A Slow Boat to Hong Kong – A Nostalgic Journey by Marianne MacKinnon
Marianne MacKinnon was born in Germany and was educated at Potsdam, Oxford and at Strathclyde University. At the end of the Second World War she worked for the US and British Military Government in Germany, trained as a nurse in England, and worked in Italy and Spain.
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Quest For the Gem of the Antilles – Review of War of 1898 by Louis Perez Jr
Embedded in his book, Louis Perez asserts through the crafting of popular support, duplicitous diplomacy and military engagement, the US summarily co-opted the war of 1898 in the aim to “weaken the Cuban claim to sovereignty” and inject both moral obligation and patron responsibility into the reasoning of the American forays of imperialism. Perez’s book uses a vast amount of excerpts, reports and quotes from US officials, statesmen and first-hand observers to prove the aims he presents…
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A Review of “Historic Photos of the Chinese in California”
The book “Historic Photos of the Chinese in California” recently came into my possession. It looked like the standard coffee table book of photos. However, there was something about the picture on the cover that caused me to examine it carefully. I was then compelled to turn it over and look at the nine photos reproduced on the back cover. Each one commanded a bit of my time to study it fully. I was drawn to each photo.
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“A Great and Godly Adventure” by Godfrey Hodgson
The emerging colonial life wasn’t easy and held many hardships for the pilgrims. The book about the Mayflower doesn’t seem to uncover any new knowledge about the facts but tends to give a better understanding of the Adventure of the Mayflower and its passengers. Also, the condition during the time in England seems to give a clearer picture for the reader. They ventured out on a chance for a new lifestyle and a promising future. It didn’t turn out the way they had planned. Everything that possibly could go wrong, did and then more so.
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“Flags of Our Fathers” by James Bradley
All together, 7,000 marines went ashore that day at Iwo Jima. They went onshore not realizing that 22,000 Japanese soldiers awaited them. The defending soldiers had the island heavily fortified and were nearly invisible since they had built tunnels underground as well as protective bunkers. The marines were very vulnerable landing on that island beach. The marines were taking on nearly impossible odds that day. It had been an ambush in many ways but the marines knew there were at least some defenses there. When the battle began, the marines were like sitting ducks.
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The Locket – Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Be transported to 1911, when millions of immigrants fled their homelands with hopes to find a better life in America. Working conditions were horrendous in the clothing factories and many men, women, and children were crammed into sewing rooms to earn meager wages.
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Bringing the Fields to the Federals – Review of Zapata and the Mexican Revolution
The struggle, strife and myth that bears the name Zapata. John Womack JR. brings a highly detailed work to interested readers.
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Review of Race Mixture in the History of Latin America by Magnus Morner
Magnus Morner introduces his reader to both concepts and details of the centuries long process of miscegenation, the racial mixing and acculturation, that culminated in the national character of Latin America. This blending over time is awash in regional political, religious, and social intrigue.
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Heard in the Echoes of African Drums
In the ebb and flow of the trans-cultural tides, the three major hubs; Rio, Havana and Buenos Aires were actively embracing and contradicting the neo-African dance, tradition and merriment that was incubating in the warmth of the Latin American sun and in the heat of the dance-halls, Carnival parades and brothels. Sharing some key aspects of heritage, the dance and rhythms found in these three ports truly explain the queer relationship that the dances have in the ways of transferring culture across both continents, races and social castes, fomenting both reprisals and nationalism at various times.
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