In Mexico, the confluence of the 1992 Quincentennial commemoration of Columbus's voyages and the neo-liberal sexenio, or presidency, of Carlos Salinas de Gortari spurred artistic creations that capture the decade like no other source does. In the 1990s, Mexican artists produced an inordinate number of works that revise and rewrite the events of the sixteenth-century conquest and colonization. These works and their relationship to, indeed their mirroring of, the intellectual and cultural atmosphere in Mexico during the Salinas presidency are of paramount importance if we are to understand the subtle but deep shifts within Mexico's national identity that took place at the end of the last century. Throughout the twentieth century, the post-revolutionary Mexican State had used mestizaje as a symbol of national unity and social integration. By the end of the millennium, however, Mexico had gone from a PRI-dominated, economically protectionist nation to a more democratic, economically globalizing one. More importantly, the homogenizing, mestizophile national identity that pervaded Mexico throughout the past century had given way to official admission of Mexico's ethnic and linguistic diversity - or 'pluriculture' according to President Salinas's 1992 constitutional revision. This book is the first interdisciplinary study of literary, cinematic, and graphic images of Mexican national identity in the 1980s and '90s. Discussing, in depth, writings, films, and cartoons from a vast array of contemporary sources, Carrie C. Chorba creates a social history of this important shift.
In Mexico, the confluence of the 1992 Quincentennial commemoration of Columbus's voyages and the neo-liberal sexenio, or presidency, of Carlos Salinas de Gortari spurred artistic creations that capture the decade like no other source does. In the 1990s, Mexican artists produced an inordinate number of works that revise and rewrite the events of the sixteenth-century conquest and colonization. These works and their relationship to, indeed their mirroring of, the intellectual and cultural atmosphere in Mexico during the Salinas presidency are of paramount importance if we are to understand the subtle but deep shifts within Mexico's national identity that took place at the end of the last century. Throughout the twentieth century, the post-revolutionary Mexican State had used mestizaje as a symbol of national unity and social integration. By the end of the millennium, however, Mexico had gone from a PRI-dominated, economically protectionist nation to a more democratic, economically globalizing one. More importantly, the homogenizing, mestizophile national identity that pervaded Mexico throughout the past century had given way to official admission of Mexico's ethnic and linguistic diversity - or 'pluriculture' according to President Salinas's 1992 constitutional revision. This book is the first interdisciplinary study of literary, cinematic, and graphic images of Mexican national identity in the 1980s and '90s. Discussing, in depth, writings, films, and cartoons from a vast array of contemporary sources, Carrie C. Chorba creates a social history of this important shift.
First published in 1932, this book was written primarily for children in the middle and upper forms of public and secondary schools. Arranged chronologically, excepting the separate discussion of economic and constitutional issues, the material is broadly viewed from an international perspective, and political history is subordinated to social history. Whilst the text was written to provide a resource for the School Certificate or equivalent examinations, it does not lose sight of the narrative aspect of history and remains highly readable. Extensive quotations from contemporary sources and renowned historians are included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in British history, historiography, or the education system.
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On the surface, humanity created a perfect world of order from the utter chaos and destruction of the final world war and the system is determined infailable. In this perfect paradise the tides of fate rise and fall around those society has deemed the architects and their children. In this perfect world the cybernetically enhanced and the genetically enhanced live together in harmony beneath the last sanctuary on earth. It was the development of
ith the fall of the Abyssial Obsidian Gold City, war has waged in Primosaec for 16 Milenius between the First bloods of Arinviatal, the pure bloods of Primordia and the Rift born of evolution. With the War Games of the Anikhaziri drawing to a close in Median, once Medius, all of Trivium drift in instability with the rise of a new Champion. With the first success of the War Games election, due to Delectris's experiment, Trivium finds itself in unpredictable circumstances. With peace in Median as one cycle of 8 Milenius draws to a close, another begins as a new aspect of the War's origins arises in the Aftermath. As it comes to light the Anikhaziri are not what they appear to be, the layers of Trivium's depths become clear to the children of the Blackrose. With civil war in Primosaec ensuing over the last 16 Milenius, their champion must now uncover the mystery behind its circumstances and the puppet master pulling the strings of the Anikhaziri themselves. In the struggle for survival, the people of Primosaec have all but torn themselves and and each other apart over the greatest kept secret, the primordial flower. When the lines of historical truth, spoken truth and experienced truth begin to blur, all of Primosaec finds itself tangled in the web of chaos surrounding their new champion and her mysterious origins. Teetering on the brink of utter destruction and war again, Primios now united with Blackrose must find a way to restore the shattered remains of Primosaec to create a balance of power as they find themselves in the center of this web of Chaos. The Champion that could be their redemption is the same factor that could destroy everything and sometimes you have to break something apart to fix it. Can the people of Primosaec be restored in the absence of the only thing they had in common or will their differences destroy the entire civilization they have built? Below the Blackrose Territory of Median, lays the original foundation of the middle ground Primios as the Queen of Blackroses must now confront her greatest enemy yet, herself. Trapped between two worlds, she finds there is far more to this war then she bargained for as its roots lay buried beyond the territory of Median in the second world, Primosaec. In the search for answers to uncover the facts behind her origin, she must first unravel the tangled web of truths and in this one truth is fact above all, secrets will kill and too much truth is madness. With all of Trivium at stake she is torn between the calling of architects and the War Born Path before her as one thing is clear, she has forgotten something important from the war in Median. The truth can be poison when the secrets themselves can kill as the Queen finds herself on a journey through the second world of Trivium. From Primosaec territory in the east to Arinviatal Territory in the west, there is far more then what meets the eye as the layers of truth begin to surface. When she finds herself caught in a deadly 7 tier Enochian chess game between the Aedifix, the unseen threat and herself, there is only one way to end this war over Trivium
In 1897, a stranger named Reverend Prescott Jernegan arrived in Lubec and made a bold claim: he could extract gold from seawater. To do so, he used so-called accumulators of electrically charged rods in iron pots. Fooling many, he actually hid the gold beneath a wharf in the Bay of Fundy during the night. He and his accomplice, Charles Fisher, preached with fervent enthusiasm as they built their factory and encouraged inspections, which reversed doubters to greedy high-stakes investors. Hundreds of laborers accelerated factory expansion until July 1897, when Jernegan and Fisher fled. Although residents of Lubec attempted civil and criminal action, both men relocated, and fantasies of gold wealth flowed away. Relive the excitement, disappointment and anger of turn-of-the-century Mainers in this collection of accounts about the Lubec gold hoax.
With the battle for Trivium decided, the original world lays in a shattered ruin as Primordia and Trivium have returned once more to crossroads at which started the gears of the War Machine and one Prophecy remains from the telling of the ancient books to come to pass. In places where the vale between the living and dead have meshed a new equilibrium with unheard of potentials comes to light as Primordia rebuilds from ashes of what was into the dawning of the new age. Can the Generation 0 of the old ways forge a neutral ground with their descendants of the new ways, or will the judgment rising to call the Pheonix reborn render both into the pages of history itself? When peace is dead with all the illusions masking reality and the truth is laid bare who will pass the judgment of the Kyrien as the test comes to play out across all of creation and the sleeping ancients rise to task at hand. When the lines between the dead with the living cease to exist will the uncounted swallow the land or will they finally find their peace with the living? The Roses find themselves at a deadly crossroads when a fatal accident renders their queen stuck between the land of the living and that of the dead as Primordia and Trivium are brought face to face with the brutal reality they created in their choices. Torn between the balancing act of saving all they have worked to establish and their queen, the decision comes down to a conflict of keeping their oaths made and they find themselves forced to choose between the two. Can the Queen of the Blackroses find her back across the streams or will our walker be lost among the uncounted in a sea rising of the crimson tides? Nightmares become reality when each Rose must stand accounted for in their place to hold the line as the Middle Ground must remain the neutral sovereign territory fought for the establishment of. When all of eternity lays ahead each has chosen the blessing or curse of their path as the Gift of Obsidian Gold is a triple edged blade of truth which holds both their problem with the solution and holding Primordial Keys of their own accord, the Roses find themselves faced with an impossible task. When one riddle stands between them saving both their queen with everything they have established, can they answer it correctly before the last sand falls in the hour glass and the Gate closes forever?
In Cleaning up the aftermath of the War to bring everyone home, the Roses face the biggest challenge they have encountered yet when the battle of self threatens to claim their leader. With the Battle of Trivium decided, new threats emerge when the Teriomi surface in the Era of Kyrien rising as dark secrets come to light about Tenebris's history. Facing a potential outbreak of war spilling over from the fighting Teriomi houses into the rest of Trivium, the Roses must uncover the hidden truth of Tenebris with Kat's past to end the Time Loop of the Wars and repair the Time Flow itself. The Roses find themselves down a dark path that may cost them everything including their leader when too much truth could be the poison that kills their legacy they are building. The rising Sanctuaries of the four corners must come together the truth of the War origins is brought to light with the revealing of the name for the Puppet Master as the Archive find itself in the middle of an epic battle against the legacy of Madness and Mayhem passed down through the generations. When endless night returns once more to Trivium in the wake of the Puppet Master, with the truth of Tenebris's past hanging over their heads, the Roses are forced into an impossible choice between their Valley with all of Trivium. With the ultimate test of their faith with strength against the fate of things that cannot be changed, only one question remains unanswered and the race against the final hour approaching begins. When everything hangs in the balance of choices who is the Puppet Master and can the fate of the world burning be avoiding in the final hour when the last sand falls?
