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Master verbs of the German language with this ultimate reference
tool and study guide. Verbs are key to unlocking any foreign
language. Designed for quick and easy access using color coded
sections and tables you will get the most for your money in a
compact 6 page laminated guide that can be easily stored and is
durable enough to survive through high school, college, and any
travel adventure beyond. 6-page laminated guide includes: Verb
Classes Indicative Mood Imperative Mood Subjunctive Mood Passive
Voice Non-Finite Verb Forms Verb Position in Sentences Objects of
Verbs Vowel Changes of Strong Verbs Principal Parts of Irregular
Verbs
When you drink rum, you drink history. More than merely a popular
spirit in the transatlantic, rum became a cultural symbol of the
Caribbean. While rum is often dismissed as set dressing in texts
about the region, the historical and moral associations of alcohol
generally-and rum specifically-cue powerful stereotypes, from
touristic hedonism to social degeneracy. Rum Histories examines the
drink in anglophone Atlantic literature in the period of
decolonization to complicate and elevate the symbolic currency of a
commodity that in fact reflects the persistence of colonialism in
shaping the material and mental lives of postcolonial subjects. As
a product of the plantation and as an intoxicant, rum was a central
lubricant of the colonial economy as well as of cultural memory.
Discussing a wide spectrum of writing, from popular contemporary
works such as Christopher Moore's Fluke and Joseph O'Neill's
Netherland to classics by Michelle Cliff, V. S. Naipaul, and other
luminaries of the Caribbean diaspora, Jennifer Nesbitt investigates
how rum's specific role in economic exploitation is muddled by
moral attitudes about the consequences of drinking. The centrality
of alcohol use to racialized and gendered norms guides Nesbitt's
exploration of how the global commodities trade connects disparate
populations across history and geography. This innovative study
reveals rum's fascinating role in expressing the paradox of a
postcolonial world still riddled with the legacies of colonialism.
The importance of scientific investigation and research is becoming
more pronounced in today's society, with many organizations relying
on this research to make informed decisions. As such, research
methodology courses have been integrated into undergraduate and
master's programs at most academic institutions where students are
being challenged to conduct and write research. Social Research
Methodology and New Techniques in Analysis, Interpretation, and
Writing is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research
on the main concepts of research writing, including the guidelines
of research methodology and proposal designing. While highlighting
topics such as mixed method research, research objectives, and
project proposals, this publication provides examples of eight PhD
proposals and the frameworks used in organizing qualitative,
quantitative, and mixed method research. This book is ideally
designed for graduate-level students, academicians, researchers,
educators, scholars, education administrators, and policymakers
seeking current research on the key steps and techniques used in
organizing social research proposals.
In Imaginary Empires, Maria O'Malley examines early American texts
published between 1767 and 1867 whose narratives represent women's
engagement in the formation of empire. Her analysis unearths a
variety of responses to contact, exchange, and cohabitation in the
early United States, stressing the possibilities inherent in the
literary to foster participation, resignification, and
rapprochement. New readings of The Female American, Leonora
Sansay's Secret History, Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Hope Leslie,
Lydia Maria Child's A Romance of the Republic, and Harriet Jacobs's
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl confound the metaphors of
ghosts, haunting, and amnesia that proliferate in many recent
studies of early US literary history. Instead, as O'Malley shows,
these writings foreground acts of foundational violence involved in
the militarization of domestic spaces, the legal impediments to the
transfer of property and wealth, and the geopolitical standing of
the United States. Racialized and gendered figures in the texts
refuse to die, leave, or stay silent. In imagining different kinds
of futures, these writers reckon with the ambivalent role of women
in empire-building as they negotiate between their own subordinate
position in society and their exertion of sovereignty over others.
By tracing a thread of virtual history found in works by women,
Imaginary Empires explores how reflections of the past offer a
means of shaping future sociopolitical formations.
Use this guide to explore this Newbery Honor Book about a boy who
must learn to survive in the wilderness with only the help of his
hatchet. Hatchet: An Instructional Guide for Literature is filled
with challenging cross-curricular activities and lessons that work
in conjunction with the text. Students will learn how to analyze
story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading, improve
text-based vocabulary, and determine meaning through text-dependent
questions. Strengthen your students' literacy skills by
implementing this high-interest resource in your classroom!
In her own private ways, Emily Dickinson participated in the
popular entertainments of her time. On her piano, she performed
popular musical numbers, many from the tradition of minstrelsy, and
at theaters, she listened to famous musicians, including Jenny Lind
and, likely, the Hutchinson Family Singers. In reading the Atlantic
Monthly, the Springfield Republican, and Harper's, she kept up with
the roiling conflicts over slavery and took in current fiction and
verse. And, she enjoyed the occasional excursion to the traveling
circus and appreciated the attractions of the dime museum. Whatever
her aspirations were regarding participation in a public arena, the
rich world of popular culture offered Dickinson a view of both the
political and social struggles of her time and the amusements of
her contemporaries."Theatricals of Day" explores how popular
culture and entertainments are seen, heard, and felt in Dickinson's
writing. In accessible prose, Sandra Runzo proposes that the
presence of popular entertainment in Dickinson's life and work
opens our eyes to new dimensions of the poems, illuminating the
ways in which the poet was attentive to strife and conflict, to
amusement, and to play.
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