jewish Jamaican, traces his path from humble origins to innovator, public servant, political insider, and leader of his family’s conglomerate, from the 1940s to the end of the twentieth century. Mayer Matalon was not born into the Jewish-Jamaican elite who traced their ancestry in Jamaica back hundreds of years and who were successful entrepreneurs, prominent intellectuals, and politicians. Mayer Matalon’s father, Joseph, was one a handful of Jews who came to Jamaica in the wave of turn-of-the-century Levantine emigration, and his mother, Florizel Madge Matalon, was a young, beautiful, poor Jewish-Jamaican girl. A failed businessman, Joseph’s legacy was eleven children who created their own legacy in Jamaican business and politics. The Matalon siblings built a conglomerate, venturing into businesses and experimenting with business models that had never been tried in Jamaica, enjoying success for the first twenty years, struggling to retain viability for the next twenty years, and fighting to keep the family together throughout. Matalon rose to wealth and prominence through his talent for numbers, his innovative ideas, and his extraordinary emotional intelligence. He was one of Prime Minister Michael Manley’s closest confidantes, in and out of power, and he advised every Jamaican premier and prime minister from Norman Manley to Bruce Golding, with only one exception. That one exception resulted in a sidelining that had a blowback that set Jamaica back decades and that sealed his family’s business’s fate. This is a story of race, class, and power in postcolonial Jamaica. Through the lens of Mayer Matalon’s life, the book outlines Jamaica’s political and economic trajectory over the sixty years before and after independence. This biography peels back the surface layers of the many citations and public accolades, and goes beyond the often uninformed speculation on the Matalons’ beginnings, revealing in rich detail the unusual life of an extraordinary Jamaican.
When Trees Fall
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Author : Dale Mahfood
language : en
Publisher: Rockstone Publishing House
Release Date : 2022-10-15
When Trees Fall written by Dale Mahfood and has been published by Rockstone Publishing House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-15 with Fiction categories.
A sweeping family saga exploring secrets we keep and the lines we'll cross for love. Cailin is a naïve, adventure-seeking girl living in a Jamaican Great House. Archie is a teenage boy with a chip on his shoulder. Sharpe is a young man with divided loyalties, living as an outsider in a poor hillside village. Yet, all three long for the same thing—a father’s approval. But the man who has the power to give it to them won’t…or can’t. Behind his back, his property workers call him a tyrant for allegedly murdering a worker in the past, and his family walks on eggshells when he returns home from his drunken visits with his mistress. All while Cailin, Archie, and Sharp’s unfulfilled desires spiral into rejection, mistaken affections, and murder. Set in a seaside village during the final year of World War II and Jamaica’s first general election, When Trees Fall is the first novel in Dale Mahfood’s Wood and Water Saga. If you enjoy well-drawn, relatable characters and a compelling story you don’t want to put down, you’ll love this first installment in Dale Mahfood’s series. Join Cailin, Archie, and Sharpe for their Caribbean coming-of-age saga. "An intriguing coming-of-age novel exploring the bittersweet tales of three Jamaican families." –Lynda R. Edwards, author of Friendship Estate "Colonial Jamaica was a pale copy of the society that existed in Britain a century or more earlier, a quaintly polite facade that often shielded dark secrets. When Trees Fall by Dale Mahfood portrays this society with compelling authenticity and irresistible allure. It is about the society I grew up in and people I might have known, yet the novel is so meticulously researched that I kept coming across surprising nuggets of new information. And there’s more than mere historical virtuosity. This is a complex and many layered family saga. The writing style reminds me of Jane Austen, which enhances the story’s antique flavor, making it easy to suspend disbelief as you travel back in time." –George Graham, Journalist and Author of Hill-An'-Gully Rider 10% of the sales profit of this book goes to Trees That Feed Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is "planting fruit-bearing trees to feed people, create jobs, and benefit the environment" in fourteen Caribbean, Central and South American, and African countries.
Book Three Products From Under The Old Naseberry Tree
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Author : Hortense M. Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Release Date : 2020-01-30
Book Three Products From Under The Old Naseberry Tree written by Hortense M. Jenkins and has been published by Archway Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-30 with Family & Relationships categories.
For many members of the Hall family, a giant naseberry tree near their home in Jamaica served as a dear friend and confidant. It was a place of comfort and discussion, where children learned to mimic adults in speech and lifestyle. In Book Three Products from Under the Old Naseberry Tree, author Hortense M. Jenkins builds recollections of her family’s history, development, and faith around the memory of the naseberry tree. She explores undying love in the midst of strain, disappointment, and the rough edges of life, examining the ups and downs that many of the family encountered along the way. Although the family had few luxuries, they were happy. The family’s children never lost hope; God never gave up on them, and they never left His presence. And as a result of the foundation laid early in their lives, the Hall children excelled in most of their undertakings. Enhanced with scripture references throughout, this personal narrative shares the history of a family and explores the lessons that their growth and faith can teach others.
The Jamaican
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Jamaican written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Jamaica categories.
A Reader In African Jamaican Music Dance And Religion
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Author : Markus Coester
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-01-12
A Reader In African Jamaican Music Dance And Religion written by Markus Coester and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-12 with History categories.
Originally published in various sources between 1907 and 1999.
The Illustrated London News
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1843
The Illustrated London News written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1843 with Great Britain categories.
African Voices Of The Atlantic Slave Trade
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Author : Anne Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2005-01-02
African Voices Of The Atlantic Slave Trade written by Anne Bailey and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-02 with History categories.
It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now?--Chief Awusa of Atorkor For centuries, the story of the Atlantic slave trade has been filtered through the eyes and records of white Europeans. In this watershed book, historian Anne C. Bailey focuses on memories of the trade from the African perspective. African chiefs and other elders in an area of southeastern Ghana-once famously called "the Old Slave Coast"-share stories that reveal that Africans were traders as well as victims of the trade. Bailey argues that, like victims of trauma, many African societies now experience a fragmented view of their past that partially explains the blanket of silence and shame around the slave trade. Capturing scores of oral histories that were handed down through generations, Bailey finds that, although Africans were not equal partners with Europeans, even their partial involvement in the slave trade had devastating consequences on their history and identity. In this unprecedented and revelatory book, Bailey explores the delicate and fragmented nature of historical memory.
Pieces Of The Past A Stroll Down Jamaica S Memory Lane
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Author : Rebecca Tortello
language : en
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Release Date : 2022-05-04
Pieces Of The Past A Stroll Down Jamaica S Memory Lane written by Rebecca Tortello and has been published by Ian Randle Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-04 with Art categories.