The Social System of a Rural Yugoslav-American Community: Oysterville
Title | The Social System of a Rural Yugoslav-American Community: Oysterville PDF eBook |
Author | Frank M. Lovrich |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 222 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
American Ethnic Groups, the European Heritage
Title | American Ethnic Groups, the European Heritage PDF eBook |
Author | Francesco Cordasco |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | 382 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780810814059 |
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Bibliography of Agriculture
Title | Bibliography of Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1542 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
Creolization in the Americas
Title | Creolization in the Americas PDF eBook |
Author | David Buisseret |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | 164 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781585441013 |
Creolization, the process of cultural interchange--in this case, between peoples of the continents bordering the Atlantic Ocean--is an important aspect of the American experience. Language, literature, food, dress, and social relations are all affected by the interplay of cultures. Only recently, though, have scholars fully begun to understand creolization as a mutual exchange rather than the acculturation of colonized peoples to a dominant culture. Focusing on diverse settings and different aspects of culture, five scholars here examine the process of creolization: its origins, historical and modern meanings of the term, and the various manifestations of the complex, continuing process of cultural exchange and adaptation that began when Africans, American Indians, and Europeans came into contact with each other. While the authors vary in their approaches and, in some respects, their conclusions, they essentially agree that the notion of cultural syncretism--whether described as acculturation or creolization--is a conceptual tool of crucial importance for analyzing the interchange that occurred between peoples of Europe and the Americas. Contributors to this ground-breaking volume and their respective chapters are David Buisseret, "The Process of Creolization in Seventeenth-Century Jamaica"; Daniel H. Usner, Jr., "`The Facility Offered by the Country': The Creolization of Agriculture in the Lower Mississippi Valley"; Mary L. Galvin, "Decoctions for Carolinians: The Creation of a Creole Medicine Chest in Colonial South Carolina"; Richard Cullen Rath, "Drums and Power: Ways of Creolizing Music in Coastal South Carolina and Georgia, 1730-1790"; and J. L. Dillard, "The Evidence for Pidgin Creolization in Early American English." Buisseret also contributes an introduction that places the other articles within the context of recent scholarship on creolization
Immigration and the Emergence of Yugoslav Social Communities in Wisconsin, 1900-1971
Title | Immigration and the Emergence of Yugoslav Social Communities in Wisconsin, 1900-1971 PDF eBook |
Author | James Sebanc |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 366 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Yugoslavs |
ISBN |
Yugoslavia
Title | Yugoslavia PDF eBook |
Author | Francine Friedman |
Publisher | Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources |
Total Pages | 576 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN |
This reference work catalogues all English-language books and journal articles about the former Yugoslavia. It contains over 9000 entries, arranged by subject and is fully indexed. The bibliographic citations are arranged under broad subject headings (geography, history and so on). The major subject headings are further broken dowen into easy-to-follow headings and sub-headings.
Race & Democracy
Title | Race & Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Fairclough |
Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | 692 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780820331140 |
From the foundation of the New Orleans branch of the NAACP in 1915 to the beginning of Edwin Edwards' first term as governor in 1972, this is a wide-ranging study of the civil rights struggle in Louisiana. This edition contains a new preface which brings the narrative up-to-date, including coverage of Hurricane Katrina.