Historie: specielle begivenheder og emner

From 'The Ridouts of Sherborne', this second book follows my 3x great grandfather John RIDOUT as he moved from the rural Dorset town to the bustling Roman city of Bath in 1807; here he married, had children and started a cabinet-making business. Sadly, over time, John lost two wives and several of their children, but others survived and the family grew. The Ridouts are traced through to WW2 and beyond; latterly, the cold genealogical facts are gradually warmed with photographs, anecdotes and personal memories.Of the related families, some are traced & described: The SOMERTONs were a well known dynasty from Bristol, three generations of which had printed, published and written for newspapers of the day, most notably the Bristol Mercury. In 16th century Widcombe, just south of the city, lived farmers Tobias and Thomas ORCHARD; their children eventually moved into the centre: Joseph was a popular peruke maker in the Abbey Green, made famous by poet Christopher Anstey. Jacob, the Quaker, made biscuits; his sons Abraham & Isaac were friends of John Wesley and helped to bring Methodism to Bath. ARCHARD's pawnbroker's shop was prominent in 15 Bath Street; Thomas and his son were also local politicians. One branch of the Orchards married into the famous Irish Guinness family. Other prominent names include BEATON and OLLIS, two well known Bath families who lived, worked and died in Walcot, an historically fascinating thoroughfare in Bath. It was Walcot Street in which Elsie Beaton and Reginald Ridout, lived with their respective families, but met, married and eventually became my grandparents.

This book examines social transformation during the Tang-Song period by focusing on the emergence and development of the "society of moneyed elite" in ancient China. Specifically, the author tries to shed light on three important theoretical questions. First, how to understand social change from the perspective economic history; second, how to construct scientifically-informed causal explanations of historical processes and events; and third, how to remedy the shortcomings of previous studies that emphasize the contrasts between the two dynasties while overlooking the continuity between them.

THIS BOOK LOOKS AT AN EXTRAORDINARY TIME IN ISRAEL'S HISTORY. THE MAJORITY OF ITS PEOPLE WERE LOCATED IN PERSIA, NOT IN THEIR HOMELAND. GOD HAD USED HIS POWER OVER BABYLONIAN RULERS TO CAUSE THEM TO EXPAND THEIR EMPIRE. MANY JEWS WERE BROUGHT TO BABYLON AS CAPTIVES. IN A SHORT TIME THE PERSIAN EMPIRE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE BABYLONIAN, THUS THIS EPISODE OF JEWISH HISTORY.

Part 3 of Meredith Cain Inglesby's ancestry includes the furthest back bloodlines through England, Wales, Europe. and Tunisia. It also includes stories about some of Meredith's ancestors and the index to all 3 books. Enjoy the journey as you travel into the distant past and end in Tunisia in about 1850 BC. Cover photo is of the Antonine Baths in Tunisia, from approximately 2000 BC.

Part 2 of Meredith Cain Inglesby Ancestry includes the remainder of the 70 generations; It extends through the royal houses of Britain and Europe and includes the Carolingian, Merovingian, and Roman Imperial bloodlines. It extends all the way to Deatha Mac Ertha, born about 1850 BC from Tunis, in Tunisia. Dunure Castle in Dunure, Scotland is shown on the front cover, and is the home of the Kennedy Clan. Please see Part 1 and Part 3 for additional information.

Ab der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts ersetzten Dampfmaschinen zunehmend die Muskelkraft und ermöglichten eine zunehmende Mechanisierung der bis dahin handwerklich geprägten Güterproduktion. Der Abbau von Handelshemmnissen und neue Verkehrswege eröffneten überregionale Märkte, immer mehr Produkte mussten immer schneller und billiger produziert werden. Arbeitsteilung und Spezialisierung veränderten ganze Wirtschaftszweige. Die historischen Originalbeiträge und Abbildungen in diesem Buch geben einen unverfälschten Einblick in die Wirtschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts.

This is a transcription of the 1933 Coldspring Census and genealogies on the Allegany Territory of the Seneca Nation in western New York.

A unique visitor's guide to Europe's sites, museums and memorials that tell the story of the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews. Wide-ranging coverage extends from Scandinavia to south-east Europe, and from France to Belarus. Includes advice on travel tips, where to stay and eat, and organisations running tours.

In Embracing Your Past to Empower Your Future, descendants of four prominent Black families whose ancestors were enslaved, tell readers what life was like for those ancestors, and how their experiences shaped and influenced future generations. The authors worked with family historians, gathered volumes of historical documents, and worked with historians from Montpelier, Mount Vernon, and Africatown to ensure its accuracy.ALL profits go to the "Each One, Teach One" book stipend for descendants of enslaved attending college to apply for monies to offset the cost of books. · The Allen family's story is unique because their loved ones, Pollee Allen and his wife Rose were kidnapped from Africa and brought to the U.S. illegally in 1860 on The Clotilda, 53 years after Congress passed The Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves in 1807. The Allen story dives deeper into the rich culture of African communal living with the formation of Africatown, founded by Pollee, Rose, and 30 other Clotilda survivors. Vernetta Henson, Pollee and Rose's great-great granddaughter tells the city of the success and fall of Africatown.· The Madisons can trace back their family tree to President James Madison, Jr and his father. They have kept their loved one's stories alive through the ancient practice of storytelling. Each generation has a designated family storyteller called a Griot or Griotte. These family storytellers have scoured the libraries in search of historical documents to help expand on the family's history. One of the family's enslaved ancestors, Jim, (whose father was James Madison Jr.) was allowed to learn how to read and write, leading to each subsequent generation appreciating and valuing the power of an education. · The Quanders is one of America's oldest and consistently documented Black families. The Quander's have two family trees, the result of two brothers kidnapped in Ghana in the 1600s who were sold to two different enslavers. The first family tree has its roots in Virginia (including Mount Vernon), while the second family tree is rooted in Maryland. The Quander family has a long history of civil rights activists, educators, military, and faith leaders. Retired Judge Rohulamin Quander is the family historian.· The Brooks family is the only Black family in U.S. history with three generals in their immediate family. They are well known for military service, but their contributions to education and civil rights have also been extensive. The family mandate, beginning with their former enslaved family member, Richard Henry Brooks, continues to be stressed today: "You must be twice as good at whatever you do to get a fair chance." Their love of service for their community was founded by the legacy of Naomi Quander the matriarch of the Brooks family.

Challenging our understanding of social struggles as movements, Mehmet Dosemeci traces a 300-year counter-history of struggle predicated on disruption.

A TRAGIC SHIPPING ACCIDENT OPENS A WINDOW ON RACIALIZED LABOUR MANAGEMENT IN AN AGE OF IMPERIALISM

Mandates and Missteps is the first comprehensive history of Australian government scholarships to the Pacific, from the first scheme in 1948 to the Australia Awards of 2018. The study of scholarships provides a window into foreign and education policy making, across decades, and the impact such policies have had on individuals and communities. This work demonstrates the broad role these scholarships have played in bilateral relationships between Australia and Pacific Island territories and countries. The famed Colombo Plan is here put in its proper context within international aid and international education history. Australian scholarship programs, it is argued, ultimately reflect Australia, and its perception of itself as a nation in the Pacific, more than the needs of Pacific Island nations. Mandates and Missteps traces Australia's role as both a coloniser in TPNG and a participant in the process of decolonisation across the Pacific. This study will be of interest to students and scholars of international development, international education and foreign policy --

Arctic historian Kenn Harper takes readers alongside Knud Rasmussen's spearheading Fifth Thule Expedition.

The "heartfelt" (Shelf Awareness) story of how Georgia State University tore up the rulebook for educating lower-income students Published to wide acclaim, Won't Lose This Dream is the "illuminating" (Times Literary Supplement) story of a public university that has blazed an extraordinary trail for lower-income and first-generation students in downtown Atlanta, the birthplace of the civil rights movement. "A powerful story of institutional transformation" (bestselling author Beverly Daniel Tatum), Won't Lose This Dream shows how Georgia State University has upended the conventional wisdom about low-income students by harnessing the power of big data to identify and remove obstacles that previously stopped them from graduating--an earthshaking achievement that is reverberating across every college campus today. "Drawing on extensive on-the-ground reporting" (Kirkus Reviews), Andrew Gumbel delivers a thrilling, blow-by-blow account of visionary leaders who overcame fierce resistance, and the remarkable students whose resilience and determination inspired the work at every stage. Their success shows how the promise of social advancement through talent and hard work, the essence of the American dream, can be rekindled even in an age of deep inequalities and divisive politics. "A superb work for anyone interested in higher education" (Library Journal), Won't Lose This Dream "lays out a persuasive vision for reform" (Publishers Weekly) and a concrete vision of higher ed that works for all Americans.

The latest in the groundbreaking series of photobooks on LGBTQ life around the world, an intimate, personal collection of photographs on the queer community in the U.S.>In these times visual representation of queer love is as important as it has ever been, and in Transcend, award-winning Taiwanese American photographer Sandra Chen Weinstein showcases some of the work from a long career of photographing the LGBTQ community, especially the trans community. Weinstein's own child recently came out as queer, trans, and non-binary at the age of twenty-eight, and the core of the book is a series of photographs that focuses on their relationship. A gorgeously packaged, full-color book, Transcend challenges many assumptions about LGBTQ life in the United States and is an enduring visual testament to the strength, resilience, and joy of the queer community in the face of discrimination, inequality, and violence. Transcend was designed by Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios (EWS).

A witty and provocative treatise on the policies we'll need to make our public schools work for all children From the anti-CRT panic to efforts to divert tax dollars to charter schools, the right-wing attack on education has cut deep. In response, millions of Americans have rallied to defend their cherished public schools. But this incisive book asks whether choosing between our embattled status quo and the stingy privatized vision of the right is the only path forward. In As Public as Possible, education expert David I. Backer argues for going on the offensive by radically expanding the very notion of the "public" in our public schools.Helping us to imagine a more just and equitable future, As Public as Possible proposes a concrete set of policies aimed at providing a high-quality and truly public education for all Americans, regardless of wealth and race. With witty and provocative prose, Backer takes the reader on an enlightening tour of radical policy alternatives. He shows how we can decouple school funding from property tax revenue, evening out inequalities across districts by distributing resources according to need. He argues for direct federal grants instead of the predations of municipal debt markets. And he offers eye-opening examples spanning the past and present, from the former Yugoslavia to contemporary Philadelphia, which help us to imagine a radically different way of educating all of our children.

Explore the modern-day impact of slavery and colonialism in this panoramic Black history for anti-racist readers of 1619 Project and Caste.The companion book to a groundbreaking exhibition on African American history and culture—with 150 powerful illustrations of people and objects.This powerful collection of essays brought to life with more than 150 illustrations investigates the intertwined legacies of slavery, freedom, and capitalism. In Slavery’s Wake frames the history of slavery in a global context to show how it created systems of oppression that continue to shape the world today. Compelling essays from key historians and scholars trace the contemporary resonances of slavery but also the history of freedom-making, from abolitionism to enslaved and colonized people asserting their humanity to the Black Lives Matter movement. The history is humanized by:Art reflecting on liberation, including the gorgeous artwork of Daniel MinterHistoric and contemporary artifacts that represent enslavement and resistancePoignant interviews of descendants of formerly colonized and enslaved people sharing their lived experiences This book posits that current matters of freedom and equality are only made possible by understanding how past injustices have defined the present, making it an essential read for anyone engaged in social justice. Poignant and insightful, In Slavery's Wake examines the long shadow of slavery and looks toward building a freer future beyond it.

This book pieces together the story of the Valencia and her tragic end, weaving together not just the threads of the ill-fated voyage itself, but also relevant contextual history, including the development of radio technologies and lifesaving equipment and services that simply came too late to help the doomed voyagers.

"Why are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke so similar, yet different? Paul A. Rainbow challenges theories that the evangelists modified each other's work, offering a nuanced hypothesis of a proto-gospel, which the three evangelists independently translated into Greek from Hebrew and enriched with oral testimonies and written fragments"--

"The musicals playing in 1924 were a stunning combination of the old and the new. William Everett reveals, in this compelling new book, a transnational network of stars, creators, producers and shows where established performers appeared alongside youthful talent that included George Gershwin, Gertrude Lawrence, and Fred and Adele Astaire"--

"In early modern Europe, print culture shaped and disseminated knowledge about Russia through visual means. Using case studies of specific images of Russians in a wide range of publications, Nancy Kollmann explores this vibrant world, tracking how these images were produced, copied and plagiarized across genres, countries and publishers"--

A timeless account of life on a nineteenth-century whaler, from the misery of seasickness and rigors of sea voyages; to the thrill and violence of whale hunts; to the sights, sounds, and foods of foreign cultures. The Weir log is frequently on display at Mystic Seaport Museum for its compelling story and beautiful illustrations.

The America's story is set against a vivid picture of the entrepreneurial forces behind the fast, focused rise of the Annapolis Yacht Yard as the United States enters WWII.

In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists organized a picnic on the border of Hungary and Austria. But this was not an ordinary picnic-it was located on the dangerous militarized frontier known as the Iron Curtain. Tacit permission from the highest state authorities could be revoked at any moment. On wisps of rumor, thousands of East German "vacationers" packed Hungarian campgrounds, awaiting an opportunity, fearing prison, surveilled by lurking Stasi agents. The Pan-European Picnic set the stage for the greatest border breach in Cold War history: hundreds crossed from the Communist East to the longed-for freedom of the West.Drawing on dozens of original interviews-including Hungarian activists and border guards, East German refugees, Stasi secret police, and the last Communist prime minister of Hungary-Matthew Longo tells a gripping and revelatory tale of the unraveling of the Iron Curtain and the birth of a new world order. Just a few months after the Picnic, the Berlin Wall fell, and the freedom for which the activists and refugees had abandoned their homes, risked imprisonment, sacrificed jobs, family, and friends, was suddenly available to everyone. But were they really free? And why, three decades since the Iron Curtain was torn down, have so many sought once again to build walls?Cinematically told, The Picnic recovers a time when it seemed possible for the world to change. With insight and panache, Longo explores the opportunities taken-and the opportunities we failed to take-in that pivotal moment.

Challenges state-centric interpretations of insurgent politics by offering a performative perspective on Sri Lanka's Tamil nationalist movement.

A painstaking and unflinching catalogue of settlers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI who enslaved humans, some even after the practice became illegal.The reader will find here the names of many of the most prominent families of Atlantic Canada. Illustrated with images of 'runaway slave' advertisements, letters from the powerful to each other about their dealings in the powerless, and extracts from court hearings when the enslaved tried to bring their owners to account.

This book explores the interaction between science-society and the development of forensic science and analyses the historical roots of crime detection in colonial India.