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The World We Have Lost: Further Explored
Peter Laslett
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An updated re-issue of the third edition of this classic guide to family and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.
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A landmark of social history and the emergence of modernity.......2002-01-30
Many books rated 5 stars do not deserve them, but this does. I first read it as an undergraduate, and have continued to draw on it in grad school. Summarizing much of the early research by the Cambridge Group on Population and Social Structure, it helped inspire two generations of work on such topics as family history, demography and famine. Quantitative social history is now so well-established as part of the mainstream that it is hard to grasp how innovative Laslett's book was when it first appeared in 1965. Though some of its conclusions have been challenged, its status as a readable classic remains secure. Its generational peers include N. Cohn, "Pursuit of the Millenium;" E. Le Roy Ladurie, "Peasants of Languedoc;" E.P. Thompson, "Making of the English Working Class;" and various works by Fernand Braudel. For an interesting current exploration of several of Laslett's themes in England and Japan, see A. MacFarlane, "The Savage Wars of Peace."
The World We Have Lost.......2000-12-03
This is one of those rare books that can actually change your whole view of the world. Despite being written in a somewhat dry manner, with exhaustively researched data listed and explained, piece by piece, a glimpse of pre-industrial society emerges that does not necessarily conform to our stereotyped view of "traditional" society and family. In some respects, this book offers hope for our own times by putting our problems in perspective. For example, we often decry the high rate of divorce and remarriage seen in today's Western societies and compare today's fractured families to the "stable" families of long ago. The information in this book reveals that in pre-industrial England, at least, families were splintered by death and desertion at a rate that approaches our contemporary rate of divorce. Rather than being a modern source of stress, remarriage and stepparents are a long-standing tradition in our culture.
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Works of art disappear, species are extinguished, books are lost, cities drown, things once thought immortal suddenly aren’t there at all. Whole libraries of knowledge, and whole galleries of secrets are gone. Our culture, our knowledge, and all our lives are shadows cast by what went before. We are defined, not by what we have, but by what we have lost along the way. Lost Worlds is a glossary of the missing, a cabinet of absent curiosities. No mere miscellany, it weaves a web of everything we no longer have. Michael Bywater, "Lost Worlds" columnist for the Independent on Sunday, teaches at Cambridge University.
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An inherently fascinating, informative, thoughtful, thought-provoking , and highly recommended read!.......2007-01-07
People, civilizations, and even works of art and cities vanish, leaving human culture to be defined as much by their absence as their presence. LOST WORLDS: WHAT HAVE WE LOST, AND WHERE DID IT GO charts these missing curiosities of the past, using extensive quotes from source materials in its catalog of loss. From lost ideas and languages to icons of civilization, LOST WORLDS takes a journey through history to examine the impact of the past. An inherently fascinating, informative, thoughtful, thought-provoking , and highly recommended read!
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Of course, he's angry.......2006-09-27
This is a great book by a very angry man. The world has turned horrible as we have watched, and Bywater tells us some, only some, of the ways in which this horror has been foisted on us. Many of the essays are very funny ..... and then not so funny. He has seen the absurdity of life and has now told us about it. Anyone who is satisfied with the modern world and does not feel that much has been lost will hate this book. Anyone without a sense of humor will hate this book. Anyone incapable of feeling outrage at what "they" (and we all know who they are!) have done to us will hate this book. Anyone lacking a soul will hate this book. Anyone who thinks that the government/the corportions/the people across the street have our best interests at heart will hate this book. Anyone who thinks he will live forever will hate this book. I love it.
At first and to a shallow mind the essays seem random and unfocused, but gradually the theme emerges: we've been had.
All is Lost, Indeed.......2006-04-05
I ordered this on the faith of the title, but reached the last pages (at least I reached them) rather... lost.
Often spiteful, occasionally prurient, more often than not off topic, it is a poor catalogue of gripes and complaints. We are treated, amongst other things, to an exhaustive list of the author's gadgets (only the ones he can see, mind you, one assumes there are more, stuffed in closets) and an alphabetical arrangment of griefs with annoying cross-refernces in pure hyper-link style.(Doubtlessly to better hide the cobbled-together themes; when in doubt, arrange it all from a to z...) Little effort at sustaining any kind of reflexion on the nature of things lost, just an underlying malcontent.
There are some very good pages, he would be well inspired to take the 12 best entries and rewrite the book.
Perhaps what the author most regrets losing is his own Childhood Lost. Goodness knows it's never happened to anyone else.
John HOWE
Not what I expected........2006-03-02
From the review from publisher I had expected any number of things. What I got was essentially a comedy novel along the lines of the Devil's Dictionary. With entries like: Absurdity, Gloves, and Patchouli(which I disagree with I think the author just needs to go find a hippie and he'll find his patchouli). While it's good for what it is I was hoping for something a little more serious.
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India We Have Lost
Paramesh Choudhury
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World We Have Lost
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From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you can see five bends in the Ohio River. You can see the hills of northern Kentucky and the rooftops of Ripley's riverfront houses. And you can see what the abolitionist John Rankin saw from his house at the top of that hill, where for nearly forty years he placed a lantern each night to guide fugitive slaves to freedom beyond the river.
In Beyond the River, Ann Hagedorn tells the remarkable story of the participants in the Ripley line of the Underground Railroad, bringing to life the struggles of the men and women, black and white, who fought "the war before the war" along the Ohio River. Determined in their cause, Rankin, his family, and his fellow abolitionists -- some of them former slaves themselves -- risked their lives to guide thousands of runaways safely across the river into the free state of Ohio, even when a sensational trial in Kentucky threatened to expose the Ripley "conductors." Rankin, the leader of the Ripley line and one of the early leaders of the antislavery movement, became nationally renowned after the publication of his Letters on American Slavery, a collection of letters he wrote to persuade his brother in Virginia to renounce slavery.
A vivid narrative about memorable people, Beyond the River is an inspiring story of courage and heroism that transports us to another era and deepens our understanding of the great social movement known as the Underground Railroad.
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Beyond the River.......2007-07-29
Author Ann Hagedorn, who moved "on location" to complete her research and add inspiration to her writing, offers a rarely seen individual account of the underground railroad. Most other books on the topic take a view from 50,000 feet. Hagedorn focuses in on one river (the Ohio), two states (Ohio and Kentucky), and one man (John Rankin). The abolitionist work of this Presbyterian minister (whose letters about abolition are a crucial primary source) serves as the backdrop and foreground for Hagedorn's exposition. Though focused on Rankin, the author does not fail to provide compelling real-life stories of many other "key players" both slave and free. For a compelling, unique read of the courageous men and women conducting the underground railroad, "Beyond the River" is the book to read.
Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction, Spiritual Friends, and Soul Physicians.
Beyond the River earns 'Notable Book' designation.......2004-02-27
Beyond the River was just named one of the American Library Association's Notable Books for 2004. The annual list is highly regarded and identifies 25 very good, very readable and very important books.
This is a tremendous honor for Beyond the River and one that is richly deserved; this book lovingly weaves together tales of the abolitionist heroes in the town of Ripley, Ohio in the years leading up to the Civil War.
A unique and facinating perspective.......2003-12-04
Ann Hagedorn offers the reader a captivating perspective on America's struggle with slavery in her work, "Beyond the River." The uniqueness of her work eminates from two particular aspects of her work, both of which begin with the way she takes her subject out of the macro world of politics and economics into the smaller world of the lives of the people effected by the souths 'peculiar institution.' Looking slavery through the eyes of individuals, the reader gains a far greater appreciation of the suffering, torment, and most of all, the fear generated by those who stood in opposition.
Interesting also is the location the author focuses on, the Ohio River where on one side men are free and on the other live in chains. Most texts present slavery at great distances, like The Carolinas an and New York. Here we see just how intimate the slavery and the abolitionist could be and the blood spilled by both sides.
Most importantly, Hagedorn writes in a cool clear voice that is enjoyable and informative. She delivers facts and passion in the same sentence without ever becoming melodramatic or shrill. Readers who enjoy this fictional work may also want to look at "Cloudsplitter," Richard Bank's novel on The Brown family's war on slavery.
A Book that Makes You Think.......2003-11-04
This is a great read, suspenseful and thoughtful, one of the best page-turners I have read in a long while. I strongly recommend the book to anyone, of any race, of any religion, and from any part of the U.S. It has made me reflect on what 'weak' creatures most of us are when it comes to moral risk-taking, and how courageous other Americans in the past have been. This is a book that will make you feel very humble about how 'morally righteous' you really are.
Unlike one of the other reviewers, I have enjoyed reading the 'large blocks of text'--the original written voice of the people livng at the time, and their [lists of] names make the events very real. These folks were a whole lot more articulate than myself--read this book!
Don't Miss this Gem!.......2003-10-13
So you think you know all about the Underground Railroad, the secret network that fugitive slaves used to escape bondage? Try this quiz:
1. Once they reached one station of the UGRR, how did fugitives reach the next station?
2. What role did women and children play in the UGRR?
3. What religious group do you associate with the UGRR?
So those questions are easy? Try these:
4. What connection did Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, have with Ripley?
5. How many years did the citizens of tiny Ripley, Ohio serve as major players in the Underground Railroad?
Ann Hagedorn answers all these questions and more in Beyond the River. In her skillful hands, a century and a half fades away and the people of Ripley spring to life. By day, they live a surprisingly civilized life-- none of those rustic log cabins and barefooted trips to the outhouse that you read about in many attempts to bring history alive. By night, the sophisticated network of friends and neighbors bands together for one purpose: "a solemn promise to fight slavery until it is dead or the Lord calls me home."
As a girl in the 1960's, I traveled through Ripley, Ohio a couple of times a year to visit my grandparents. I knew a little about the Rankin family and the Underground Railroad from reading the historical marker near Rankin House, but until Ann Hagedorn's book, the story of Ripley was lost history. Read Beyond the River the first time for the gripping story, the second time for the historical accuracy, and the third time for the inspiration to make our world a better place.
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Title: Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad.(Book Review)
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 591 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Beyond the River: the Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad.(Book Review)
Author: Leonne M. Hudson
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Unique, thought-provoking study discusses quipu, an accounting system employing knotted, colored cords, used by Incas to transmit information. Cultural context, mathematics involved, quipu-maker in Inca society, and even how to make a quipu. Fascinating for anthropologists, ethnologists, students, general readers. Over 125 photos and illustrations.
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Excellent, and very thorough, resource for teachers!.......2000-07-04
I am a history teacher teacher and bought this book so that I could learn how to make Quipu with my classes. I found it to be extremely thorough. It begins by explaining what Quipu is and how to make quipu out of household items. . .that part was GREAT, although the directions were a bit tricky. It then explores what Quipu was used for and provides numerous examples of different Quipu. The pictures, though they are not in color, are great. This book is excellent for anyone wanting to learn the intricacies of Quipu. It is also an excellent resource for computer and/or math teachers; it explains how Quipu is used in the same way that databases are used. You can't help but notice the similarities between Quipu and an abacus, either. One thing it did appear to lack was any explanation or translation of an authentic Incan Quipu.
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Explores Inca use of knotted cords to transmit information and the problem of interpreting artifacts from distant cultures
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Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipu.(Review) (book review): An article from: School Science and Mathematics
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A Guide to Developing Financial Resources
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