Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms administered in varying degrees of competence or brutality by a cast of characters as outsized and eccentric as anything conjured by Gilbert and Sullivan.
The truth, as Kwarteng reveals, is that there was no such thing as a model for imperial administration; instead, appointees were schooled in quirky, independent-minded individuality. As a result the Empire was the product not of a grand idea but of often chaotic individual improvisation. The idosyncracies of viceroys and soldier-diplomats who ran the colonial enterprise continues to impact the world, from Kashmir to Sudan, Baghdad to Hong Kong.
Автор: Konadu, Kwasi Название: Many black women of this fortress ISBN: 178738697X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781787386976 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3140.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: October 1840. A young woman staggers alone through a forest in Shropshire as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. Meanwhile, when rumours of a `fallen angel` cause a frenzy across London, a surgeon desperate for fame and fortune finds himself in the grips of a dangerous obsession, one that will place the women he seeks in the most terrible danger.
Kofi D?nk? was a blacksmith and farmer, as well as an important healer, intellectual, spiritual leader, settler of disputes, and custodian of shared values for his Ghanaian community. In Our Own Way in This Part of the World Kwasi Konadu centers D?nk?'s life story and experiences in a communography of D?nk?'s community and nation from the late nineteenth century through the end of the twentieth, which were shaped by historical forces from colonial Ghana's cocoa boom to decolonization and political and religious parochialism. Although D?nk? touched the lives of thousands of citizens and patients, neither he nor they appear in national or international archives covering the region. Yet his memory persists in his intellectual and healing legacy, and the story of his community offers a non-national, decolonized example of social organization structured around spiritual forces that serves as a powerful reminder of the importance for scholars to take their cues from the lived experiences and ideas of the people they study.
Автор: Konadu Kwasi Название: Akan Pioneers: African Histories, Diasporic Experiences ISBN: 1937306666 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781937306663 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4366.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Ampene Kwasi, Adomako Ampofo Akosua, Adjei Godwin K. Название: Discourses in African Musicology: J.H. Kwabena Nketia Festschrift ISBN: 1607853477 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781607853473 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5171.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Discourses in African Musicology: J.H. Kwabena Nketia Festschrift highlights the proceedings of a 2011 conference at the University of Ghana in honor of Professor J.H. Kwabena Nketia on his 90th birthday. Professor Nketia was instrumental in shaping the field of ethnomusicology and providing the foundation for an African Musicology. The conference gave scholars and performers an occasion to explore the multi-faceted subject of African music studies, and provided its many attendees the opportunity to extend the scholarly discourse on African music.
Автор: Konadu Kwasi, Campbell Clifford Название: The Ghana Reader: History, Culture, Politics ISBN: 0822359928 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822359920 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3881.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana's brief period under British colonial rule, or the emergence of its modern democracy, the volume's eighty selections emphasize Ghana's enormous symbolic and pragmatic value to global relations. They also demonstrate that the path to fully understanding Ghana requires acknowledging its ethnic and cultural diversity and listening to its population's varied voices. Readers will encounter selections written by everyone from farmers, traders, and the clergy to intellectuals, politicians, musicians, and foreign travelers. With sources including historical documents, poems, treaties, articles, and fiction, The Ghana Reader conveys the multiple and intersecting histories of Ghana's development as a nation, its key contribution to the formation of the African diaspora, and its increasingly important role in the economy and politics of the twenty-first century.
Автор: Kwarteng Kwasi Название: Thatcher`s Trial: 180 Days That Created a Conservative Icon ISBN: 161039562X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781610395625 Издательство: Little Brown Цена: 5297.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In six months, Margaret Thatcher reinvented her political party and redefined modern conservatism in one of the greatest feats of modern political leadership. In 1981, less than two years after she had been elected as Britain s first woman prime minister, Margaret Thatcher was deemed unpopular and out of touch. Unemployment had risen to levels not seen since the 1930s, and the state s finances were foundering. Her chancellor of the exchequer delivered what became known as the no hope budget in March, which marked the beginning of a period of an almost unprecedentedly broad range of political challenges: hunger strikes and violent protests in Northern Ireland, urban riots in London and Liverpool, and visible discontent with Thatcher from within the Conservative Party. And yet by September 14, when Thatcher sacked 4 mutinous grandees from her cabinet, the prime minister had firmly reasserted her authority. These extraordinary six months would come to define the Conservative Party s most successful and modern leader, who reshaped the ideas and direction of conservatism around the world. To her detractors she may have been a harsh, uncaring and dogmatic leader who made the country a more unequal, materialistic and brutal place, but to her supporters, she was nothing less than a Conservative savior who prevented Britain from becoming an ungovernable socialist state. The 1983 general election would prove a triumph. Kwasi Kwarteng intimately captures this shopkeeper s daughter s unique leadership qualitiesfrom her pulpit-style and New Testament imagery to her emphasis on personal moral responsibilitythat saw her through some of the most adverse conditions facing any world leader in modern peacetime."
Автор: Japin, Arthur Название: Two hearts of kwasi boachi ISBN: 0099287870 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099287872 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Years later, as the twentieth century dawns, the elderly Kwasi, now owner of a coffee plantation in Java, sits down to write his autobiography. Based on a true story, The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi is both a brilliant piece of storytelling and a moving portrayal of the search for identity and belonging.
Автор: Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah, Raymond Talinbe Abdulai Название: Sustainable Real Estate in the Developing World ISBN: 1838678387 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838678388 Издательство: Emerald Рейтинг: Цена: 15041.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Many years have elapsed since the start of sustainability revolution, yet there is still a lack of diverse collections offering in-depth analysis of sustainability principles applied to real estate in the developing world.
Sustainable Real Estate in the Developing World offers a perfect and ideal synthesis of works that examine sustainability within various facets of real estate and urban development in the developing world. Harnessing multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives, this book discusses the fundamental issues of the complex nexus between the built environment and sustainable development, thereby illuminating how they are affecting and will potentially affect each other. The book highlights rich and practical experiences, challenges, and best practices of over ten countries in four continents, with contributors proffering solutions around topics such as the following: sustainable development goals and the urban agenda; housing development in the context of environmental sustainability; demand for sustainable features in commercial real estate; urban development, land use changes, and environmental impacts in cities; urbanization, environmental externalities, and house prices; building information modelling adaptability for sustainable residential real estate development; and COVID-19 and sustainable development.
This collection is useful to academics, researchers, and students in all the built environment disciplines, as well as to policy makers, practitioners, professional bodies and the international donor community.
Автор: Koranteng Kwasi Название: Sawteeth ISBN: 9988298072 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789988298074 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3824.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Notorious Kwaku Ananse has been active in the galamsey business. He has brought strangers with guns to dig for illegal gold. They are destroying the beautiful environment. The animals of the forest are not happy. Then Sawteeth returns from one of his trips. Will he be able to lead the animals to attack and drive away the galamseyers?
Автор: Konadu Kwasi Название: Transatlantic Africa ISBN: 1937306682 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781937306687 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4136.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Transatlantic Africa examines the internal workings of African and diasporic slave societies in the transatlantic era. Based on careful reading of multilingual sources, the book connects African and diasporic experiences to local and international slaving systems, tackling the themes of commodification, capitalism, abolitionism, and reparations.
Автор: James Kwasi Appiah, Appiah Kyei Amoako, Amoako Название: Leaders don`t have to yell: national tea ISBN: 0999831232 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780999831236 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5458.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: James Kwasi Appiah, head coach of Ghana`s senior men`s football (soccer) team shares his experiences and his journey to becoming and international coach and the first Ghanaian to qualify the national team to such a tournament.
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