Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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The Dublin Helix: The Life of Language in Joyce's <em>Ulysses</em>

The Dublin Helix is a puzzle book, taking as its method James Joyce's own playful manipulations of language and matching them with entertaining word searches, acrostics, and other enigmas. Knowles finds ways into Ulysses that have never before

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Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: African Princess, Florida Slave, Plantation Slaveowner, Revised and Expanded Edition

In this revised and expanded edition of Anna Kingsley&rsquo;s remarkable life story, Daniel Schafer draws on new discoveries to prove true the longstanding rumors that Anna Madgigine Jai was originally a princess from the royal family of Jolof in Senegal. Captured from her homeland in 1806, she became first an American slave, later a slaveowner, and eventually a central figure in a free black community. Anna Kingsley&rsquo;s story adds a dramatic chapter to the history of the South, the state of Florida, and the African diaspora.

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Key West: The Old and the New

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Living Ceramics, Storied Ground: A History of African American Archaeology

Exploring the archaeological study of enslavement and emancipation in the United States, this book discusses significant findings, the attitudes and approaches of past researchers, and the development of the field.

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An Introduction to the Chansons de Geste

Old French epic poems, or&nbsp;<em>chansons de geste</em>, are one of the most important traditions of the French Middle Ages. Consisting of approximately 120 poems including the famous&nbsp;<em>Song of Roland</em>, these tremendously popular songs were based on French history but often embellished in fantastical ways and written to be performed by minstrels.

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Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today

The contributors to this volume illustrate that the war on drugs has been ineffective at best and, at worst, has been highly detrimental to countries throughout the region. They present a clear picture of drug trafficking and its role in organized crime while discussing the major trends of the war on drugs in the twenty-first century, as well as its future.

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Jacksonville: The Consolidation Story, from Civil Rights to the Jaguars

The decision to consolidate with surrounding Duval County began the transformation of this conservative, Deep South, backwater city into a prosperous, mainstream metropolis.

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Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba

In the first book to focus on the activism of Black women during Cuba&rsquo;s prerevolutionary period, Takkara Brunson discusses how these women battled exclusion on multiple fronts but played an important role in forging a modern democracy.

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Tampa Cigar Workers: A Pictorial History

Featuring more than 200 photos, this book documents the history of the immigrants who created the cigar industry in Tampa and the extraordinary multi-ethnic community that flourished around it.

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Throwing Off the Cloak of Privilege: White Southern Women Activists in the Civil Rights Era