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These highly entertaining memoirs of Marius Petipa, the great
Franco-Russian choreogapher had never before been translated into
English before their first publication in 1958. As virtual dictator
of the Russian ballet in the second half of the 19th century,
Petipa moulded its course for many years and may have been said to
have created the style of classical dancing still known as Russian.
His renown is undisputed, and his work lives not only in the pages
of dance history but in the ballet repertoire of most Companies
today. Petipa's memoirs reveal many inter-esting details of his
career and of the people he worked with, including Tchaikovsky and
the young Pavlova, and give an insight into his character and
genius that it is not possible to gain from any other source.
Written towards the end of his long life, in a mood of disillusion,
when his work was neglected and in decline, he would have been
delighted to know that his great ballets such as Sleeping Beauty,
Swan Lake, and La Bayadere are more popular today than ever before.
It's a historical account of African people and their imprint on
the development of every society throughout history. It's
significant contribution to the study of race, and race-relations,
with a highly advanced input and scholarly impressive understanding
for students of all ages. It examines Africa's participation in the
development of China's first dynasty, Dravidian India, ancient
Greek civilizations, and Europe's medieval economy. Readers are
introduced to unknown advanced African societies throughout the
Middle East and Meso-america's ancient Olmecs, the predecessors of
all Native American, or Amerindian civilizations. The detail
research focuses on the abolition of slavery worldwide and on the
long lasting avenues blacks have traveled in search of freedom,
equal rights, and justice throughout the Americas, and the lack of
economic power still existent in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Africans In The Americas (Our Footprints Throughout The World)
identifies our history and outlines solutions that yield
enlightenment to all. It is brilliantly written to the
understanding of readers of all ages and races. do not know that
their roots grows deeper than their immediate surroundings and
stretches far beyond other civilizations across the globe.
As minister of education and president of the Academy of Sciences,
Count Sergei Uvarov was one of the most important statesmen in
nineteenth-century Russia. But, because he has often been labeled
as a reactionary and sycophant, his ideas and policies have tended
to be dismissed as examples of the bankruptcy of the Russian "cold
regime." Whittaker's intellectual biography, based on research in
Russia and Finland, offers a striking reinterpretation of Uvarov's
career and of the quality of Russian intellectual life in his age
and in assuring his country's place in the mainstream of European
educational development. With its wealth of new insights, The
Origins of Modern Russian Education will be of interest to readers,
specialists and nonspecialists alike who are concerned with
nineteenth-century Russia and with the history of education in
general.
Russian monarchs have long been regarded as majestic and despotic,
ruling over mute and servile subjects in a vast empire isolated
from the rest of the European continent. Challenging this view,
Cynthia H. Whittaker uncovers a political dialogue about the nature
and limitations of monarchy in eighteenth-century Russia-an
interchange that took place between rulers and writers under the
influence of western and central European Enlightenment thinking.
Roughly 250 authors participated in this public discourse on
monarchical power, producing more than 500 publications and
official pronouncements on monarchy. Beginning with Peter the
Great, Russian rulers shifted the foundation for legitimacy from
its religious underpinnings to a secular basis, as notions of a
monarch's duty to reform began to replace divine right as the
justification for absolute power. During the recurring crises of
succession in the eighteenth century, monarchs sought further
legitimacy and celebrated their "election" by the "people" (that
is, key members of the elite). Writers, in turn, engaged rulers in
public discussion via the printed word as they examined monarchical
legitimacy and debated its feasibility with sophisticated arguments
drawn from the arsenal of classical and current European ideas.
Intended for the eyes of both the sovereign and the educated elite,
publications in nearly every genre contained didactic passages
explaining proper conduct for a monarch. Writers also warned of the
dire consequences awaiting the ruler who did not abide by these
accepted standards of behavior; and in the course of the century,
three monarchs lost the throne. Russian Monarchy shows how this
eighteenth-century dialogue between elites and their monarchs
revolutionized the concept of rule and gave writers a role in
shaping their political environment.
This book explores the role and experience of African American
women scholars and educators in the field of human, family, and
consumer sciences. Its five sections cover careers in education,
the role of historically Black colleges and universities,
opportunities and challenges brought about by the
internationalization of the field, opportunities for new careers
paths in the human sciences, and the current and future role of
technology. The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds
with experiences in research, teaching, outreach, and service.
Taken together, the essays capture the vitality and diversity of
knowledge that has, over time, assisted in transforming the field.
This book explores the role and experience of African American
women scholars and educators in the field of human, family, and
consumer sciences. Its five sections cover careers in education,
the role of historically Black colleges and universities,
opportunities and challenges brought about by the
internationalization of the field, opportunities for new careers
paths in the human sciences, and the current and future role of
technology. The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds
with experiences in research, teaching, outreach, and service.
Taken together, the essays capture the vitality and diversity of
knowledge that has, over time, assisted in transforming the field.
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