Autobiography Of An Archive

Author : Nicholas B. Dirks
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231538510
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Autobiography of an Archive written by Nicholas B. Dirks and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decades between 1970 and the end of the twentieth century saw the disciplines of history and anthropology draw closer together, with historians paying more attention to social and cultural factors and the significance of everyday experience in the study of the past. The people, rather than elite actors, became the focus of their inquiry, and anthropological insights into agriculture, kinship, ritual, and folk customs enabled historians to develop richer and more representative narratives. The intersection of these two disciplines also helped scholars reframe the legacies of empire and the roots of colonial knowledge. In this collection of essays and lectures, history's turn from high politics and formal intellectual history toward ordinary lives and cultural rhythms is vividly reflected in a scholar's intellectual journey to India. Nicholas B. Dirks recounts his early study of kingship in India, the rise of the caste system, the emergence of English imperial interest in controlling markets and India's political regimes, and the development of a crisis in sovereignty that led to an extraordinary nationalist struggle. He shares his personal encounters with archives that provided the sources and boundaries for research on these subjects, ultimately revealing the limits of colonial knowledge and single disciplinary perspectives. Drawing parallels to the way American universities balance the liberal arts and specialized research today, Dirks, who has occupied senior administrative positions and now leads the University of California at Berkeley, encourages scholars to continue to apply multiple approaches to their research and build a more global and ethical archive.

Author : Bill Peet
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395689820
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bill Peet written by Bill Peet and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1989 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.

Author : W. E. B. Du Bois
Publisher : Diasporic Africa Press
ISBN 13 : 1937306186
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of W. E. B. DuBois written by W. E. B. Du Bois and published by Diasporic Africa Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume is quite different from the other two autobiographies by Du Bois not only because of its additional two-decade span, and the significantly altered outlook of its author, but also because in it—unlike the others—he seeks, as he writes, "to review my life as frankly and fully as I can." Of course, with the directness and honesty which so decisively characterized him, he reminds the reader of this book of the intense subjectivity that inevitably permeates autobiography; hence, he writes, he offers this account of his life as he understood it and as he—would like others to believe—it to have been. Certainly, while Dr. Du Bois was deep in his ninth decade when he died, longevity was the least remarkable feature of his life. As editor, author, lecturer, scholar, organizer, inspirer, and fighter, he was among the most consequential figures of the twentieth century. Necessarily, therefore, the full and final accounting of that life and his times becomes an indispensable volume.

Author : Marianne North
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recollections of a Happy Life written by Marianne North and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Desi Arnaz
Publisher : William Morrow &Company
ISBN 13 : 9780688003425
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Book written by Desi Arnaz and published by William Morrow &Company. This book was released on 1976 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marianne Faithfull
Publisher : Cooper Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1461660971
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faithfull written by Marianne Faithfull and published by Cooper Square Press. This book was released on 2000-06-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From pop stardom through the depths of addiction to her punk-rock comeback, Marianne Faithfull's life captures rock 'n' roll at its most decadent and its most destructive. Faithfull's first hit, 1964's "As Tears Go By," opened doors to the hippest circles in London. There she frolicked with the most luminous of the young, rich, and reckless, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. Her legendary affair with Mick Jagger produced one hit single, "Sister Morphine," and countless headlines. Faithfull left the relationship a strung-out junkie. Struggling to kick drugs and revive her musical career, she recorded Broken English in 1979, an edgy, hard-hitting, critical triumph. As honest in her autobiography as in her music, Faithfull is a searing, intimate portrait of a woman who examines her adventures and misadventures without flinching, without apology.

Author : Louis H. Sullivan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3Z/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of an Idea written by Louis H. Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early creative years of pioneer American architect and theorist called the 'father of the skyscraper.' Projects, insights, evaluations. Essential for an understanding of early modern American architecture.

Author : Henry Bessemer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S. written by Henry Bessemer and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sergey Prokofiev
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780898751499
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book S. Prokofiev written by Sergey Prokofiev and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergei Prokofiev was a bold innovator who eschewed the beaten path in art all his life, often in defiance of orthodox tastes. His compositions, many of which are today recognized masterpieces of musical art, usually evoked either genuine bewilderment or sharp criticism when first performed.Prokofiev's music is performed today all over the world; his works are studied at music schools everywhere.The first two parts of this book are devoted to the composer's own writings (his autobiographical notes, articles and reviews), the rest to articles about Prokofiev by prominent Soviet musicians, artists, and others who were associated with him at one or another period of his life.

Author : Benvenuto Cellini
Publisher : London : J.C. Nimmo
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Benvenuto Cellini written by Benvenuto Cellini and published by London : J.C. Nimmo. This book was released on 1888 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: