Author: Bryan Glass
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1784992259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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This volume represents one of the first attempts to examine the connection between Scotland and the British empire throughout the entire twentieth century. As the century dawned, the Scottish economy was still strongly connected with imperial infrastructures (like railways, engineering, construction and shipping), and colonial trade and investment. By the end of the century, however, the Scottish economy, its politics, and its society had been through major upheavals which many connected with decolonisation. The end of empire played a defining role in shaping modern-day Scotland and the identity of its people. Written by scholars of distinction, these chapters represent ground-breaking research in the field of Scotland’s complex and often-changing relationship with the British empire in the period. The introduction that opens the collection will be viewed for years to come as the single most important historiographical statement on Scotland and empire during the tumultuous years of the twentieth century. A final chapter from Stuart Ward and Jimmi Østergaard Nielsen covers the 2014 referendum.
Author: Eugenie Fraser
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1845969855
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 301
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The House by the Dvina is the riveting story of two families separated in culture and geography but bound together by a Russian-Scottish marriage. It includes episodes as romantic and dramatic as any in fiction: the purchase by the author's great-grandfather of a peasant girl with whom he had fallen in love; the desperate sledge journey in the depths of winter made by her grandmother to intercede with Tsar Aleksandr II for her husband; the extraordinary courtship of her parents; and her Scottish granny being caught up in the abortive revolution of 1905. Eugenie Fraser herself was brought up in Russia but was taken on visits to Scotland. She marvellously evokes a child's reactions to two totally different environments, sets of customs and family backgrounds, while the characters are beautifully drawn and splendidly memorable. With the events of 1914 to 1920 - the war with Germany, the Revolution, the murder of the Tsar and the withdrawal of the Allied Intervention in the north - came the disintegration of Russia and of family life. The stark realities of hunger, deprivation and fear are sharply contrasted with the adventures of childhood. The reader shares the family's suspense and concern about the fates of its members and relives with Eugenie her final escape to Scotland. In The House by the Dvina, Eugenie Fraser has vividly and poignantly portrayed a way of life that finally disappeared in violence and tragedy.
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Author: Gordon T Stewart
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526121484
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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Dundee had an interesting role to play in the jute trade, but the main player in the story of jute was Calcutta. This book follows the relationship of jute to empire, and discusses the rivalry between the Scottish and Indian cities from the 1840s to the 1950s and reveals the architecture of jute's place in the British Empire. The book adopts significant fresh approaches to imperial history, and explores the economic and cultural landscapes of the British Empire. Jute had been grown, spun and woven in Bengal for centuries before it made its appearance as a factory-manufactured product in world markets in the late 1830s. The book discusses the profits made in Calcutta during the rise of jute between the 1880s and 1920s; the profits reached extraordinary levels during and after World War I. The Calcutta jute industry entered a crisis period even before it was pummelled by the depression of the 1930s. The looming crisis stemmed from the potential of the Calcutta mills to outproduce world demand many times over. The St Andrew's Day rituals in Calcutta, begun three years before the founding of the Indian Jute Mills Association. The ceremonial occasion helps the reader to understand what the jute wallahs meant when they said they were in Calcutta for 'the greater glory of Scotland'. The book sheds some light on the contentious issues surrounding the problematic, if ever-intriguing, phenomenon of British Empire. The jute wallahs were inextricably bound up in the cultural self-images generated by British imperial ideology.
Author: Robert Ivermee
Publisher: Hurst & Company
ISBN: 1787383253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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The Hooghly, a distributary of the Ganges flowing south to the Bay of Bengal, is now little known outside of India. Yet for centuries it was a river of truly global significance, attracting merchants, missionaries, mercenaries, statesmen, laborers and others from Europe, Asia and beyond. Hooghly seeks to restore the waterway to the heart of global history. Focusing in turn on the role of and competition between those who struggled to control the river--the Portuguese, the Mughals, the Dutch, the French and finally the British, who built their imperial capital, Calcutta, on its banks--the author considers how the Hooghly was integrated into global networks of encounter and exchange, and the dramatic consequences that ensued. Traveling up and down the river, Robert Ivermee explores themes of enduring concern, among them the dynamics of modern capitalism and the power of large corporations; migration and human trafficking; the role of new technologies in revolutionizing social relations; and the human impact on the natural world. The Hooghly's global history, he concludes, may offer lessons for India as it emerges as a world superpower.
Author: Eugenie Fraser
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780552994187
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Author: Michael Meighan
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144562401X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 395
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Michael Meighan takes us on a journey into a time when Scotland, despite its small size, produced the best of everything, from stone to steel and rubber tyres to motor cars
Author: All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi
Publisher: All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 13 JULY, 1975 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 48 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XL, No. 28 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 13-46 ARTICLE: 1. My Memories of Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Aquatic Biology 3. India and Indonesia: Partners in Peace 4. The Farakka Barrage 5. A Home Away From Home AUTHOR: 1. K. P. S. Menon 2. N. Balakrishanan Nair 3. Arun Roy 4. Sivadas Banerjee 5. Nancy D. Nagaraj KEYWORDS : 1.Uncanny accuracy, sense of urgency, 2.Promises to keep, graphic reorientation 3.In love with life,strong similarity 4.The controversies, the largest project, 5.Air helps dispelling panic Document ID : APE-1975 (J-S) -Vol-III-02 Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential.
Author: MASIAH BONIFACE MUNDU COHEN
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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This collection of short stories has Aryan Munda Characters from real life situations. The word Aryan comes from Aaron the brother of Moses in the Old Testament. The Mundas are Aryans: the Children of Aaron and the descendants of Levi according to the historical data. Elizabeth the cousin of Mariam spoke Mundaic. The Mundaic people are Aaron’s Tribe: the sons of Amram, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Jacob and Leah. One group of Aaron’s tribe speaks Mundari and another Sanskrit in India which are both Semitic languages. The Sanskrit has about 40% of vocabulary from Mundari languages. The first group of Semites: Mundas in about 4000 BC, the Second group of Semites: the Aryan in about 1500 BC and the last group today known as Jews: the Mundaic speaking group came to India about 700 BC.according to R.C Mazumdar. But all those who call themselves Munda are not all Mundas but a few. The original Mundas are fair and swarthy not black. A good number of them are from Dom, Ghasi and Lohra/Lohar/Asur tribe and are integral part of Munda Society. They speak immaculate Mundari like the pure Mundas. The characters of the story are the Mundari group who passionately seek to achieve their goals in life but they face uncompromising challenges in their life. Because they believe in purity of relationship, in puritanical love. Read the stories to know what and how the characters face moral challenges of life, what influences their decisions and what happens to them finally.
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Publisher: Allied Publishers
ISBN: 9788184244816
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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