1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385834503316

Autore

Paterson William <1658-1719.>

Titolo

An abstract, of a letter from a person of eminency and worth in Caledonia [[electronic resource] ] : to a friend at Boston in New-England

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Printed by John Reid, 1699

Descrizione fisica

2, 4 p

Altri autori (Persone)

RossHugh

Soggetti

Broadsides17th century.Scotland

New Caledonia (Colony)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Caption title.

Letter attributed to Paterson by Wing.

P. 2 (1st grouping) dated: Fort St. Andrew, February, 18th. 1698,9.

Includes: Caledonia. The declaration of the council (4 p.).

P. 4 signed: Hugh Ross secretary. New Edinburgh, December 28, 1698.

Contains an optimistic appraisal of the colony at Darien, predicting it would become "the best and surest mart in America."

Reproduction of original in the John Carter Brown Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0097



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781373303321

Autore

Zegeye Abebe

Titolo

Close to the sources : essays on contemporary African culture, politics and academy / / Abebe Zegeye, Maurice Vambe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-65988-9

1-283-10303-6

9786613103031

1-136-65989-7

0-203-80707-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Routledge African studies ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

VambeMaurice Taonezvi

Disciplina

960.3/2

Soggetti

Postcolonialism - Africa

Education - Africa - History - 20th century

Education - Africa - History - 21st century

African literature - 20th century - History and criticism

African literature - 21st century - History and criticism

Africa Civilization 20th century

Africa Civilization 21st century

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Africa Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in paperback 2009 by Unisa Press, University of South Africa"--T.p. verso.

"Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Close to the Sources; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One. Introduction: The Assault on African Cultures; Chapter Two. Notes on Theorising Black Diaspora in Africa; Chapter Three. On the Postcolony and the Vulgarisation of Political Criticism; Chapter Four. Rethinking the Epistemic Conditions of Genocide in Africa; Chapter Five. African Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Chapter Six. Knowledge Production and Publishing in Africa; Chapter Seven. Amilcar Cabral: National Liberation as the Basis of



Africa's Renaissances

Chapter Eight. Amilcar Cabral and the Fortunes of African LiteratureChapter Nine. Perspectives on Africanising Educational Curricula in Africa; Chapter Ten. Voices from the Fringes: Some Reflections on Postcolonial South African Writings; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

European and African works have found it difficult to move past the image of Africa as a place of exotica and relentless brutality. This book explores the status and critical relationship between politics, culture, literary creativity, criticism, education and publishing in the context of promoting Africa's indigenous knowledge, and seeks to recover some of the sites where Africans continue to elaborate conflicting politics of self-affirmations. It both acknowledges and steps outside the protocols of analysis informed by nationalism, differentiating the forms that postcolonial theories have

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793623703321

Autore

Klein Eduard

Titolo

Bildungskorruption in Russland und der Ukraine : Eine komparative Analyse der Performanz staatlicher Antikorruptionsmassnahmen im Hochschulsektor am Beispiel universitarer Aufnahmeprufungen / / Eduard Klein ; edited by Andreas Umland ; mit einem vorwort von Heiko Pleines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2018

ISBN

3-8382-6995-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (521 pages)

Disciplina

364.1060947

Soggetti

Corruption - Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia