Fires Of Gold

Author : Lauren Coyle Rosen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780520343337
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fires of Gold written by Lauren Coyle Rosen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fires of Gold is a powerful ethnography of the often shrouded cultural, legal, political, and spiritual forces governing the gold mining industry in Ghana, one of Africa's most celebrated democracies. Lauren Coyle Rosen argues that significant sources of power have arisen outside of the formal legal system to police, adjudicate, and navigate conflict in this theater of violence, destruction, and rebirth. These authorities, or shadow sovereigns, include the transnational mining company, collectivized artisanal miners, civil society advocacy groups, and significant religious figures and spiritual forces from African, Islamic, and Christian traditions. Often more salient than official bodies of government, the shadow sovereigns reveal a reconstitution of sovereign power--one that, in many ways, is generated by hidden dimensions of the legal system. Coyle Rosen also contends that spiritual forces are central in anchoring and animating shadow sovereigns as well as key forms of legal authority, economic value, and political contestation. This innovative book illuminates how the crucible of gold, itself governed by spirits, serves as a critical site for embodied struggles over the realignment of the classical philosophical triad: the city, the soul, and the sacred.

Author : Lauren Coyle Rosen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520974735
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fires of Gold written by Lauren Coyle Rosen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fires of Gold is a powerful ethnography of the often shrouded cultural, legal, political, and spiritual forces governing the gold mining industry in Ghana, one of Africa’s most celebrated democracies. Lauren Coyle Rosen argues that significant sources of power have arisen outside of the formal legal system to police, adjudicate, and navigate conflict in this theater of violence, destruction, and rebirth. These authorities, or shadow sovereigns, include the transnational mining company, collectivized artisanal miners, civil society advocacy groups, and significant religious figures and spiritual forces from African, Islamic, and Christian traditions. Often more salient than official bodies of government, the shadow sovereigns reveal a reconstitution of sovereign power—one that, in many ways, is generated by hidden dimensions of the legal system. Coyle Rosen also contends that spiritual forces are central in anchoring and animating shadow sovereigns as well as key forms of legal authority, economic value, and political contestation. This innovative book illuminates how the crucible of gold, itself governed by spirits, serves as a critical site for embodied struggles over the realignment of the classical philosophical triad: the city, the soul, and the sacred.

Author : David Wyatt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195127412
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five Fires written by David Wyatt and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using his background in cultural history and literature, David Wyatt focuses this history of California on five events that swept through the state, altering its physical and political landscape. "Five Fires" provides a unique framework for understanding the recent developments in California and will prove an important contribution to the history of American culture. Photos.

Author : Robert Graysmith
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307720578
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Fire written by Robert Graysmith and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer, told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco. When San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. He learned that Sawyer was a volunteer firefighter, local hero, and a former “Torch Boy,” racing ahead of hand-drawn fire engines at night carrying torches to light the way. When a mysterious serial arsonist known as “The Lightkeeper” was in the process of burning San Francisco to the ground, Sawyer played a key role in stopping him, helping to contain what is now considered the most disastrous and costly series of fires ever experienced by an American metropolis. By chronicling how Sawyer took it upon himself to investigate, expose, and stop the arsonist, Black Fire details Sawyer’s remarkable life and illustrates why Twain would later feel compelled to name his iconic character after him when writing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A vivid portrayal of the gritty, corrupt, and violent world of the Gold Rush-era West, Black Fire is the most vibrant and thorough account of Sawyer’s relationship with Mark Twain, and of the devastating fires that baptized San Francisco.

Author : Rebecca Hatcher Travis
Publisher : Chickasaw Press
ISBN 13 : 9781935684589
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Constant Fires written by Rebecca Hatcher Travis and published by Chickasaw Press. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest collection of poems from award-winning Chickasaw poet Rebecca Hatcher Travis brings readers to a deeper understanding of the Chickasaw people and perspective. Sixty poems are presented in four sections titled "Blood Streaks," "Stirrings," "Voices in Place," and "Earth Echoes." Constant Fires captures the stories, struggles, and people of past generations, rejoices in the perseverance and determination of First Americans, and celebrates the beauty of nature and our connection to the natural world.

Author : Phyllis A. Whitney
Publisher : Center Point
ISBN 13 : 9781585473366
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fire and the Gold written by Phyllis A. Whitney and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melora, undecided about her future with handsome Quent Seymour of Nob Hill, becomes distracted and confused when an earthquake strikes San Francisco in 1906 and she meets Tony Ellis in the midst of the turmoil.

Author : Sudhish Chandra Banerjee
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000443760
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prevention and Combating Mine Fires written by Sudhish Chandra Banerjee and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing concern about fires in mines, coal mines in particular. Attempts are being made to improve mine fire combat efforts and their prevention, taking advantage of developments in the fields of science and technology. This book looks at those developments and their applications.

Author : June CL Tan
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063056399
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jade Fire Gold written by June CL Tan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Girls of Paper and Fire meets A Song of Wraiths and Ruin in June CL Tan’s stunning debut, where ferocious action, shadowy intrigue, rich magic, and a captivating slow-burn romance collide. In an empire on the brink of war . . . Ahn is no one, with no past and no family. Altan is a lost heir, his future stolen away as a child. When they meet, Altan sees in Ahn a path to reclaiming the throne. Ahn sees a way to finally unlock her past and understand her lethal magical abilities. But they may have to pay a far deadlier price than either could have imagined. A stunning homage to the Xianxia novel with dangerous magic, fast-paced action, and a delightful romance, Jade Fire Gold isn’t one to miss! “An addictive story that is impossible to put down." —Swati Teerdhala, author of The Tiger at Midnight series "Adventure at its finest. A beautifully rendered story that honors the great wuxia epics.” —Joan He, author of Descendant of the Crane and The Ones We're Meant to Find “An epic adventure!” —Elizabeth Lim, New York Times bestselling author of Spin the Dawn and So This Is Love “Epic in every sense of the word, beautiful as it is sweeping." —Roseanne A. Brown, New York Times bestselling author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

Author : E.J. Stewart
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0978608739
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bow of Burning Gold written by E.J. Stewart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the tale of Saint George and the Dragon set in three dimensions. Prince George solves fairy puzzles, races giants and performs miracles - but in the end his faith allows him to free Larkwood from evil and heal his father.

Author : mrs. Newton Sears
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cleansing fires written by mrs. Newton Sears and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: