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In the late 1630s, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor
set sail from England, lured by the promise of the New World, to
settle in Barbados where he fell by chance into the lucrative life
of a sugar plantation owner. With George Ashby's first crop, the
cane revolution was underway and would go on to transform the
Caribbean into an archipelago of riches, establishing a thriving
worldwide industry that bound together ambitious white
entrepreneurs and enslaved black workers. As it grew, this sweet
colonial trade fuelled the Enlightenment and financed the
Industrial Revolution, but it also had more direct, less palatable
consequences for the individuals caught up in it, consequences that
still haunt the author's past. In this unique personal history,
Andrea Stuart follows the thread of her own family's involvement
with sugar through successive generations, telling a story of
insatiable greed and forbidden love, of abuse and liberation.
Elstree School celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2023. This is a
revised history of the school which gives a lively account of the
extraordinary Sanderson family who ran it for 100 years, the other
teachers who made it special and which celebrates some of its
distinguished old boys. Elstree was a feeder for Harrow, and in its
early days, had a strong intellectual background with figures such
as Joseph Conrad and John Galsworthy frequent visitors to the
school. The book explains the ethos of study, Christian faith, high
sporting achievement and good manners that have long given the
school its special quality, and brings the story right up to the
present day.
This much-needed volume is an edited collection of primary sources
that document the history of bilingual education in U.S. public
schools during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Part I of
the volume examines the development of dual-language programs for
immigrants, colonized Mexicans, and Native Americans during the
nineteenth century. Part II considers the attacks on bilingual
education during the Progressive-era drive for an English-only
curriculum and during the First World War. Part III explores the
resurgence of bilingual activities, particularly among Spanish
speakers and Native Americans, during the interwar period and
details the rise of the federal government's involvement in
bilingual instruction during the post-WWII decades. Part IV of the
volume examines the recent campaigns against bilingual education
and explores dual-language practices in today's classrooms. A
compilation of school reports, letters, government documents, and
other primary sources, this volume provides rich insights into the
history of this very contentious educational policy and practice
and will be of great interest to historians and language scholars,
as well as to educational practitioners and policymakers.
Groundbreaking, insightful, and compulsively readable,
"Revolution in Mind" goes beyond myth and polemic to give us the
story of one of the most controversial and important intellectual
endeavors of the twentieth century. In this masterful history,
George Makari demonstrates how a new way of thinking about inner
life coalesced and won followers who spread this body of thought
throughout the West. Along the way he introduces the reader to a
fascinating array of characters, many of whom have been long
ignored or forgotten.
"Revolution in Mind" is a brilliant, engaging, and radically
new work--the first ever to account fully for the making of
psychoanalysis.
There was little fanfare when Art "Mickey" McBride flew into
Chicago in 1945 to purchase a professional football team for
Cleveland. But that act set in motion a tradition that has brought
the city of Cleveland together on Sunday afternoons for (most of)
the sixty years to follow. Cleveland Browns History is the story of
championship seasons, legendary coaches, and Hall of Fame players.
Coach Paul Brown led his teams to seven league title games in their
first 17 seasons. Running backs Marion Motley, Jim Brown, and Leroy
Kelley each rushed over opposing defenses and
straight into Canton, Ohio, along with fellow Browns like Otto
Graham, Ozzie Newsome, and Len Ford. The "Kardiac Kids" in 1980 had
too many nail-biters for some fans, but won the AFC Central in
typical fashion -- by three points in the final game of the season.
All these stories, plus those of the many unsung heroes to don the
NFL's only logo-less helmet, fill the pages of this book, sure to
delight any Cleveland Browns fan.
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