An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce wrecked on the western coast of Africa in the month of August 1815 : with an account of the sufferings of her surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs, on the...
Imagined Ancestries of Vietnamese Communisim illuminates the real and imagined lives of Ton Duc Thang (1888-1980), a celebrated revolutionary activist and Vietnamese communist icon, but it is much more than a conventional biography. This multifaceted study constitutes the first detailed re-evaluation of the official history of the Vietnamese Communist Party and is a critical analysis of the inner workings of Vietnamese historiography never before undertaken in its scope. In prominence and public visibility second only to ...
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Imagined Ancestries of Vietnamese Communisim illuminates the real and imagined lives of Ton Duc Thang (1888-1980), a celebrated revolutionary activist and Vietnamese communist icon, but it is much more than a conventional biography. This multifaceted study constitutes the first detailed re-evaluation of the official history of the Vietnamese Communist Party and is a critical analysis of the inner workings of Vietnamese historiography never before undertaken in its scope. In prominence and public visibility second only to Ho Chi Minh, whom he succeeded in the presidency, Ton Duc Thang in fact lacked any real power. Author Christoph Giebel reconciles this seeming contradiction by showing that it was only Ton Duc Thang who could personify for the Party crucial legitimizing "ancestries" those that linked Vietnamese communism with the Russian October Revolution, highlighted proletarian internationalism among its ranks, and rooted the Party in Viet Nam's south. The study traces the decades-long, complex processes in which famous heroic episodes in Ton Duc Thang's life were manipulated or simply fabricated and--depending on prevailing historical and political necessities--utilized as propaganda by the Communist Party. Over time, narrative control over these tales switched hands, however, and since the late 1950s the stories came to be used in factional disputes by competing ideological and regional interests within the revolutionary camp. Based on innovative archival research in Viet Nam and France and on analyses of biographical writings, propaganda, and museum representations, the study challenges core assumptions about the history of the Vietnamese Communist Part and sheds light on divisions within the revolutionary movement along regional, class, and ideological lines. Giebel uses the fictions and contested facts of Ton's life to demonstrate that history-writing and the constructions of memories and identities are always political acts.
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Add this copy of An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig to cart. $42.00, fair condition, Sold by Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fleetville, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1845 by S. Andrus and Son, Circa.
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Fair. Revised edition, circa 1845. Brown blindstamped decorative cloth, 5x7 ½ inches, 271 pp, illustrated with only 6 plates despite the 10 mentioned on the title page, no map, presumably as issued. Hardcover, fair. Most of the backstrip gone from the spine, corners bumped with cardboard exposed there and at spots along edges of boards, previous owner's name, in gold lettering, on front board. Internally, previous owners' inscriptions on front and rear endpapers, shaken, hinge cracks between the gatherings, foxing, a few dogears. History; Africa; Timbuctoo, Sahara Desert; Morocco; slavery; shipwrecks.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (Slavery, North Africa, Autobiography) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Add this copy of An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig to cart. $64.86, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by British Library, Historical Pr.
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Add this copy of An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig to cart. $122.00, fair condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1818 by Published By the Author.
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Fair. Octavo. Third edition. Contemporary calf leather. Shaken, boards detached, chipping and loss to spine, wear to edges. Foxing throughout, map present and loose, loss to corner affecting title. A reading copy.
Add this copy of An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig to cart. $137.00, good condition, Sold by Shoemaker Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gettysburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1859 by Leavitt and Allen.
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Good or Better. No Dust Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 272 pp. Original brown cloth covers stamped in blind w/ gilt title and decoration on spine. Covers faded and rubbed; cocked. Corners bumped w/ light fraying to spine ends. Light scattered foxing. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Light dampstain at bottom margins of leaves 128 through 134. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece.
