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Though slight, carries great weight

Dori Sanders is one of my most loved authors. Promise Land is a very slight volume (about 30 pages) in which Sanders tells of her life growing up and depending on the land for a living. She is upfront about life for the poorer and black in the South. She also infuses her tale with the sense of community that carried them through those hard times. She reminds us we all have the responsibility to see each other through. I only wish it had been longer and that she would publish more.In her first new work published in nearly a decade, farmer-turned-novelist Dori Sanders looks back at the struggles and triumphs of her own family's story. <P> The farm where she grew up in Filbert, South Carolina, profoundly shaped the writer Sanders was to become. "Because the former slaves could buy the land with only a small down payment and the promise to pay the rest of the money owed, the rural farming community came to be called 'Promise Land,'" she explains. <P> But this is more than nostalgia for a simpler time. Sanders candidly details the hardships and dispels the myths of life in the Jim Crow South. She takes readers back to her childhood, when she first felt the sting of segregation. <P> She recounts the exploitation of black sharecroppers. "For generations to come and down to this day, the slaves' descendants would chant the true meaning of sharecropping for them: "The 'S' stands for <i>slavery</i>, the 'C' for <i>continued</i>," Sanders writes. <P> She powerfully evokes the ever-present threat of a KKK ride. Then, turning to today, she explains the difficulties black farmers still face in the 21st-century South. But with authority and clarity of voice, she never lets readers forget that hers was a community of grace, and of goodness. <P> This monograph is adapted from an address delivered October 2004, by Dori Sanders at the Southern Foodways Alliance Annual Symposium at the University of Mississippi, which co-sponsored publication of this work.0449908755156512385904499062482330Authors2327Arts & Literature2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2366African-American & Black2365Ethnic & National2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2369General2365Ethnic & National2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2375General2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2445Women2437Specific Groups2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books3048891Memoirs2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books220781011Authors220778011Arts & Literature220777011Biographies & Memoirs2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books220801011African-American & Black220800011Ethnic & National220777011Biographies & Memoirs2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books220804011General220800011Ethnic & National220777011Biographies & Memoirs2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books220813011General220777011Biographies & Memoirs2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books220855011Memoirs220777011Biographies & Memoirs2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books221086011Women221080011Specific Groups220777011Biographies & Memoirs2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books242748011All 4-for-3 Deals2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books3941730114-for-3 Books394171011Promotion (special_merchandising_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1574411462http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Confederacy-Innocent-Deceits-Holcombe/dp/1574411462%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1574411462889237http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TANBCK39L._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TANBCK39L._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TANBCK39L._SL500_.jpg475317Elizabeth Wittenmyer LewisHardcover975.7030929781574411461971574411462University of North Texas PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9242495USD$24.95University of North Texas Press1253Book2002-07University of North Texas PressUniversity of North Texas Press1336361609USD$16.092477USD$24.772495USD$24.951231011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnew3dqEF6WuyTkd067FGthVHTjJDT08JxYHkMobUyu0j7AtShH5SpqgLZsziVRDxgiX5baLbrb2tudezhp%2FLQFsMg%3D%3D1896USD$18.96Usually ships in 24 hours5.0111574411462525252002-08-17

A Significant Contribution to Confederate History

When I first learned a few months ago that a biography of Lucy Holcombe Pickens was going to be published I anxiously awaited its publication. I was not disappointed. This is a first class biography of a significant person in the history of the Confederacy that has been overlooked too long. Several years ago I wanted to learn more about this interesting lady; but I found the sources about her few and far between. She does not have her own separate entry in the Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. She is only passingly mentioned in John B. Edmonds, Jr.'s book "Francis W. Pickens and the Politics of Destruction" published in 1986 and this is only because she was Picken's third wife. I could not find much information about her life after Pickens death. He died in 1869 and Lucy lived until 1899. So what happended to Lucy from 1869-1899? This beautiful biography fills in the blanks and Elizabeth Wittenmyer Lewis deserves our thanks for writing it. It is carefully researched and well written. The photographs show Lucy in her later years as well as her younger years when she enjoyed the reputation as the most beautiful woman in the Confederacy. This book is a true treasure and one that I would put on the same level with Elizabeth Muhlenfeld's biography of Mary Boykin Chesnut first published in 1981. A superb work and a significant contribution to the history of Confederate women.08071283412375General2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2393General2376Historical2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books465250General2395United States2376Historical2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2435South2430Regional U.S.2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2445Women2437Specific Groups2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books4856General485419th Century4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14279271South Carolina14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books15812961South14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books16252751Southeast14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books15812191Social History4987Historical Study9History1000Subjects283155Books11247Demography11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11325Women's Studies271632011Abortion & Birth Control10211Feminist Criticism172813Feminist Theology11332Feminist Theory11334General11336History11388Motherhood11344Women Writers53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1582310149http://www.amazon.com/Questionable-Doctors-Disciplined-Federal-Governments/dp/1582310149%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D15823101494752985http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PWBYZN4CL._SL75_.jpg7555http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PWBYZN4CL._SL160_.jpg160118http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PWBYZN4CL._SL500_.jpg475351Phyllis McCarthyBenita Marcus AdlerAlana BameSidney WolfePaperback97815823101451582310149Public Citizen Inc2000USD$20.00Public Citizen Inc380Book2000-08Public Citizen IncPublic Citizen Inc336USD$3.360300005.01115823101495112000-10-25

Doctor information revealed

This book is a must have. It gave excellent information about doctors in my state. The information was clear and concise, telling what, when and why the doctors where disciplined and if it was by a state or federal agencies. This book gives consumers the basis to make better decisions when choosing a doctor by knowing if they have ever been disciplined and why.In this regional edition for Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, doctors are named who have had disciplinary action taken against their license. This project, titled 16,638 Questionable Doctors, was designed to assist consumers in making better informed health care choices. The individual doctor listings aid patients in understanding the quality of care they would potentially receive or have already received from a particular practitioner. Find out which doctors have been disciplined and why, how to increase your safety when choosing a doctor, how to file a complaint about a doctor and how to improve your quality of medical care.1000Subjects1Arts & Photography2Biographies & Memoirs3Business & Investing4Children's Books4366Comics & Graphic Novels5Computers & Internet6Cooking, Food & Wine86Entertainment301889Gay & Lesbian10Health, Mind & Body9History48Home & Garden10777Law17Literature & Fiction13996Medicine18Mystery & Thrillers53Nonfiction290060Outdoors & Nature20Parenting & Families173507Professional & Technical21Reference22Religion & Spirituality23Romance75Science25Science Fiction & Fantasy26Sports28Teens27Travel283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1879704048http://www.amazon.com/Quilts-Coverlets-Counterpanes-Bedcoverings-Collections/dp/1879704048%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1879704048613121http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XFPT8S7EL._SL75_.jpg7557http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XFPT8S7EL._SL160_.jpg160123http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XFPT8S7EL._SL500_.jpg475364Paula W. LocklairPaperback746.460975074756679781879704046301879704048The University of North Carolina PressEnglishEnglishEnglish10801895USD$18.95The University of North Carolina Press172Book1997-11-24The University of North Carolina PressThe University of North Carolina Press758401478USD$14.78887USD$8.87660011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewzcOn9Ms%2BNJc%2BSu22RjdUSAOh5rdi%2BzWuWKEN4pGtQxtuzdDq6%2BwgX6zQJtUJ2g%2FtPyHJNlTRnxSrdeKheYnZ1w%3D%3D1478USD$14.78Usually ships in 24 hours5.01118797040485552005-08-15

beautiful and informative

although this is not a huge book, it contains a wonderful collection of late 18th through 19th century bdecoverings, from woven to embroidered to quilted. the examples are generally beautiful as well as historically interesting. <br /> <br />the introduction is brief but informative, defining the various terms used for bedcovers over time and including fascinating evidence of the value owners put on their textiles. there are also short biographies for the makers of some of the bedcovers, and even portraits in whatever medium was contemporary. also included are a few photos of textile tools, some handwritten weavers' draughts (and cloth woven from them), and a handwritten notebook for embroidery stitches. <br /> <br />the only drawback for me is the book's brevity--i wanted more, more history and biography, and details of the bedcovers, more of the collection. <br /> <br />quilters, weavers, those interested in textile and social history will find this book informative, enjoyable and inspiring. The bedcoverings in the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) and Old Salem collections cannot be described by one term alone. This book features thirty-nine quilts, coverlets, and counterpanes&#151;most of which were made and used in the South&#151;that represent the richness and variety of bedcoverings from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth. <p>Early bedcoverings can be studied from a variety of perspectives, including those gleaned from such documents as newspapers, wills and inventories, and family histories. In an introduction to this beautifully illustrated catalogue, Paula W. Locklair explores what bedcoverings were called, the techniques and fabrics used to make them, and their value in the households of the period. Whether embroidered, patchwork, appliquŽd, or woven, the bedcoverings highlighted here offer new insights into the lives, talents, and imaginations of American women in the early South. <p> Old Salem encompasses the restored Moravian town of Salem and MESDA, the only museum devoted to the decorative arts of the early South. Both are located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.0979740002190483245815614859930896895920157076400X5121Textiles & Costume5066Antiques & Collectibles48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books5144General5126Crafts & Hobbies48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books5171Quilts & Quilting5126Crafts & Hobbies48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books5184Textile Arts5126Crafts & Hobbies48Home & Garden1000Subjects283155Books518510History1862Fashion1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books14279201North Carolina14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14279271South Carolina14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR3SM51HF38VWSPState Themed Quilt Books12QHDREIE2ZYPWhat I Read: 19990899974260http://www.amazon.com/Rail-trails-Southeast-Louisiana-Mississippi-Tennessee/dp/0899974260%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D089997426045633http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F60D1DN3L._SL75_.jpg7549http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F60D1DN3L._SL160_.jpg160104http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F60D1DN3L._SL500_.jpg500324PaperbackRails-to-trails917.504449780899974262600899974260Wilderness PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8401595USD$15.95Wilderness Press1203Book2006-09-30Wilderness PressWilderness Press65550970USD$9.70749USD$7.492080011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewneweTw0BOpor%2BOIbYaKEAx3easc%2BLQmfkg0ZCKYqa%2FrcNjAdQkEaCP4To01nSDPcTCYZn40p0Rp8pCNcgAnSFBiog%3D%3D1085USD$10.85Usually ships in 24 hours5.01108999742605122008-01-14

helpful information is provided in this guide

I gave this present to my aunt and uncle for Christmas as they have recently purchased new bikes and begun riding trails in our area. They have planned a trip to Florida next month and told me this book has been a great source of information in planning their trip. They really enjoyed this gift.With 55 rural, suburban, and urban trails spanning 630 miles, <i><b>Rail-Trails Southeast</i></b> covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee. Visit historic battlefields, see the world's largest cast-iron statue, travel through a gorge, and watch beavers and herons along the Southeast's historic rail-trails. Includes two-color maps for each trip and succinct directions.0899974279089997449X1564409872081301851X076272819111950General11948Railroads11934Transportation53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books17246East South Central17244South17228Regions17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books17250South Atlantic17244South17228Regions17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books197498011General27Travel1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksR1869XPQO582MARiding the RailsR16YUFQHO9GTI8NSREF Order0528954822http://www.amazon.com/Rand-Mcnally-Greenville-South-Carolina/dp/0528954822%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D05289548222140968http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31B4RQE97VL._SL75_.jpg7532http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31B4RQE97VL._SL160_.jpg16069http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31B4RQE97VL._SL500_.jpg500215Rand McNally and CompanyMap9109780528954825400528954822Rand McNally & CompanyEnglishEnglishEnglish930495USD$4.95Rand McNally & Company1Book2004-11-05Rand McNally & CompanyRand McNally & Company10400495USD$4.95100011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnew%2BukuoQWtf0Ps9K45eiWI9jsmQhl1dbVdLH%2BCw9ULeEUG9G0bqNH8w5dICuuz11j506NB5fH49GSVzJI%2FZRsMRQ%3D%3D495USD$4.95In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.5.01105289548225002008-07-30

Great

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Outstanding addition to 18th C. Span-American lit. criticism

Melendez's research in this fascinating book highlights the dinamic nature of cultural identity construction of the colonial subject and explores the elements of race and gender as components of the author's own colonial agenda (15). The first chapter of the book provides an overview of the book's contents and a detailed look at Carrio de la Vandera's life. The second examines the author's view of the indigenous peoples' otherness, which Melendez argues, is exploited by a discourse that underlines the indians' sexual deviance and lack of language mastery. The third chapter focuses on the author's assessment of the "sistema de correos" between Buenos Aires and Peru and how that assessment is overshadowed by a critique (and subsequent reformatory proposal) of the indigenous people observed during the journey. The fourth chapter focuses on the social and cultural anxiety caused by the African slaves and how the author attempts to eliminate social uneasiness through linguistic maneuvers that underline their inferior nature. The final chapter is devoted to the narrators' view of colonial women as social disruptors (threats to colonial order). I found myself reading the entire book over a period of four days. I recommend it to any reader who is interested in literature of the Spanish-American Colonial period. Footnote: Mariselle Melendez was a professor of mine at Purdue University several years ago, and every publication of hers that I have read has been outstanding.9894General9882Classics9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10127Classics10125General17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10213General10207Criticism & Theory10204History & Criticism17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books271603011Caribbean & Latin American10204History & Criticism17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books571676Latin American10399Classics17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books16260421Spanish16260301Foreign Language Fiction17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books11864Spanish11811Instruction11773Foreign Languages21Reference1000Subjects283155Books12036Romance12026Genre Fiction12015Writing21Reference1000Subjects283155Books12051Travel12015Writing21Reference1000Subjects283155Books15812811General4840South America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books16261081Spanish16260961Foreign Language Nonfiction53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books307800011General307794011Sur América307785011Las Américas301745Historia301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books308871011Latino Americano308868011Clásicos301747Literatura y ficción301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books308892011Clásicos308891011General301747Literatura y ficción301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books308932011Caribeña y Latino Americana308931011Historia y Crítica301747Literatura y ficción301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books308934011General308933011Crítica y Teoría308931011Historia y Crítica301747Literatura y ficción301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books309035011General309033011Clásicos309025011Estados Unidos308981011Literatura Mundial301747Literatura y ficción301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books309310011No-Ficción309311011Automotriz309414011Ciencias Sociales309319011Crimen y Criminales309335011Educación309487011Estudios de la Mujer309374011Feriados309375011Filosofía309366011Gobierno309483011Hechos Verídicos309486011Planeamiento Urbano y Desarrollo309401011Política309322011Sucesos de Actualidad309478011Transportación301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books310172011Referencia y Consejos Prácticos310174011Comida y Hospedaje310179011Destinaciones de Turismo y Museos310173011Ensayos y Diario de Viaje310177011Guías del Viajero310178011Referencia301755Viajes y turismo301731Libros en español504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1570036950http://www.amazon.com/Realist-Short-Story-Powerful-Glimpse/dp/1570036950%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D15700369501596548http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413umiKX2WL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413umiKX2WL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413umiKX2WL._SL500_.jpg500333Kerry McSweeneyHardcover809.3109129781570036958701570036950University of South Carolina PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9102995USD$29.95University of South Carolina Press1136Book2007-11-15University of South Carolina PressUniversity of South Carolina Press756102696USD$26.963000USD$30.001680011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewFj1IYWEUvS4CyCsIBJj0xOrVsIdGDBf17LtVVOKuJTfpOlFwOr6LtcbBBS%2B5kd9m4YG724sj1GHjKZUbvHuejw%3D%3D2696USD$26.96Usually ships in 24 hours5.01115700369505112007-11-03

A seminal work of superb scholarship

"The Realist Short Story Of The Powerful Glimpse: Chekhov To Carver" by Kerry McSweeny (Molson Professor of English at McGill University, Montreal, Canada) focuses the professor's analytical commentary on the published writings of five acknowledged masters of the short story format: Anton Chekov, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, and Raymond Carver. Professor McSweeny deftly argues the idea that realist short stories provide a tightly focused and dramatically powerful form that requires the author to a precisely crafted realism though distinctive literary strategies that transcend the writer's various generational, national, and cultural backgrounds. Professor McSweeney persuasively defends the effective short story has integrating three specific components: the entertainment value of the story; reader response to the story's emotional content; and the reader's reflective reaction to the conceptual or cognitive elements. Informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking, "The Realist Short Story Of The Powerful Glimpse" is a seminal work of superb scholarship, and a welcome contribution to the literary analysis of the short story format in general, and the application of short story principles to the works of five gifted masters of this distinctive literary form in particular.<P>Taking a distinctively aesthetic approach to the genre of realist short fiction, Kerry McSweeney clusters the work of five masters--Anton Chekhov, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, and Raymond Carver--to offer a poetics of the form for students and scholars. At the center of this argument is the notion that the realist short story is a glimpse--powerful and tightly focused--into a world that the writer must precisely craft and in which the reader must fully invest.</p><P><P>Selecting writers from different generational, national, and cultural backgrounds, McSweeney chooses writers based on their commitment to the realist representation of experience and their shared belief in the importance and efficacy of the short story form. By considering their efforts in tandem, he develops a means to assess the strategies and claims of realist short fiction.</p><P><P>McSweeney demonstrates that when the comments these writers have made about their work are assembled and critically scrutinized, the result is an aesthetic critical model--as opposed to more interpretative models that focus attention on the determination (or indetermination) of meanings. He suggests that a fully adequate reading of a realist short story involves the integration of three components: the enjoyment and contemplation of the story in and of itself; affective receptivity, or a response to the story's emotional content; and cognitive activity, or the reflective consideration of the story's conceptual implications.</p><P><P>In individual chapters on Chekov, Joyce, Hemingway, O'Connor, and Carver, this presentational model is applied to widely known and often anthologized readings from each writer. McSweeney brings into sharp focus the distinctive features of each piece, makes qualitative discriminations, and assesses the profitability of other critical models. 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SweetPaperback981.004969780807854822800807854824The University of North Carolina PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9002500USD$25.00The University of North Carolina Press1336Book2003-09-29The University of North Carolina Press2006-09-26The University of North Carolina Press1006102194USD$21.941300USD$13.0011260011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewdO0vzKq20OTqJ%2FeF6078%2BNf69WcxhclysBT2qzvrzivPs4TdqFga2yQqMG3eoS3SNYVx99iqfOQ31LJ5NUvEaw%3D%3D2250USD$22.50Usually ships in 24 hours5.01108078548245342006-04-29

Original, fascinating

The ubject of the slave trade has been written about before but this bookcovers the more interesting topic of the Protuguese trade in the 15th-18th century, and particularly its affects on Africans and the relationship between the church and the slaves, as well as 'others'. This book is scholarly and perhaps slightly dry, but not startinly so, in fact it is also readable and interesting, refreshing and original. <br /> <br />Surely this book adds scholarship to the period, espcially illuminating the relationship between slaves, brazilian society and the church in both Brazil and Portugal. Of particular interest is the work regarding the inqusitions attempts to snuff out tribal religons that remained among slaves brought to the new world. <br /> <br />Seth J. FrantzmanExploring the cultural lives of African slaves in the early colonial Portuguese world, with an emphasis on the more than 1 million Central Africans who survived the journey to Brazil, James Sweet lifts a curtain on their lives as Africans rather than as incipient Brazilians. Focusing first on the cultures of Central Africa from which the slaves came--Ndembu, Imbangala, Kongo, and others--Sweet identifies specific cultural rites and beliefs that survived their transplantation to the African-Portuguese diaspora, arguing that they did not give way to immediate creolization in the New World but remained distinctly African for some time. <p>Slaves transferred many cultural practices from their homelands to Brazil, including kinship structures, divination rituals, judicial ordeals, ritual burials, dietary restrictions, and secret societies. Sweet demonstrates that the structures of many of these practices remained constant during this early period, although the meanings of the rituals were often transformed as slaves coped with their new environment and status. Religious rituals in particular became potent forms of protest against the institution of slavery and its hardships. In addition, Sweet examines how certain African beliefs and customs challenged and ultimately influenced Brazilian Catholicism. <p>Sweet's analysis sheds new light on African culture in Brazil's slave society while also enriching our understanding of the complex process of creolization and cultural survival.052162724906740234980521779227029914184508070707344776General4762Africa9History1000Subjects283155Books4830General4826Central America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4843Brazil4840South America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books15812811General4840South America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books1205142General4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books15812191Social History4987Historical Study9History1000Subjects283155Books16244141Slavery & Emancipation5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books10864Emigration & Immigration173492Administrative Law10777Law1000Subjects283155Books11289General11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books15991671Culture11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11300African-American Studies11298Special Groups11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books12775Tribal & Ethnic12761Other Practices22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books297493African American12761Other Practices22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books468234Religious Studies491436Buddhism491438Christianity684281011Comparative Religion491442Islam491444Judaism491446Religious History468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books491410Africa468230History468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books491418Latin America468230History468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books319654011Qualifying Textbooks368369011All Titles368370011Arts & Photography368371011Biographies & Memoirs368372011Business & Investing368373011Children's Books368375011Computers & Internet368376011Cooking, Food & Wine368377011Engineering368378011Entertainment368379011Gay & Lesbian368380011Home & Garden368381011Literature & Fiction368382011Medicine368384011Nonfiction368385011Outdoors & Nature368386011Parenting & Families368387011Professional368388011Reference368389011Religion & Spirituality368391011Science368393011Teens368394011Travel251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksRAPXI1WWFKXVCWHY ARE SO MANY BLACK MEN IN PRISON?R2A0WU2OZ27JMIAfro-Latin-America2L6NU950151ZBAfrica, Africa - culture and faces3HDXNT8HM8LRYAfrican Social History1570033447http://www.amazon.com/Reflections-South-Carolina-Robert-Clark/dp/1570033447%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1570033447727191http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BN45NKBSL._SL75_.jpg7562http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BN45NKBSL._SL160_.jpg160133http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BN45NKBSL._SL500_.jpg475395Robert C. ClarkThomas M. PolandHardcover975.79781570033445791570033447University of South Carolina PressEnglishEnglishEnglish12443995USD$39.95University of South Carolina Press1195Book1999-08University of South Carolina PressUniversity of South Carolina Press33010372631USD$26.311992USD$19.921550011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewVba%2BHfjm%2B31QR8NgKfQciF8Pbfl3BECKX5fQJgKfwGbt48O8j9KpZNePPsyiFkeKYwfFXv5XBhlhS%2F4WJHyrhg%3D%3D3036USD$30.36Usually ships in 24 hours5.0111570033447535352000-03-28

Excellent!

Reflections of South Carolina gives an excellent glimpse into all that is South Carolina. Photographs range from the beautiful beaches along the coast to college campuses and the biggest cities to the smallest counties throughout the state. The photographs by Robert Clark are exquisite and make you feel as if you are a part of them. You do not have to be a South Carolina native - I'm not!- to appeciate this book. Makes a wonderful gift to anyone who loves this state.076271139615700325560762742127155868840407603254052031General2020Photography1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books2083Photojournalism2020Photography1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books2100General2099United States2087Travel2020Photography1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books2104South2099United States2087Travel2020Photography1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books4870General4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4872General14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books14279271South Carolina14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books16252751Southeast14278871State & Local4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books67532General17386South Carolina17263States17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books