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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1998
ISBN 10: 1569020574ISBN 13: 9781569020579
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. Book by Pateman, Roy.
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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 2004
ISBN 10: 1569021775ISBN 13: 9781569021774
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Every once in a while, a story comes along that enrages, enlightens and inspires all at once. Silent Thunder, the highly anticipated memoir of legendary autoracing veteran Lenny Miller is one such story. It offers a rare and surprising inside look at the struggles and triumphs of some of the most courageous men and women in motorsports--African Americans. Whether you're a racing fan or a black history enthusiast, the author's deeply personal chronicle of his remarkable forty-year career as a manager and owner of African American teams is a gripping testimonial to the empowered underdog in all of us.From inside the pits where resourcefulness defines victory or defeat, to behind the wheel with nothing but the smell of adrenaline and fear, to the plush upholstered offices of corporate sponsors where truth can be treacherous, Silent Thunder is an engrossing read that moves at lightening speed. The author also shares fascinating behind-the-scenes anecdotes featuring such names as Howard Cossell, Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti, Skip Barber, Clarence Thomas, Malcolm Durham, Wendell Scott, Linda Lovelace, Don King, and many others.Lenny Miller's narrative acumen is eclipsed only by his engrossing honesty. Silent Thunder is a compelling window into the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of injustice, humiliation, and even cruelty. Yet, while it exposes the underbelly of racism and elitism in one of America's most beloved sports, it also celebrates the hope and possibility for change.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1990
ISBN 10: 0932415547ISBN 13: 9780932415547
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. Towell, Larry.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0932415210ISBN 13: 9780932415219
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: New. Book by.
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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1992
ISBN 10: 0932415784ISBN 13: 9780932415783
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: new. exhibition catalog.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1991
ISBN 10: 0932415458ISBN 13: 9780932415455
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: new. Climatic FactorsEthiopia on many counts was geographically well situated Normally the climate of the highlands with its bright sunshine yet gentle heat is salubrious and invigorating and two annual rainy seasons do much to cleanse the country of infection The value of these rains impressed observers such as the Englishman Charles Rey who writing of Addis Ababa in the 1920s observed that after seven or eight months one looked forward to the coming fierce downpours to bring freshness to the air and cleanliness to the town His compatriot Christine Sandford agreed that the weather did much to compensate for lack of medical facilities It was she wrote only the wonderful climate of the highlands with their dry air brilliant sunshine yet temperate heat followed by the cleansing torrents of the rainy season that checked the spread of infection and made epidemics very uncommon On a more personal note she commentedThe author brought up a family of six children in Addis Ababa and its vicinity without any infectious illness among them in over fifteen years with the exception of one case of whooping cough and occasional conjunctivitis which after a little experience was avoided altogetherThe highlands suffered however from sudden drops in temperature particularly at night as well as from considerable humidity during rains Cold nights following upon warm or hot days were probably responsible for the high incidence of pneumonia pleurisy bronchitis catarrh and other diseases of the respiratory organs Heavy rainfall was likewise conductive to the colds influenza and bronchitis that were sometimes prevalent during the rainsThe lowlands on the other hand tended to be infested with mosquitoes and thus were subject to malaria This disease was widespread in areas of low elevation particularly during the rains and was especially prevalent in narrow densely wooded and damp river valleys and swampy plains near rivers and lakes as well as in the coastal areaThe extent of malaria has been attested by innumerable observers Early in the nineteenth century the British traveler Henry Salt observed that the high incidence of the disease in the Massawa area was responsible for the Ethiopians great dread and horror of the coast while King Sahla Sellase of Shawa speaking of the lowlands of Adal remarked The water of the qwolla ie low country is putrid and the air hot and unwholesome The French travelers Ferret and Galinier writing of Tegre and Lake Tana likewise observed Toward the end of the rainy season the humid atmosphere and the soil which is soaked and productive of a pernicious miasma turn the country into a fatal region Walter Plowden a British consul of 1850s wrote that fevers were common around Lake Tana while his contemporary Henry Stern complained that they overspread the lowlands for more than six months in the year Similar testimony was provided by eyewitnesses in other regions Lejean stated that the disease was prevalent in the Shere lowlands Hayes in the Blue NileLake Tana area Marcel Cohen in the Awash Valley Traversi around Lake Zway Hugh Le Roux in the environs of Harar Macfie in Ogaden Hodson in the neighborhood of Lake Margherita and the Omo Bartleet around Gambela and Boyes on the Kenya frontier Traders visiting the lowlands according to Dr Merab a Georgian pharmacist in early twentieth century Addis Ababa were often badly affectedMost of the lowlands particularly to the east and south historically consisted of arid scrublands some giving way to deserts These regions because of the sand and dust in the air and the glare of the cloudless sky often suffered from a higher than average incidence of eye disease The prevalence of eye infections among the Danakil was noticed by several nineteenthcentury observers among them Johnston Krapf Munzinger and Soleillet and was also reported in the Harar area by Richard Burt.
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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1989
ISBN 10: 0932415385ISBN 13: 9780932415387
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1. Book by Gebre-Medhin, Jordan.
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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press,U.S., 2006
ISBN 10: 1569022585ISBN 13: 9781569022580
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. Since the creation of the Ethiopian empire in the 1880s, political, economic, social and military power has been dominated by the elites of two minority groups. The vast majority of the peoples in Ethiopia have been subjected to the political subjugation, economic marginalization and cultural dehumanization. While the ruling ethnic groups have sought to maintain the status quo, the oppressed majority have been struggling to free themselves from tyrannical rule. As a result, the contemporary Ethiopia is a mass of contradictions and contest revolving around the paradigms of oppression and liberation producing decades of civil wars, violation of human rights, poverty, famine and misery in monumental proportions.
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Nuevo desde EUR 28,11
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Publicado por Brand: The Red Sea Press, Inc., 2007
ISBN 10: 1569022763ISBN 13: 9781569022764
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. Book by Bereket Habte Selassie.
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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 1569021031ISBN 13: 9781569021033
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. This collection of essays, based on first-hand anthropological field research spanning many years, brings together in a single volume the author's collected material on characteristics of popular Islam amongst the Somali of the Horn of Africa. The tension between mystically mediated views of man's relation to God and more ritualistic interpretations of region provides the main focus of this book-Sufism on the one hand, and skeptical criticism of this mystical understanding of Islam on the other. A universal religion here, as elsewhere, Islam has its own local emphasis and special features, and in these investigations of the cult of saints, the reader is introduced to an array of Somali saints and holy men, their reputation for mystical powers, and the pathways to veneration. The repertoire includes clan ancestors, local holy men of outstanding piety, and famous pan-Islamic figures. These essays also look at some popular practices which are at the margins of orthodox religion, such as spirit possession cults associated primarily with women. Lewis' introductory essay to this volume deserves special attention. In it he challenges single strand theories on the cult of saints espoused by some scholars and non scholars, and sets the stage for the presentation of an intricate and integrated picture of Muslim beliefs and practice among the Somali. Rigorous, outspoken, and backing his arguments with reflections based on a lifetime of research and scholarship, Lewis makes a major contribution to understanding the place and role of religion in Somali society.
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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 2001
ISBN 10: 1569021457ISBN 13: 9781569021453
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. This book is a voyage into the thick of unfinished debates and dialogues among frontline activists over how to unify and transform their societies in the direction of greater economic, social, and political equality at a time when the political tide in much of the world seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Connell looks at the programs and animating visions of four revolutionary movements and asks what they have learned from their own and others experiences since the end of the Cold War and how their thinking has evolved (or not) to achieve their objectives. His central theme is: what works and what doesnt in making of social and political revolution?Drawing from the successes and failures of the movements of all four countries, he argues that democracy, both in terms of the character of society itself and within the political movements that propose to transform it, is as central to the success of a post-Cold War revolutionary project as justice.But what do we mean by democracy? Is it reducible to a new set of recipes? Is it an identifiable rite of passage through which a nation passesa gateway to a higher stage of development? Or is it, like nation-building, a process that ebbs and flows unevenly and at times erratically, dependent upon often unpredictable internal and external factors? What are its economic and social components as well as its various political forms? To what degree is it shaped by particular socio-economic, historic and cultural context? How much is popular participation essential to the practice of democracy, and how can it be fostered in a non-manipulative manner while yet retaining its substance? These are some of the questions that drive the exchanges running through this book.Rethinking Revolution offers a window into some of the most creative thinking on how to work for popular democracy and social justice in the post-Cold War eraand what democracy and social justice mean today.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press(NJ), 2010
ISBN 10: 1569022909ISBN 13: 9781569022900
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: new. First American Edition. This book analyzes crucial episodes in the recent political history of the Somali people In their complicated dialogue with modernity the Somalis illustrate the extremes of modern African statehood In contemporary Somalia which for twenty years has not been a functional political reality they have produced a failed state par excellence In the neighboring and smaller Somaliland Republic however they have achieved what is widely regarded as one of the more effective states in the continent Ironically while dysfunctional Somalia despite its collapse is still internationally recognized functional Somaliland has yet to receive formal recognition The successful political integration achieved in Somaliland is the result of a longdrawn out process of indigenous low budget grassroots peacemaking and nationbuilding without parallel in Somalia There the peaceprocess has chiefly been the work of external agencies at huge cost with insufficient knowledge of and sensitivity to local structures and processes Somalia is still vainly seeking peace but the process has been profoundly complicated by the invasion of Saudi fundamentalist movements such as alShabaab with its alQuaeda associations and global jihadist aspirations Local Somali Islamists tend to react hostilely to these extremists whom they regard as attempting to exploit the poverty and backwardness of their country for their own purposes and with little concern for genuine Somali interests The conflict between these fundamentalists and traditional Sufi Muslims is currently a major source of internal disunity and fuels Somalia s notoriety as a potential haven for international terrorism The traditionally based piracy which in the present destitute circumstances of the unemployed in Puntland in the northeast of the country has become a major local industry adds to the very negative image of Somalia as a failed state a country that can neither provide for nor protect and police its starving citizens This is a terrible conclusion to a process of political modernization which started with such verve and promise.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 1569020213ISBN 13: 9781569020210
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. This is a groundbreaking book about the history and principles of Ethiopic (Ge'ez), an African writing system designed as a meaningful and graphic representation of a wide array of knowledge, including languages. In this important and unique study, Ayele Bekerie argues that Ethiopic is a component of the African knowledge systems and one of the major contributions made by Africans to world history and cultures. The author further elaborates that Ethiopic is a knowledge system which is brilliantly organized to represent philosophical features, such as ideography, mnemonics, syllograpy, astronomy, numerology and grammatology. Ethiopic is not only a cultural agency, but also a foundation to a great literary tradition in Ethiopia, which, for instance, has made a critical contribution to the history of Christianity by organically preserving The Book of Henok, widely believed to be a precursor of Christianity. In a sharp departure from the established view of most Ethiopianists of the old school, Ayele Bekerie contends that the Ethiopic writing system is much older than it has been previously thought, tracing back its origins to as far back as 2,000 B.C.E. This study also explores the dynamic linkages between the Ethiopic and Egyption writing systems, suggesting the possible relationship between all African writing systems of the Nile Valley.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0932415296ISBN 13: 9780932415295
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. English (translation)Original Spanish.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1997
ISBN 10: 1569020469ISBN 13: 9781569020463
Librería: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1995
ISBN 10: 1569020019ISBN 13: 9781569020012
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1997
ISBN 10: 1569020477ISBN 13: 9781569020470
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1995
ISBN 10: 0932415997ISBN 13: 9780932415998
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Softcover. Condición: New. Book by.
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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1996
ISBN 10: 1569020299ISBN 13: 9781569020296
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: New. Ras Alula (1847-1897) was one of the Big Men or Telek Saw who played a prominent role in the making of modern Ethiopia. He was famous enough to be lamented by a British historian as, "the greatest leader that Abyssinia has produced since the death of the Emperor Theodore in 1868." As remembered by the Ethiopians and reflected in their literature, "the famous and brave Ras Alula" was a great warrior whose valor and military skill contributed greatly to various important victories over Ethiopia's enemies. Both Italians and Ethiopians regarded Alula as the most persistent opponent of Italian involvement in Ethiopian affairs. Professor Haggai Erlich's Ras Alula and the Scramble for Africa: A Political Biography has all the ingredients of personal drama. The life and times of this great Ethiopian political figure of the 9th century in its vicissitudes reflects some of the major issues in his period. The revival of Tigrean hegemony over Ethiopia; the military victories which guaranteed the survival of Ethiopia's independence; the rise of Menilek I and the great national victory near Adwa were all milestones in the Ras's life. Simultaneously, the story of this son of a peasant - his successes and failures, his ambitions and weaknesses, his achievements and mistakes was an important factor in those developments. This biography makes a significant contribution in the study of an important chapter in the history of Ethiopia and Eritrea through the experience of a person who was not the head of the state. As such, it is also an insightful analysis of late 19th century Ethiopian sociopolitics. "Erlich surveys skillfully, and in considerable detail, two of the most eventful decades of Ethiopia's diplomatic history, 1875-97. . . . He) has unearthed a considerable mass of detail on the Ras's life for which scholars will be grateful." -Richard, Pankhurst [A]n example of a genre comparatively rare in Ethiopian Historical studies,Ithis work of biography is virtually unique. Erlich's work addresses important questions of contemporary interest." -Donald L. Crumm.
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Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 1569021791ISBN 13: 9781569021798
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: New. This volume pioneers the examination of issues of race and racism, ethnicity and identity in the major Nile Valley countries of Sudan and Egypt from ancient times to the present. Two major events have forced the issue. The study of the ancient Nile Valley was challenged to confront the issue of race in antiquity with the publication of Martin Bernals two-volume work, Black Athena (1987; 1991) asserting the Afro-Asiatic roots of Western civilization, and its most famous rebuttal Not Out of Africa (1996). In the aftermath of these earlier works, the question of whether ancient Egypt was black or white became the most simplistic rendering of this not so collegial debate. In this tome, a new generation of critical archaeologists and anthropologists, freed from old Orientalist and Egyptological racialist and racist ideas, have written with greater objectivity about race and representation than their predecessors. The first part of this book contains eight original articles dedicated to an exploration of the dynamics of race in the ancient Nile Valley. These include multiple new perspectives from textual and archaeological sources, as well as reprinting Anténor Firmins chapter on Egypt and Civilization from his 1885 pioneering work of critical race thinking in anthropology The Equality of the Human Races (2000), only recently rediscovered . The chronic civil war in Sudan between the Arabs of the north and the Blacks of the south has also been an event that has forced the issue of race into the discourse on the Nile Valley. Indeed, among the myriad complex issues that have fuelled this war-including a history of slavery and the unequal distribution of political and economic resources-a major one has been that of race, as well as religion and ethnicity. The identity of northern Sudanese by indigenous scholars has been subjected to more critical discourse in this period than in any previous one. Western scholars of Sudan and Egypt have noted the heavy hand of both Ottoman and European colonialism as providing the necessary background to the present, while critical southern and northern scholars call for urgent rethinking of these racial-hierarchical paradigms.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 1569020418ISBN 13: 9781569020418
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Softcover. Condición: Good. Book by D'Haem, Jeanne.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press,U.S., 2010
ISBN 10: 1569023409ISBN 13: 9781569023402
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 1569021392ISBN 13: 9781569021392
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1986
ISBN 10: 0932415156ISBN 13: 9780932415158
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: new.
Publicado por Brand: Red Sea Pr, 1988
ISBN 10: 0932415342ISBN 13: 9780932415349
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: new.