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Author
Language
English
Description
The author of "The Rose of Martinique" presents a history of the interdependence of sugar, slavery and colonial settlement in the New World through the story of the author's ancestors, exploring the myriad connections between sugar cultivation and her family's identity, genealogy and financial stability.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking his story as the stuff of legends. Nainoa's family, struggling amidst the collapse of the sugarcane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favor from...
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
James Henry Hampton, having grown wealthy off the exploitation of the land and workers on his South Florida sugar cane estate, is accustomed to the burning destruction that is part of the crop's life cycle, but he is less sure of what to do when his family, including his two sons, daughter, and wife, as well as his greed-fueled enterprise, begin to unravel.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
The teenage life and adventures of young José, who lives in a shanty-town on Martinique in the mid-1930s, comprises the body of this film. José lives with his grandmother and is well aware of the French colonial presence. He gets into mischief, learns valuable lessons on living from an old former slave, drinks too much one time, and even sets fire to one of the run-down shanties. Regardless of his pranks, José never neglects his education.
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