Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub: Or, How the Bethlehemites Discovered Amerka, Jacob Norris
Автор: Temple, Sir Richard Carna Название: The Papers of Thomas Bowrey, 1669-1713 ISBN: 1409414256 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409414254 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 20671.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Norris, Jacob Название: Lives and deaths of jubrail dabdoub ISBN: 1503633756 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781503633759 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3135.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
This is the fantastical, yet real, story of the merchants of Bethlehem, the young men who traveled to every corner of the globe in the nineteenth century. These men set off on the backs of donkeys with suitcases full of crosses and rosaries, to return via steamship with suitcases stuffed with French francs, Philippine pesos, or Salvadoran colones. They returned with news of mysterious lands and strange inventions—clocks, trains, and other devices that both befuddled and bewitched the Bethlehemites. With newfound wealth, these merchants built shimmering pink mansions that transformed Bethlehem from a rural village into Palestine's wealthiest and most cosmopolitan town. At the center of these extraordinary occurrences lived Jubrail Dabdoub.
The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub tells the story of Jubrail's encounters, offering a version of Palestinian history rarely acknowledged. From his childhood in rural Bethlehem to later voyages across Europe, East Asia, and the Americas, Jubrail's story culminates in a recorded miracle: in 1909, he was brought back from the dead. To tell such a tale is to delve into the realms of the fantastic and improbable. Through the story of Jubrail's life, Jacob Norris explores the porous lines between history and fiction, the normal and the paranormal, the everyday and the extraordinary.
Drawing on aspects of magical realism combined with elements of Palestinian folklore, Norris recovers the atmosphere of late nineteenth-century Bethlehem: a mood of excitement, disorientation, and wonder as the town was thrust into a new era. As the book offers an original approach to historical writing, it captures a fantastic story of global encounter and exchange.
Автор: Mitchell Brad, Mitchell Heidi Название: Ruined to Recovery: Help When the Affair Is Discovered ISBN: 1734158824 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781734158823 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 3001.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Featuring previously unpublished documents and reproducing over fifty photographs from archaeological excavations led by Oleg Grabar at Qasr al-Hayr in Syria, City in the Desert, Revisited recounts the personal experiences and professional endeavours that shaped the growth of the fields of Islamic archaeology, art, and architectural history.
Автор: Correia Natбlia Название: In America, I Discovered I Was European ISBN: 1951470028 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781951470029 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2502.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Natália Correia lived one of the most productive and flamboyant lives in the history of Portuguese culture. In June 1950 -- a month bracketed by Senator Margaret Chase Smith's denunciation of McCarthyism and the outbreak of the Korean conflict -- Correia made her first visit to the United States. Moving from Boston, coastal Maine, and New Bedford, Massachusetts, to New York City and Washington, DC, she mingled with intellectuals and politicians at soirées, visited art museums, frequented nightclubs, spoke on Portuguese-language radio, and met with Luso-Americans and small-town locals. In America, I Discovered I Was European reveals the attractions and contradictions of midcentury America through the experiences, discoveries, perceptive observations, and critical reflections of a lifelong enfant terrible.
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