Willoughbyland
Download Willoughbyland full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Willoughbyland ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Willoughbyland
Author | : Matthew Parker |
Publsiher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2017-04-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781250112842 |
Download Willoughbyland Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
At the beginning of the 1650s, wrecked by plague and civil war, England was in ruins. Yet shimmering on the horizon was a vision of paradise called Willoughbyland. When Sir Walter Raleigh set out to South America to find the legendary city of El Dorado, he paved the way for an endless series of adventurers who would struggle against the harsh reality of South America’s wild jungles. Six decades later, when a group of English gentlemen expelled from England chose to establish a new colony there, they named the settlement in honor of its founder—Sir Francis Willoughby. Located in the lush landscape between the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, in what is now Suriname, Willougbyland experienced one of colonialism’s most spectacular rises. But as planters and traders followed explorers, and mercenaries and soldiers followed political dissidents, the one-time paradise became a place of terror and cruelty, of sugar and slavery. A microcosm of the history of empire, this is the hitherto untold story of that fateful colony.
Bastard Tongues
Author | : Derek Bickerton |
Publsiher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2008-03-04 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781429930307 |
Download Bastard Tongues Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Why Do Isolated Creole Languages Tend to Have Similar Grammatical Structures? Bastard Tongues is an exciting, firsthand story of scientific discovery in an area of research close to the heart of what it means to be human—what language is, how it works, and how it passes from generation to generation, even where historical accidents have made normal transmission almost impossible. The story focuses on languages so low in the pecking order that many people don't regard them as languages at all—Creole languages spoken by descendants of slaves and indentured laborers in plantation colonies all over the world. The story is told by Derek Bickerton, who has spent more than thirty years researching these languages on four continents and developing a controversial theory that explains why they are so similar to one another. A published novelist, Bickerton (once described as "part scholar, part swashbuckling man of action") does not present his findings in the usual dry academic manner. Instead, you become a companion on his journey of discovery. You learn things as he learned them, share his disappointments and triumphs, explore the exotic locales where he worked, and meet the colorful characters he encountered along the way. The result is a unique blend of memoir, travelogue, history, and linguistics primer, appealing to anyone who has ever wondered how languages grow or what it's like to search the world for new knowledge.
Social Aspects of Health Medicine and Disease in the Colonial and Post colonial Era
Author | : Henk Menke,Jane Buckingham,Farzana Gounder,Ashutosh Kumar,Maurits S. Hassankhan |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2020-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781000329971 |
Download Social Aspects of Health Medicine and Disease in the Colonial and Post colonial Era Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
From the 1600s, enslaved people, and after abolition of slavery, indentured labourers were transported to work on plantations in distant European colonies. Inhuman conditions and new pathogens often resulted in disease and death. Central to this book is the encounter between introduced and local understanding of disease and the therapeutic responses in the Caribbean, Indian and Pacific contexts. European response to diseases, focussed on protecting the white minority. Enslaved labourers from Africa and indentured labourers from India, China and Java provided interpretations and answers to health challenges based on their own cultures and medicinal understanding of the plants they had brought with them or which they found in the natural habitat of their new homes. Colonizers, enslaved and indentured labourers learned from each other and from the indigenous peoples who were marginalized by the expansion of plantations. This volume explores the medical, cultural and personal implications of these encounters, with the broad concept of medical pluralism linking the diversity of regional and cultural focus offered in each chapter. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Natural Drugs from Plants
Author | : Hany El-Shemy |
Publsiher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2022-05-11 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9781803560205 |
Download Natural Drugs from Plants Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Natural Drugs from Plants emphasizes the importance of medicinal plants for drug discovery worldwide. Chapters discuss the active ingredients of certain medicinal plants, their mechanisms of action, and how they can be used to treat different diseases.
Narratives of Voyages Towards the North West in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India 1496 to 1631
Author | : Thomas Rundall |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1849 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : KBNL:KBNL03000010776 |
Download Narratives of Voyages Towards the North West in Search of a Passage to Cathay and India 1496 to 1631 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Lives of Eminent Individuals Celebrated in American History
Author | : Jared Sparks |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1847 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : WISC:89058318635 |
Download Lives of Eminent Individuals Celebrated in American History Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1849 |
Genre | : Geography |
ISBN | : UTEXAS:059173017887569 |
Download Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle