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Tales From The Torrid Zone
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Author : Alexander Frater
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-06-15
Tales From The Torrid Zone written by Alexander Frater and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-15 with Travel categories.
Alexander Frater was born to a family of Scottish expatriates on the tiny island of Irikiki in the South Seas. Following his dreams of being a writer, Frater left home, but the call of the tropics compelled him to return again and again. Join him as he dines with the Queen of Tonga; makes his way through two civil wars; visits the spots where surfing and bungee jumping originated; and expresses his love for the region where he is at once a tourist, explorer, adventurer, and native son. From Tahiti to Thailand, Mexico to Mozambique, Frater gives us a richly described, endlessly surprising picture of this diverse, feverish, languorously beautiful world.
Torrid Zone
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Author : J. C. Nicholson
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2002-08
Torrid Zone written by J. C. Nicholson and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08 with categories.
Stella Patchouli, an aristocrat's daughter, is forced to live in perpetual exile. At age 13 she runs away, leaving behind her family's Swiss chalet - in search of life without boundaries. Adventures lived, lessons learned - she is finally set free as an American citizen in the year 2000.
The Torrid Zone
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Author : L. H. Roper
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2018-05-25
The Torrid Zone written by L. H. Roper and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-25 with History categories.
The first comparative history of European settlers’ trading, pirating, and colonizing activities in the Caribbean. Brimming with new perspectives and cutting-edge research, the essays collected in The TorridZone explore colonization and cultural interaction in the Caribbean from the late 1600s to the early 1800s—a period known as the “long” seventeenth century—a time when these encounters varied widely and the diverse actors were not yet fully enmeshed in the culture and power dynamics of master-slave relations. The events of this era would profoundly affect the social and political development both of the colonies that Europeans established in the Caribbean and the wider world. This book is the first to offer comparative treatments of Danish, Dutch, English, and French trading, pirating, and colonizing activities in the Caribbean and analysis of the corresponding interactions among people of African, European, and Native origin. The contributions range from an investigation of the indigenous colonization of the Lesser Antilles by the Kalinago to a look at how the Anglo-Dutch wars in Europe affected relations between the English inhabitants and the Dutch government of Suriname. Among the other essays are incisive examinations of the often-neglected history of Danish settlement in the Virgin Islands, attempts to establish French colonial authority over the pirates of Saint-Domingue, and how the Caribbean blueprint for colonization manifested itself in South Carolina through enslavement of Amerindians and the establishment of plantation agriculture. The extensive geographic, demographic, and thematic concerns of this collection shed a clear light on the socioeconomic character of the “Torrid Zone” before and during the emergence and extension of the sugar-and-slaves complex that came to define this region. The book is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the social, political, and economic sensibilities to which the operators around the Caribbean subscribed as well as to our understanding of what they did, offering in turn a better comprehension of the consequences of their behavior. “Covering a variety of undertakings, especially English but also Dutch, Danish, French and indigenous, this collection makes a welcome contribution to our understanding of a pivotal period in the history of the West Indies.” —Carla Gardina Pestana, University of California, Los Angeles “This illuminating collection of essays brings the Caribbean squarely into the frame of analysis strongly making the case that the experiences and developments of the Caribbean colonies remained crucial to the history of colonial America. The contributions cover the centrality of enslaved people’s labor and the actions of Indigenous and peoples of African descent who shaped the history of the region through their resistance, accommodation, and engagement.” —Ignacio Gallup-Diaz, Bryn Mawr College
Torrid Zones
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Author : Felicity Nussbaum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-12-02
Torrid Zones written by Felicity Nussbaum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-12-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
Among the first books to consider issues of empire in relation to literary texts of the eighteenth century, Torrid Zones offers a compelling revision of the history of feminism in a postcolonial context. Felicity Nussbaum argues that the need to control women's sexuality in eighteenth-century England intensified as the demands of trade and colonization required an ever-larger, able-bodied population. Describing how women's reproductive labor was harnessed to that task, Nussbaum explores issues such as the production of life, of goods, and of desire. She also considers a variety of cultural practices (usually construed as exotic) in England and the empire, including polygamy, infanticide, prostitution, homoeroticism, and arranged marriages. Torrid Zones includes new readings of significant texts by and about female subjects, including novels by Defoe, Richardson, Johnson, Cleland, Lennox, Sarah Scott, Frances Sheridan, and Phebe Gibbes. It also considers the more broadly defined texts of culture such as travel narratives, medical documents, legal records, and engravings.
In The Tropical Regions Or Nature And Natural History In The Torrid Zone With Anecdotes And Stories Of Adventure And Travel With Illustrations
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Author : Tropical regions
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
In The Tropical Regions Or Nature And Natural History In The Torrid Zone With Anecdotes And Stories Of Adventure And Travel With Illustrations written by Tropical regions and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with Adventure and adventurers categories.
Tales From The Torrid Zone
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Author : Alexander Frater
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2011-02-25
Tales From The Torrid Zone written by Alexander Frater and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-25 with Travel categories.
Part memoir, part travelogue, Tales From the Torrid Zone is rooted in Alex Frater's birthplace, the tiny tropical republic of Vanuatu where his father ran its hospital and his mother, in her front garden, built its first school. From this obscure South Seas group he ranges over the hot, wet, beautiful swathe of the world that has haunted him ever since – dines with a tropical queen in a leper colony, makes his way across tropical Africa (and two civil wars) in a forty-four-year-old flying boat, delivers a new church bell to a remote Oceanian island and visits scores of countries to learn about their history, politics, medicine, flora and fauna (including the remarkable role of the coconut in tropical life). But, as becomes plain, the torrid zone is not just a geographical phenomenon, it’s also a state of mind. The result is a witty, entertaining and immensely readable book from a fine storyteller.
Torrid Zone
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Author : Richard Macaulay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Torrid Zone written by Richard Macaulay and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with categories.
The Torrid Zone
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Author : Alaric Bond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-23
The Torrid Zone written by Alaric Bond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-23 with categories.
A tired ship with a worn out crew, but HMS Scylla has one more trip to make before her much postponed re-fit. Bound for St Helena, she is to deliver the island's next governor; a simple enough mission and, as peace looks likely to be declared, no one is expecting difficulties. Except, perhaps, the commander of a powerful French battle squadron, who has other ideas. With conflict and intrigue at sea and ashore, The Torrid Zone is filled to the gunnels with action, excitement and fascinating historical detail; a truly engaging read.
The Torrid Zone
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Author : Maggie Cottrell
language : en
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
Release Date : 2004-04-01
The Torrid Zone written by Maggie Cottrell and has been published by Publishamerica Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-01 with Fiction categories.
Growing up poor in the backwoods of Mississippi, Beth Tyler, didn't have much hope for a life better than her mama's. The only respite she received was in the borrowed books she read; books that took her far away and made her believe in possibilities. Years later, packing paints and canvas - along with a trunkful of secrets - Beth Tyler is embarking on the adventure of her dreams. Soon she'll be at Mkono ya Mungu, the internationally-acclaimed wildlife reserve in Kenya. There she'll experience the magic and majesty of Africa, along with the mystique of Dr. Alex McCord, the man National Geographic calls the Daktari Simba of the Torrid Zone. Alex McCord, however, is not the accommodating type and he's as inhospitable as the wildlife he protects. But Alex is faced with a crumbling resolve when confronted by a woman as seductive as Africa herself.
A System Of Modern Geography Designed For The Use Of Schools And Academies Illustrated By Twenty Three Copper Plate Maps And Embellished With Numerous Engravings
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Author : Samuel Augustus Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
A System Of Modern Geography Designed For The Use Of Schools And Academies Illustrated By Twenty Three Copper Plate Maps And Embellished With Numerous Engravings written by Samuel Augustus Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with categories.