The Convict Colonel

Author : Richard Price
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822338239
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Convict and the Colonel written by Richard Price and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An election day massacre in colonial Martinique. A "mad" artist who lives in a cave. A satirical wooden bust of a white colonel. The artist's banishment to the Devil's Island penal colony for "impertinence." And a young anthropologist who arrives in Martinique in 1962, on the eve of massive modernization. In a stunning combination of scholarship and storytelling, the award-winning anthropologist Richard Price draws on long-term ethnography, archival documents, cinema and street theater, and Caribbean fiction and poetry to explore how one generation's powerful historical metaphors could so quickly become the next generation's trivial pursuit, how memories of oppression, inequality, and struggle could so easily become replaced by nostalgia, complicity, and celebration. "A superb callaloo of a book. . . . Richard Price has a remarkable grasp of the literatures of the Caribbean, and draws on this resource to explore the underlying insanity of the colonial experience, as well as the bewildering complexities of the postcolonial world where memory is erased or invented according to the demands of a market modernity."--George Lamming, author of The Pleasures of Exile "By beautifully crafting elements as disparate as biographical data, sociological studies, literary sources, and archival documents, Richard Price's research is more fascinating than a piece of fiction."--Maryse Condé, author of I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem "Price does it again. Mixing eras, genres, and voices, he carries the reader through the contradictory streams of historical consciousness in the Caribbean island of Martinique. The result is as complex and as enticing as the sea it evokes."--Michel-Rolph Trouillot, author of Silencing the Past "Filled with insights that are at once theoretical, methodological, and ethnographic, The Convict and the Colonel is required reading for anyone interested in colonialism, memory, and contemporary Caribbean societies."--Jennifer Cole, American Ethnologist

Author : Fortuné Du Boisgobey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sensational Novels: The convict colonel written by Fortuné Du Boisgobey and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fortuné Du Boisgobey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Convict Colonel written by Fortuné Du Boisgobey and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John P F Lynch
Publisher : Sid Harta Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1925282007
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Convict and the Soldier written by John P F Lynch and published by Sid Harta Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael, convicted of a minor crime, is sent to Van Diemen's Land to serve his sentence; John (the soldier) is involved in a minor scandal that means he must resign his commission. He decides to pursue a new military career in the Colonies. Paths cross, families join and hardships are overcome. This is a story of courage, seized opportunities and new beginnings. This novel is an insight into the life and times of an Irish convict and English soldier during the 1850s. The reader journeys with them from Ireland's County Clare and Cumberland in England, to the Australian Colonies of Van Diemen's Land with its penal system and finally to the Victorian bushlands. Generally historically and geographically accurate, John Lynch has lived up to his previous local history publications, by weaving true tales within these pages.

Author : Great Britain. Surveyor-General of Prisons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.CD/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on the Discipline and Management of the Convict Prisons, and Disposal of Convicts, 1852 written by Great Britain. Surveyor-General of Prisons and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Correctional Association of New York
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Prison Association of New York written by Correctional Association of New York and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 51st includes "Prison laws of the State of New York" (p. [157]-998)

Author : Prison Association of New York
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Prison Association of New York written by Prison Association of New York and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alva C. Roach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prisoner of War, and how Treated written by Alva C. Roach and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Labor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prison-made Merchandise written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Labor and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Libby Ashworth
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 1800327625
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Convict's Wife written by Libby Ashworth and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can she keep her family together? When Molly Holden’s husband, Thomas, is convicted in 1812 of being a Luddite on the word of a secret informer, he is sentenced to be transported to Australia. Left with their baby daughter, Molly must find work to survive. But the man who informed on Thomas is a former suitor of Molly’s, and Isaac believes that with Thomas out of the way she will return to him... Yet Molly is determined to join her husband and find a way to pay for passage, all the while trying to stay one step ahead of Isaac’s nefarious interferences. But will it be enough to cross the ocean and be reunited with her beloved Thomas? Based on real events, this is an inspiring Lancashire saga of one woman’s journey of love, family and survival. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Kitty Neale and June Francis. Praise for The Convict's Wife 'For all Saga fans this book is a must! I found it to be an extremely good and totally absorbing read, particularly as it is based on fact. I particularly warmed to Molly, a typical "Lancashire lass". Her sheer determination was so commendable and heart warming. A thoroughly satisfying read, I will look forward to Libby’s next novel.' LYN ANDREWS, author of The Girls from Mersey View 'A beautifully crafted saga, that kept me enthralled by Molly's love and faithfulness to her husband. A wonderful, fireside read, filled with hope and determination, just what we need in these hard times.' DIANE ALLEN, author of For the Sake of Her Family 'An exciting tale of love, intrigue and family ties set in 1812 that moves between Bolton and Australia. I look forward to reading Libby's next book in the series.' LINDA FINLAY, author of The Farringdon's Fate series 'Using her vast local knowledge and research, and her gift for transforming real history into page-turning drama, this is a captivating opener to what promises to be an exciting new series.' Lancashire Post