Two Tales Of The East Indies
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Two Tales Of The East Indies
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Author : E. M. Beekman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Release Date : 1983
Two Tales Of The East Indies written by E. M. Beekman and has been published by Univ of Massachusetts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
For centuries, women who have lived in inhospitable regions have displayed enormous courage, resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and determination in their daily lives. The Last House in the World is an autobiographical novel based on the author's life on the island of Buru in the Moluccas. Beb Vuyk lived in a very remote area, in a house so isolated that it seemed at the edge of the world. Vuyk is particularly effective in describing the loneliness of frontier existence for women and the emotional cost of daily confrontations with what in more civilized areas would be considered extraordinary events and dangers. Ultimately, although the protagonist feels physically and emotionally constrained by her regenerative powers (i.e., the ability to conceive and nurture life), it is these very powers that enable her to be victorious in life's most awesome confrontation, the struggle with death. The author of many fictional stories, Vuyk published her first novel, Thousand Islands, in 1937. Writing from personal experience, H. J. Friedericy provides in The Counselor a rare glimpse of life in the outlying districts, an existence that was quite different from that on Java. Friedericy entered the colonial service in the Dutch East Indies at the age of twenty-one, and held a number of administrative positions. All his writings concern southern Celebes, where he was stationed during the first years of his career. Written in 1958, The Counselor is Friedericy's last work of fiction. It recalls life on Celebes during the 1920s, when the Dutch were struggling to impose what they considered an enlightened colonial administration on the remnants of a feudal system they had nearly destroyed. The novel is written in a style of detached curiosity and portrays the relationship of a young Dutch government official with an older and wiser administrator--the Counselor of the title. The story describes the numerous events and crises that confront the younger man in the course of his duties.
Two Tales Of The East Indies
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Author : Beb Vuyk
language : en
Publisher: PeriplusEdition
Release Date : 2000
Two Tales Of The East Indies written by Beb Vuyk and has been published by PeriplusEdition this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
The Last House in the World by Beb Vuyk and The Counselor by H.J. Friedericy are two classic works that bring to life the harsh realities of colonists of the former Dutch Indies in the early twentieth century. The Last House in the World follows the trials and tribulations of the growing De Willigen family business, effectively destroyed by the tumult of World War II. The Counselor is a novel about the life of a young colonial officer in the 1920s working in the capital of the Indonesian province of Sulawesi, as the violence of revolution consumes all.
The Hunt For The Heart
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Author : Vincent Mahieu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Hunt For The Heart written by Vincent Mahieu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Fiction categories.
Born in Holland of East Indian descent, Jan Boon's two pseudonyms corresponded to his two different writerly incarnations. As Tjalie Robinson, the journalist and activist, Boon worked to preserve the distinctive Indo-Dutch ("Indo") culture in the Dutch East Indies. As Vincent Mahieu, he wrote the stories collected in this anthology, unique and engaging stories about the Indos with whom he grew up in the colonial society of the Indies.
A River In Borneo
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Author : Richard Woodman
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-10-15
A River In Borneo written by Richard Woodman and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-15 with Fiction categories.
It is the summer of 1964 during the Far Eastern war euphemistically called ‘Confrontation.’ A British Royal Marine patrol has orders to penetrate Indonesian Borneo to locate a river thought by Allied intelligence to be in use by the Indonesians to build up supplies before launching a major attack on Sarawak. Charged with this mission, Lieutenant Charles Kirton makes a most extraordinary discovery amid the dense mangrove swamps bordering a river in Borneo. What he finds not only enables Kirton to fulfil his mission, but also turns out to be intensely personal and macabre as the truth behind the strange event is revealed. From this highly charged opening sequence, the story flashes back a century to 1867, when young Henry Kirton, second officer of the auxiliary steamship River Tay, is dumped ashore in Singapore, badly injured by a fall from the rigging of his ship. Woodman’s compelling tale has echoes of Joseph Conrad.
The Colonial World
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Author : Robert Aldrich
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-12-29
The Colonial World written by Robert Aldrich and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-29 with History categories.
The Colonial World: A History of European Empires, 1780s to the Present provides the most authoritative, in-depth overview on European imperialism available. It synthesizes recent developments in the study of European empires and provides new perspectives on European colonialism and the challenges to it. With a post-1800 focus and extensive background coverage tracing the subject to the early 1700s, the book charts the rise and eclipse of European empires. Robert Aldrich and Andreas Stucki integrate innovative approaches and findings from the 'new imperial history' and look at both the colonial era and the legacies it left behind for countries around the world after they gained independence. Dividing the text into three complementary sections, Aldrich and Stucki offer an original approach to the subject that allows you to explore: - Different eras of colonisation and decolonisation from early modern European colonialism to the present day - Overarching themes in colonial history, like 'land and sea', 'the body' and 'representations of colonialism' - A global range of snapshot colonial case studies, such as Peru (1780), India (1876), The South Pacific (1903), the Dutch East Indies (1938) and the Portuguese empire in Africa (1971) This is the essential text for anyone seeking to understand the nature and complexities of modern European imperialism and its aftermath.
The Tale Of The Kind And The Unkind Girls
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Author : Warren Everett Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 1994
The Tale Of The Kind And The Unkind Girls written by Warren Everett Roberts and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reprint of the great study of the migration and metamorphosis of a tale. Originally published by de Gruyter in 1958. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A New History Of The East Indies
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Author : Cope (Captain.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1754
A New History Of The East Indies written by Cope (Captain.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1754 with categories.
Projections Of Power
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Author : Anne L. Foster
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2010-07-30
Projections Of Power written by Anne L. Foster and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-30 with History categories.
Throughout its history, the United States has been both imperialistic and anticolonial: imperialistic in its expansion across the continent and across oceans to colonies such as the Philippines, and anticolonial in its rhetoric and ideology. How did this contradiction shape its interactions with European colonists and Southeast Asians after the United States joined the ranks of colonial powers in 1898? Anne L. Foster argues that the actions of the United States functioned primarily to uphold, and even strengthen, the colonial order in Southeast Asia. The United States participated in international agreements to track and suppress the region’s communists and radical nationalists, and in economic agreements benefiting the colonial powers. Yet the American presence did not always serve colonial ends; American cultural products (including movies and consumer goods) and its economic practices (such as encouraging indigenous entrepreneurship) were appropriated by Southeast Asians for their own purposes. Scholars have rarely explored the interactions among the European colonies of Southeast Asia in the early twentieth century. Foster is the first to incorporate the United States into such an analysis. As she demonstrates, the presence of the United States as a colonial power in Southeast Asia after the First World War helps to explain the resiliency of colonialism in the region. It also highlights the inexorable and appealing changes that Southeast Asians perceived as possibilities for the region’s future.
A Literary History Of The Low Countries
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Author : Theo Hermans
language : en
Publisher: Camden House
Release Date : 2009
A Literary History Of The Low Countries written by Theo Hermans and has been published by Camden House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
An authoritative volume that is the first literary history of the Netherlands and Flanders in English since the 1970s
Design And The Vernacular
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Author : Paul Memmott
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-11-16
Design And The Vernacular written by Paul Memmott and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-16 with Architecture categories.
Design and the Vernacular explores the intersection between vernacular architecture, local cultures, and modernity and globalization, focussing on the vast and diverse global region of Australasia and Oceania. The relevance and role of vernacular architecture in contemporary urban planning and architectural design are examined in the context of rapid political, economic, technological, social and environmental changes, including globalization, exchanges of people, finance, material culture, and digital technologies. Sixteen chapters by architects designers and theorists, including Indigenous writers, explore key questions about the agency of vernacular architecture in shaping contemporary building and design practice. These questions include: How have Indigenous and First Nations building traditions shaped modern building practices? What can the study of vernacular architecture contribute to debates about sustainable development? And how has vernacular architecture been used to argue for postcolonial modernisation and nation-building and what has been the effect on heritage and conservation? Such questions provide valuable case studies and lessons for architecture in other global regions -- and challenge assumptions about vernacular architecture being anachronistic and static, instead demonstrating how it can shape contemporary architecture, nation building and cultural identities.