Subject Area: Colonialism
Bartelt, Guillermo2026 1-4955-1338-6 120 pages
Despite the paucity of documentary sources concerning Pacomio and his life story, much can be reconstructed, I believe, from the historical and cultural milieu that surrounded him. Thus, the following biographical exploration is an endeavor to flesh out the few available facts about this valorous personality by interpreting his agency and influence in the native as well as the Spanish colonial and Mexican national contexts which shaped his trajectory. As Pacomio is still venerated by thousands of Californians who claim Chumash ancestry, it is time to pay homage to one of the valiant protagonists of the indigenous heroic age.
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Whisker, James B.
2026 1-4955-1357-2 408 pages
This volume follows Fort bedford's history from 1755 until the ending of the American Revolution 1781.
During the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) Colonel Bouquet and General Forbes used Fort Bedford as their headquarters for portions of the campaign against Fort Duquesne, most of the army moved westward. At the peak, the fort was garrisoned by about eight hundred men. The fort saw little action during the Seven Years War and was used mainly as a supply base.Fort Bedford became the key supply base as well as a vital link in communications for Forbes' army. Bedford had been laid out on ground purchased by the Penn family from George Croghan. The ground had been occupied by Garret Pendergrass, tavern keeper. Bedford County was erected and the town made the county seat of all of Pennsylvania west of Ray's Hill,in 1771.
The various fortifications built by Forbes were intended to fulfill three principal functions: (1) to serve as protection against enemy attacks during the period while the army was advancing troops and supplies in order to consolidate a forward position; (2) to protect wagon trains and other military units engaged in transporting supplies and (3) to afford one or more rallying points in case the army should suffer a reverse which might necessitate a retreat. The actual experience of the Forbes campaign afforded ample proof of Forbes' wisdom in providing these fortifications. There are three reasons for building forts which have long been taught. First, they serve as shelter for soldiers. More importantly, they are shelter for threatened settlers. Third, they were used as points of trade and diplomatic contacts with the native aborigine. Forts were deliberately placed beyond the settlement line so that hostile warriors would be drawn to them, thereby sparing the settled communities from the violence.
The sage of Fort Bedford goes beyond it's origins and examines the various people who made this history in their own words. The quotes retain original spelling and abbreviations then in common use.
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Obinna, Elijah
2013 0-7734-3041-5 280 pages
A fresh insight into the relationship between Scottish missionaries and the indigenous peoples in Africa which focuses on the outcomes of missionary activities in the process of imperial conquest and colonization among the Amasiri, of Ebonyi state in southeastern Nigeria.
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Pointer, Fritz
2016 1-4955-1099-9 80 pages
In this poem and with the inclusion of powerful images, Fritz Pointer offers a response to the "bloodless narrative." In his words, "one key tool for maintaining perpetual war is the 'bloodless narrative' [used]...to create the impression that America's wars have few consequences." (Prologue) This is a softcover book.
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Whisker, James B.
2024 1-4955-1304-1 118 pages
A very well developed study of Early American Military History. "England in the seventeenth century possessed a huge reservoir of manpower, which was so large that the king found it it impossible to train more than a small portion of it. What the crown was forced to do was train and equip only a force large enough to meet local emergencies and, possib1y but not probably, meet the threat of invasion. The Puritan colonists, by contrast, were initially few in number and under equipped while facing challenges both from other Europeans and from the native warriors."
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Whisker, James B.
2024 1-4955-1305-X 118 pages
A very well developed study of Early American Military History. "England in the seventeenth century possessed a huge reservoir of manpower, which was so large that the king found it it impossible to train more than a small portion of it. What the crown was forced to do was train and equip only a force large enough to meet local emergencies and, possib1y but not probably, meet the threat of invasion. The Puritan colonists, by contrast, were initially few in number and under equipped while facing challenges both from other Europeans and from the native warriors."
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Hendrix, Scott E.
2012 0-7734-2658-2 140 pages
No scholarship exists on the English colonization of Ireland in the sixteenth centuries from a post-colonial perspective, and this book seeks to fill in that gap in the literature. While aimed at academic generalists, and described as an introduction to the topic, the book expands ongoing discussions about the nature of imperialism, and whether or not there is a paradigmatic way in which it occurs that transcends its particular time and place. Ireland is a microcosm that when studied reveals how the contemporary world still shows lingering traces of colonialism. Hendrix convincingly shows how English involvement in the region forever changed the cultural landscape of Ireland.
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Petersson, Fredrik
2014 0-7734-4298-7 1152 pages
A monumental study filled with ‘never before’ revealed information and facts from the archives in Moscow, Berlin, Amsterdam, London and Stockholm uncovering why the Comintern established and supported the League against Imperialism and for National Independence (LAI, 1927-37) and its anti-imperialist agenda. A riveting study of intrigue, power struggles, and personal ambitions deftly defined by communist ideology and strategy with eminent activists like Münzenberg, Nehru and Albert Einstein this is a ‘must have’ resource reference.
This book represents the product of a very substantial amount of original research which transforms our understanding of the history of the League against Imperialism. Until Petersson availed himself of the opportunities afforded by the opening of the Russian archives comparatively little was known about the LAI, its organization, its relations with the Comintern, or the role of its principal players, particularly that of Willi Munzenberg.
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