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Reckoning with the Colonial Past to Bring Justice to the Present As White settlers spread across North America, they crafted and enacted an epic story of their God-given dominionover the land, over Indigenous nations, and over the future. Their narrative constructed a myth of innocence that justified a massive program of violence and dispossession by suppressing a darker history. That history still reverberates today, from settler Americas relations with the Indigenous nations of the United States to ways the land has been commodified as property. Its time for the whole truth to be told.In Undoing Manifest Destiny, L. Daniel Hawk exposes the belief systems and practices that settlers developed to justify the displacement, destruction, and cultural erasure of Indigenous peoples, beginning in the early American colonial period and extending to the present day. Writing as the descendant of White settlers and as a biblical scholar, he challenges settler Christians to uncover what the settler narrative denies and to work toward addressing historic injustices.In this book, Hawk combines settler colonial theory, historical analysis, and Christian theology to examine how settler America sought to erase Indigenous presence from lands taken by the United States and its colonial predecessors; offers a decolonizing perspective that challenges the church to acknowledge its complicity with the colonial project and to enter into dialogue directed toward setting things right; and highlights contemporary manifestations of colonialism in US interactions with its Indigenous citizens, demonstrating that past issues are still present and need to be addressed today. Hawk asserts that Christians were complicit with programs of erasure, and so Christians are called to confront and heal their residue today. Joining historical research with theology and biblical scholarship, Hawk helps us recognize the myths that shape the American imagination and to engage our faith for a better way forward.This book is an invaluable resource for scholars, educators, students, and readers invested in areas such as post- and de-colonial studies, race and ethnicity, United States history, and social justice. Deepen your understanding of history, confront unsettling truths, and work toward justice and healing with Undoing Manifest Destiny.

What is a human being? Where does neurosis begin? Is sexual desire truly the engine of thought? Can fear, trauma and depression ever be cured? And what, by the way, is the meaning of life? In this vivid and gripping account, psychologist Steve Ayan takes us back to fin-de-siecle Vienna, where a bold new idea was born: that psychotherapy could heal the mind. This is the enthralling story of how Freud, Jung, Adler, and their contemporaries revolutionised the way we understand ourselves - giving rise to psychotherapy, a field that would forever reshape Western culture. With captivating storytelling and deep insight, Ayan unpacks the dreams, rivalries, and obsessions of these early visionaries. More than simply a historical account, this book explores the lasting legacy of their work, revealing how the promise of personal transformation became a modern fixture of society - and how the questions they raised still echo in our lives today.

Lighthouses are enduring symbols of resilience, hope and safety. The human stories of the keepers lives, and the scale of the human effort that went into lighthouse keeping before automation, are fascinating. This book tells the stories of the last generation to work on manned lighthouses in Scotland. The interviews record the life experiences of more than fifty former lighthouse keepers and their families who worked in Scotland and the Isle of Man before and during the process of lighthouse automation, which was completed in 1998. The job of lighthouse keeper led to a unique perspective on life, as keepers worked within small close-knit communities around each lighthouse to watch the lights, maintain the lighthouses and respond to emergencies. The keepers families, and the Northern Lighthouse Boards engineers and boat crews, were also part of an extended lighthouse community along the entire Scottish coastline. The interviews, conducted by Erin Farley and Martine Robertson between 2012 and 2019, are a fascinating insight into the world of lighthouse keeping, the coastal communities in which keepers worked, the social context of the Northern Lighthouse Board, and the changing nature of work, technology and place in Scotland in the second half of the twentieth century.

From the author of A Ghost in the Throat, an unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave you gasping by its final page.In the city of Cork, a derelict Victorian mental hospital is being converted into modern apartments. One passerby has always flinched as she passes the place. Had she lived in another time, she too might have found herself held within those walls.Now, she notices a sign: FOR SALE.It is the first of many signs. Guided by an irresistible impulse, she follows them. Soon, she is trespassing, stealing, absconding from the routine of mother, spouse, daughter, as she uncovers a chorus of startling voices: those of the women who knew this place best. They murmur from archives and old records. They haunt from stairwells and walls. In them - and in one figure in particular -- she may find meaning and solace, righteous anger, salvation even. Or her final vanishing?A work of sublime intensity and tenderness, Said the Dead breaks the boundaries between worlds -- past and present, imagined and real, fact and fiction -- to make something new and lasting: an experience full of danger, full of love and full of truth.Praise for the work of Doireann Ni GhriofaThe effect is electric, like seeing a ghost returned to life.New Statesman Obliterates every clear definition of genre and form . . . Astounding and utterly fresh.Irish IndependentLush, lyrical prose that dazzles readers from the get-go . . . sumptuous, almost symphonic, in its intensity.Sunday TimesPast versus present, blood versus milk, birth versus death . . . dichotomies abound, but the questions of womens lived experiences and who history remembers link them all.Paris Review

On a beach near Naples in October 79 CE, more than 300 people stand on a beach, hoping for an evacuation that will never come. Vesuvius a volcano which needs no introduction in the world of Ancient Rome has erupted. And they have left it too late. They will all be killed instantly in the devastation that follows.This was the end of their town, but it is not the end of their story. Neighbouring the world-renowned Pompeii, the town of Herculaneum is the neglected victim of Vesuvius. It was uniquely preserved in the aftermath of the eruption, and in many ways gives us unparalleled glimpses into the past.Echoes of Ash tells the fascinating story of Herculaneum and the people who lived there for the first time. Through the eyes of the Weaver, the Slave Girl and the Pregnant Lady, the Soldier, the Fisherman and the Boxer, and by investigating the relevant buildings and the archaeological discoveries of the past twenty years, acclaimed historian Adrian Murdoch makes it possible to build a historical picture that is more colourful, complete and alive than has ever been possible before. Essential reading for fans of Pompeii Herculaneum receives 300,000 visitors every year and is one of Italys top ten tourist destinations, yet it has been overshadowed by Pompeii in popular history until now Based on the latest archaeological research and discoveries, Adrian Murdoch explores the ancient Roman town to bring the ancient world to life Herculaneums unrivalled preservation gives us a unique glimpse into Roman life

Una obra tan entretenida como rigurosa que combina divulgación, humor y rigor para ofrecernos una mirada única de la historia. Edición actualizada y aumentada.En esta nueva edición de Enciclopedia Es

Nature artist Jane Smith has been fascinated by wildlife communities and ecosystems her whole adult life. Starting from her own garden in Argyll, she travels to ten locations in the west of Scotland - from the towering cliffs of St Kilda and the peatlands of Lewis to the Solway estuary and the urban sprawl of Glasgow - to explore the interaction of people and wildlife in a variety of diverse settings. On her journey she discovers a number of communities who are taking on the job of regenerating their own landscapes and meets a host of fascinating people whose lives are inextricably bound up with questions of sustainability, conservation and landownership. Contents Includes: Western Isles (peatlands) * North Uist (machair) * Islay (farmland) * Loch Arkaig (woodland) * Knapdale (wetland) * Dumfries and Galloway (river and estuary) * Jura (coast) * St Kilda archipelago (sea) * Glasgow (urban landscapes) *Eigg (community ownership)

Throughout LGBTQ+ history, suburbia has been seen as somewhere to escape from: a place where heterosexuality rules; where difference will not be tolerated; where youll never find a soulmate. But for many, those streets of twitching curtains and pebble-dashed semis were - or still are - a place to call home.From Addlestone to Wilmslow, Tales of the Suburbs explores the relatively untold twentieth century tale of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people in suburbia. Through remarkable archive material and original interviews, social historian John Grindrod reveals stories that are messy and moving, dark and funny, uplifting and extraordinary. Together, they reclaim suburbia as a space for all - or those that want it - where counter-cultural expression thrives despite the Neighbourhood Watch, and queer love and friendship bloom against the odds.

Forget 1066 the making of England began centuries earlier.After decades of devastating raids, Viking armies first overwintered in England in 850. In doing so, they opened a century of conflict and reaching ambition. In Norway, Harald Fairhair rose from a regional chieftain to become its first king, while in England Alfred the Great preserved Wessex from conquest and laid the foundations for unity. His successors extended that vision, leading to the creation of a single English kingdom after the meeting of kings at Eamont Bridge in 927.Meanwhile, the struggle for Norways throne erupted among Haralds heirs, with Eric Bloodaxe briefly claiming the Crown before being overthrown by his younger brother, Hkon. Upon fleeing to Britain, Eric was allowed the York throne by King Edred. After his violent death in 954, there would be no more kings in York.This turbulent century saw kings rise and fall; it saw rivalry, betrayal and open conflict. Out of the chaos of shifting allegiances and warfare, England and Norway began to take shape as the forebears of the countries we know today. In First Kings, join R.A.J. Waddingham on an action-packed, page-turning adventure through the age of the Vikings.

An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes.A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life on every page.DAN SNOWAmong the most vivid social histories Ive read about contemporary queer life in Britain.OISIN MCKENNA, author of Evenings and WeekendsIn opening the Switchboard archive, and all the vulnerability and thrill contained within its pages, this book manages to capture something of the essence of what it means to be alive.AMELIA ABRAHAM, author of Queer IntentionsIn a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard, a queer helpline in operation since 1974, lies dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken: a teenager whose parents had kicked them out of home for dressing as the wrong gender; a lesbian terrified of having her baby taken away from her; a man arrested for chatting up another man in a public toilet; a young person wanting to know how to come out.These logs were traces of tens of thousands of queer lives, a bridge to a past hidden from people like Tash Walker and Adam Zmith in their youth, captured by people who lent an ear to those in need. Walker and Zmith came of age in the time of Section 28, a law which banned councils and schools promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship. In recovering these logs, they encountered people grappling with feelings, questions and problems both familiar and different, and set out to learn from - and sometimes speak to - those on both sides of the calls.Charged with joy, gossip, sensuality, humour and sometimes fear, and with a potent relevancy to the world today, these stories are brought together in The Log Books. Walker and Zmith capture queer lives in stunning detail, embarking on a journey of both collective history and self-discovery and propelling it into the very foreground of our national history.One of the most intimate portrayals of LGBTQ+ history as youre going to get . . . moving and informative in equal parts.HUNGER Magazine

Una fascinante historia del mundo antiguo desde sus márgenes, más allá de Grecia y Roma. Una fascinante historia del mundo antiguo desde sus márgenes, más allá de Grecia y Roma. ¿Cómo era vivir en los margenes de los antiguos imperios, en los limites del mundo conocido? Muchos griegos y romanos pensaban que las fronteras de su mundo marcaban el final de la civilizacion. Gracias a las excavaciones arqueologicas, hoy sabemos que en las fronteras de lo que consideramos el corazon de la civilizacion existieron culturas vibrantes y complejas. Owen Rees explora los poderosos imperios y pueblos diversos de Europa, Asia y Africa, mas alla del alcance de Grecia y Roma, y el resultado es una mirada sorprendentemente rica y reveladora sobre el mundo antiguo.

Más allá de clichés, tópicos y verdades aprendidas a medias, lo que sucedió en España desde 1898 hasta hoy no es muy distinto de lo que sucedió en el resto de Europa. No, España no es diferente.El eslogan turistico Spain is different encarna la maxima expresion de la singularidad española en el siglo xx, sobre todo porque fue concebido por la dictadura franquista, que ofrecia un triste, si no humillante, contraste con la Europa occidental democratica y prospera.Sin embargo, esta obra argumenta que, desde el desastre de 1898, el colapso de la Segunda Republica y la tragedia de la guerra civil hasta la imposicion de una larga dictadura y la Transicion, España no ha sido diferente. Aunque ha seguido su propia trayectoria hacia la modernizacion, lo ha hecho sin desmarcarse del contexto europeo al que se adscribe.

Carmen Gallardo recopila de manera magistral la cara más desconocida de doce reinas que se arriesgaron a vivir contra juicios y expectativas.Las casaron siendo apenas adolescentes con príncipes homosexuales, crueles, locos o debiles. Bajo el terciopelo y las sedas de suntuosos vestidos se ha escondido mucho dolor, ultraje y humillacion; aun asi, cumplieron con el deber: dar un heredero a la Corona. Pero no con el de guardar fidelidad eterna. Y pagaron por ello.A lo largo de los siglos, amor y sexo no siempre han ido de la mano en las casas reales. Mientras que los reyes paseaban junto a sus favoritas por la corte, las reinas eran moneda de cambio para facilitar los intereses regios. Algunas se resignaron a convivir con las infidelidades del rey; otras, se resistieron. Reinas infieles se centra en estas ultimas y nos presenta, con solvencia, el retrato mas intimo de doce mujeres que transgredieron los limites de la moral de la epoca y reivindicaron su derecho al deseo o a la venganza.Urraca I de Leon, Margarita de Valois, Maria de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha, Isabel II de España, Catalina la Grande o la dolce Paola son algunas de las reinas que desfilan por estas paginas, despojadas de juicios y valoraciones anacronicas, con la corona bien alta.

Un homenaje a los héroes invisibles. Una reflexión sobre la memoria histórica. Una novela contra el fascismo.Yo no fui amigo de André Chaix, ¿y acaso podría haberlo sido, cuando no nos une casi nada?Solo un nombre en el muro.Chaix fue un resistente, un maquis, un joven con una vida tan breve como la de tantos otros.Yo no sabia nada de el. Pregunte a la gente, recopile fragmentos de una memoria colectiva, me hice una idea de quien habia sido. Durante mis investigaciones, descubri muchas cosas por casualidad, casi de milagro, y enseguida supe que queria contar su historia. Seguramente, todas las vidas tienen algo de novela. Pero algunas mas que otras.Han pasado ochenta años desde su muerte. Aunque viendo como va el mundo, no tengo duda de que hay que seguir hablando de la Ocupacion, del colaboracionismo y del fascismo, del rechazo del otro hasta su aniquilacion. Este libro da voz a los ideales por los que Andre Chaix murio y se cuestiona nuestra naturaleza profunda, ese deseo de pertenecer a algo mas grande que nosotros, que conduce a lo mejor y a lo peor.

Tras decadas de silencio, Carmen Guillén arroja luz al organismo franquista encargado del adoctrinamiento moral de las mujeres caídas.De entre todos los fragmentos que componen la compleja historia del siglo XX español, pocos capitulos resultan tan oscuros y reveladores como los vinculados a las instituciones represivas del franquismo. La mas longeva y, sin embargo, la menos conocida es el Patronato de Proteccion a la Mujer.Desde 1941 hasta bien entrada la democracia, esta institucion apuntalo su labor sobre cuatro pilares: trabajo y oracion para redimir; disciplina y castigo para adoctrinar. En el cruce de intereses entre Iglesia y Estado, la doctrina catolica sirvio para legitimar este control femenino. Miles de mujeres de todas las edades, procedencias y contextos socioeconomicos fueron entonces condenadas sin delito y encerradas sin juicio en nombre de esa moral. Bajo un disfraz de caridad se oculto una realidad llena de abusos, trabajos forzados, robo de bebes y violaciones sistematicas de los derechos humanos.Este libro analiza el Patronato como una pieza clave en la arquitectura moral y politica del franquismo y examina la huella que dejo en quienes lo padecieron y en una memoria colectiva que aun intenta asumir ese pasado.

When Titanic left Southampton in 1912, neither the Aristocrat, The Countess of Rothes, nor the Able Seaman, Thomas Jones, imagined meeting, let alone navigating a tiny lifeboat together at night, among towering icebergs. But Jones put Noel Rothes at the tiller of his boat when he realised her calm capability, and for seven long hours they did all they could to shepherd at least twenty-five others to safety. Their ordeal forged an unlikely affinity that lasted until Noel died in 1956.Angela Young, Noels great-granddaughter, tells the stories of these two courageous Titanic survivors and considers why so very few people survived the tragedy.

This book is the essential companion for those who wish to learn about and visit the Inner Hebridean islands of Eigg, Muck, Rum and Canna, known collectively as the Small Isles. As well as focusing on history, archaeology and landscape change from earliest times to the present day, it is a fascinating account of the people who have lived there their subsistence, legends and superstitions, interactions and the ways in which they exploited the land and the sea. It takes the reader through prehistoric landscapes and Iron Age forts into the Age of the Saints and the incoming Vikings. The islands are rich in monastic tradition and rife with the clan feuding of the Middle Ages. Contemporary descriptions help explore population change, townships, the boom and bust of the kelp industry and the devastation brought about by the Clearances before the late 19th century, when wealthy aristocrats created great sporting estates.