Touch of Colonial in an Edwardian House; Property Correspondent Marsya Lennox Looks at Three Large, Rural Family Homes with Diverse Styles and AccomodationEdwardian designers came up with the plans for The Chalet House at Wyche Road, Malvern, drawing on the stylised view of a continental, ...
say, the Quaker Meeting House and the Congregational Church that’s about to turn 300; but even so, it was so quaint I half expected to hear prayers canted for those who go down to the sea or for the harpooners or those who process the ambergris used to light the lamps. When...
The DRC, which is rich in minerals, has a long colonial history of natural resource extraction and brutal labour exploitation. The ability of the state to act as a responsible guardian of national resources was further undermined by the corrupt regime of President Mobutu, and the state-run mini...
The vast majority of women worked within their homes, where their labor produced most articles needed for the family. The entire colonial production of cloth and clothing and partly that of shoes was in the hands of women. In addition to these occupations, women were found in many different k...
However, during the Spanish colonial period (1568 to 1898) the church "taught a mystified and otherworldly version of Christianity to indoctrinate and subdue the masses for their conquerors" ([31], p. 30). With a heavy reliance upon a distinction of planes approach to spirituality it was not...
In recent years, the government of the Philippines (adhering to the precepts of neoliberalism) has promoted large-scale mining as a method of stimulating economic development. Mining, an activity with substantial potential for environmental harm, is staunchly opposed by the Roman Catholic Church in ...