Contested Will

Contested Will
Author: James Shapiro
Publsiher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2011-09-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780571258697

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For two hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including The Earl of Oxford, Sir Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe - have been proposed as their true author. Contested Will unravels the mystery of when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote the plays (among them such leading writers and artists as Sigmund Freud, Henry James, Mark Twain, Helen Keller, Orson Welles, and Sir Derek Jacobi) Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro's fascinating search for the source of this controversy retraces a path strewn with fabricated documents, calls for trials, false claimants, concealed identity, bald-faced deception and a failure to grasp what could not be imagined. If Contested Will does not end the authorship question once and for all, it will nonetheless irrevocably change the nature of the debate by confronting what's really contested: are the plays and poems of Shakespeare autobiographical, and if so, do they hold the key to the question of who wrote them? '[Shapiro] writes erudite, undumbed-down history that . . . reads as fluidly as a good novel.' David Mitchell, the Guardian.

Contested Will

Contested Will
Author: James Shapiro
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2011-04-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781416541639

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Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays.

Contested Ground

Contested Ground
Author: Donna J. Guy,Thomas E. Sheridan
Publsiher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1998-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0816518602

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The Spanish empire in the Americas spanned two continents and a vast diversity of peoples and landscapes. Yet intriguing parallels characterized conquest, colonization, and indigenous resistance along its northern and southern frontiers, from the role played by Jesuit missions in the subjugation of native peoples to the emergence of livestock industries, with their attendant cowboys and gauchos and threats of Indian raids. In this book, nine historians, three anthropologists, and one sociologist compare and contrast these fringes of New Spain between 1500 and 1880, showing that in each region the frontier represented contested ground where different cultures and polities clashed in ways heretofore little understood. The contributors reveal similarities in Indian-white relations, military policy, economic development, and social structure; and they show differences in instances such as the emergence of a major urban center in the south and the activities of rival powers. The authors also show how ecological and historical differences between the northern and southern frontiers produced intellectual differences as well. In North America, the frontier came to be viewed as a land of opportunity and a crucible of democracy; in the south, it was considered a spawning ground of barbarism and despotism. By exploring issues of ethnicity and gender as well as the different facets of indigenous resistance, both violent and nonviolent, these essays point up both the vitality and the volatility of the frontier as a place where power was constantly being contested and negotiated.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
Author: Sherman Alexie
Publsiher: Random House
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781448188567

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An all-new edition of the tragicomic smash hit which stormed the New York Times bestseller charts, now featuring an introduction from Markus Zusak. In his first book for young adults, Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school. This heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written tale, featuring poignant drawings that reflect the character's art, is based on the author's own experiences. It chronicles contemporary adolescence as seen through the eyes of one Native American boy. 'Excellent in every way' Neil Gaiman Illustrated in a contemporary cartoon style by Ellen Forney.

Contested Federalism

Contested Federalism
Author: Douglas Brown
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 0195445902

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The most comprehensive and critical look at Canadian federalismThis restructured and thoroughly updated exploration of Canadian federalism explores the tensions and conflicts within Canada's governance system and the adaptations required for federalism to work. Focusing on three areas - basic federal and intergovernmental structure; the constitutional andinstitutional framework of the federation; and federal governance - this text is an engaging and balanced treatment of federalism in Canada.

Cases of Contested Elections in Congress from 1834 to 1865 Inclusive

Cases of Contested Elections in Congress  from 1834 to 1865  Inclusive
Author: David W. Bartlett
Publsiher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 666
Release: 2022-03-24
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9783752587838

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1865.

Global Trends 2040

Global Trends 2040
Author: National Intelligence Council
Publsiher: Cosimo Reports
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2021-03
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1646794974

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"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Contested election Case of Wickersham V Sulzer Hearings 66 1 on the Contested election Case of James Wickersham V Charles A Sulzer on H Res 105 From July 11 1919 to July 22 1919

Contested election Case of Wickersham V  Sulzer  Hearings     66 1  on the Contested election Case of James Wickersham V  Charles A  Sulzer on H  Res  105  From July 11  1919 to July 22  1919
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Elections No. 3
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1919
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: STANFORD:36105009895173

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