Author: Matt D. Childs
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Keywords: cuba, slavery, envisioning, atlantic, struggle, rebellion, aponte
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2006-11-27
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0807857726
ISBN-13: 9780807857724

In 1812 a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most important slave insurrections in Caribbean history. Matt Childs provides the first in-depth analysis of the rebellion, situating it in local, colonial, imperial, and Atlantic World contexts.Childs explains how slaves and free people of color responded to the nineteenth-century "sugar boom" in the Spanish colony by planning a rebellion against racial slavery and plantation agriculture. Striking alliances among free people of color and slaves, blacks an

Authors:Toyin Falola, Matt D. Childs,
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: world, atlantic, diaspora, yoruba
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2005-04-06
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0253217164
ISBN-13: 9780253217165

This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. The 19 essays, employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, provide a detailed study of how the Yoruba were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Yoruba identities and culture, and th

Authors:Paul Lomax, Matt Childs, Ron Petrusha,
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: reference, pocket, vbscript
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2001-02-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0596001266
ISBN-13: 9780596001261

Whether you’re developing code for Active Server Pages, client-side scripts for Internet Explorer, code for Outlook forms, or scripts for Windows Script Host, this book will be your constant companion. Based on the bestselling VBScript in a Nutshell, this small book details every VBScript language element--every statement, function, and object--both in VBScript itself and in the Microsoft Scripting Runtime Library. Entries are arranged alphabetically by topic, so that you can, for instance, easily find details about that string-handling function that you can’t quite remember. In ad

Author: Childs
Publisher: O’Reilly
Keywords: concis, amp, prã©cis, vbscript
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2001-09-05
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 2841771520
ISBN-13: 9782841771523

Author: B. Childs
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: lecture, notes, computer, science, equations, differential, boundary, value, problems, ordinary, codes
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 1979-06
List price: $63.95
ISBN-10: 0387095543
ISBN-13: 9780387095547

Author: Peter Childs
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: second, design, mechanical
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2004-01-13
List price: $50.95
ISBN-10: 0750657715
ISBN-13: 9780750657716

This book introduces the subject of total design, and introduces the design and selection of various common mechanical engineering components and machine elements. These provide "building blocks", with which the engineer can practice his or her art.The approach adopted for defining design follows that developed by the SEED (Sharing Experience in Engineering Design) programme where design is viewed as "the total activity necessary to provide a product or process to meet a market need." Within this framework the book concentrates on developing detailed mechanical design skills in the areas of be

Author: Charlsie Childs
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: major, obstacles, understanding, overcoming, accent, american, english, improve
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2003-12-10
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0071428097
ISBN-13: 9780071428095

Sound like a native English speaker in six easy lessons Even though you know the vocabulary and the endless grammar rules, you still find it difficult to pronounce English words correctly. This struggle with your new language can make communicating with native English speakers a frustrating experience for both you and them. Now you can gain confidence in your English skills and speak like an American with this focused, nonintimidating program. Improve Your American English Accent is an easy and enjoyable way to learn and master the most challenging American English speech characteristics