It concludes that what we are given are what was to all intents and purposes, the paths less trodden that saw the making of pioneer female wage earners or “working women” of the Malaysian Indian community.
It argues that in the minutiae of particular episodes related, the edges of the parchment of knowledge on early Indian migrant women takes on different textures, dispelling dominant conventions of the drudgery of plantation labour and offering insights into everyday acts that were as much valid as that of records of roll call, labour productivity, and profit margin. This is not meant as a dismissal of the plantation experience of Indian women in colonial Malaya, but rather as an attempt to engage with female figures and autonomous experiences that were formed independently of the regimented plantation system of social control and patronage. More specifically, it chooses experiences that were formed outside the boundaries of colonial plantations. Maniam (1942–2020), his inaugural novel The Return (1981) and his short story, “The Kling-Kling Woman” (Maniam, Yamada (ed.), Virtual Lotus: Modern fiction of Southeast Asia, The University of Michigan Press, 2002). This material might be dense and academic in another's hands, but Flannery displays a light touch, a keen understanding of what will interest general readers and a good sense of structure, which keeps the book moving, manageable and memorable.This chapter focuses primarily on the female experience of early migrant life in colonial Malaya as conveyed in two texts by K.
Flannery also spotlights plenty of scientists at work, most notably one who tries to butcher an elephant as a prehistoric man would have butchered a mastodon, and another who had the intestinal fortitude to check whether meat would keep if a carcass were stored at the bottom of a frigid pond, the earliest of refrigerators.
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We see the rise of horses, camels and dogs (cats are Eurasian), the rapid extinction of mammoths, mastodons and other megafauna at the hands of prehistoric man, and the even quicker extinction of the passenger pigeon and other creatures more recently. Author : Tim Flannery File Size : 83.97 MB Format : PDF Download : 247 Read : 984. Flannery starts his tale with the asteroid collision that destroyed the dinosaurs, ends with the almost equally cataclysmic arrival of humankind and fills the middle with an engaging survey of invaders from other lands, wild speciation and an ever-changing climate, all of which have kept the ecology of North America in a constant state of flux. In a fascinating chronicle of our continent's evolution, Flannery shows, however, that this desire must forever be frustrated. If Nature itself has a nature, it's the desire for balance. This is science writing at its very best-both an engrossing narrative and a scholarly trove of information that “will forever change your perspective on the North American continent” ( The New York Review of Books). It continues right up to the present, covering the deforestation of the Northeast, the decimation of the buffalo, and other consequences of frontier settlement and the industrial development of the United States.
The story spans the massive changes wrought by the ice ages and the coming of the Native Americans. Here, “the rock star of modern science” tells the unforgettable story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago to the present day (Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel).įlannery describes the development of North America’s deciduous forests and other flora, and tracks the migrations of various animals to and from Europe, Asia, and South America, showing how plant and animal species have either adapted or become extinct. A comprehensive history of the continent, “full of engaging and attention-catching information about North America’s geology, climate, and paleontology” ( The Washington Post Book World).
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