CALEDONIA

kăˌlĭdōˈnēə, Roman name for that part of the island of Great Britain that lies N of the firths of Clyde and Forth. The name first occurs in the works of Lucan (1st cent. a.d.) and has been used in modern times rhetorically and poetically to mean all of Scotland or the Scottish Highlands.

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books on: Caledonia  - 2170 results

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Island Administration in the South West Pacific: Government and Reconstruction in New Caledonia, the New Hebrides, and the British Solomon Islands
Book by Cyril S. Belshaw; Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1950
Subjects: New Caledonia--Politics And Government, Solomon Islands--Politics And Government, Vanuatu--Politics And Government
...Government and Reconstruction in New Caledonia, the New Hebrides, and the British Solomon...11 New Caledonia At end...months visit to the New Hebrides and New Caledonia. Before this date I had been an administrative...
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From Caledonia to the Pampas: Two Accounts by Early Scottish Emigrants to the Argentine
Book by Iain A. D. Stewart; Tuckwell Press, 2000
Subjects: Agricultural Colonies--Argentina--Buenos Aires (Province)--History--19th Century, Frontier And Pioneer Life--Argentina--Buenos Aires (Province)--History--19th Century, Immigrants--Argentina--Buenos Aires (Province)--History--19th Century, Scots--Argentina--Buenos Aires (Province)--History--19th Century, Transatlantic Voyages--History--19th Century
FROM CALEDONIA TO THE PAMPAS FROM CALEDONIA TO THE PAMPAS Two Accounts by Early Scottish Emigrants...history as the Wandering Jew or the Wandering Scholar. The Caledonian diaspora began in earnest, of course, with the Highland...
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Johnson and Boswell: The Transit of Caledonia
Book by Pat Rogers; Oxford University Press, 1995
Subjects: Authors, English--18th Century--Biography, Authors, Scottish--18th Century--Biography, Boswell, James--1740-1795--Journal Of A Tour To The Hebrides With Samuel Johnson, Ll.D, Boswell, James--1740-1795--Journeys--Scotland--Hebrides, Fiction, Johnson, Samuel--1709-1784--Journey To The Western Islands Of Scotland, Johnson, Samuel--1709-1784--Journeys--Scotland--Hebrides, Scotland--History--18th Century, Travelers--Scotland--Hebrides--History--18th Century
...JOHNSON AND BOSWELL The Transit of Caledonia PAT ROGERS CLARENDON PRESS...Johnson and Boswell: The Transit of Caledonia/ Pat Rogers, Includes bibliographical...3. The Transit of the Caledonian Hemisphere: Johnson and Boswell in...
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Beyond Papillon: The French Overseas Penal Colonies, 1854-1952
Book by Stephen A. Toth; University of Nebraska Press, 2006
Subjects: Penal Colonies--France--History, Penal Colonies--French Guiana--History, Penal Colonies--New Caledonia--History
...Guiana-History. 3. Penal colonies-New Caledonia-History. I. Title. II. Series...13 Penal Establishments in New Caledonia 19 Photographs Followingpage...Alignment of barracks in Bourail, New Caledonia Interior view of cellular quarter...
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The Memoirs of Louise Michel, the Red Virgin
Book by Bullitt Lowry, Elizabeth Ellington Gunter, Louise Michel; The University of Alabama Press, 1981
Subjects: Michel, Louise--1830-1905, New Caledonia--Description And Travel, Paris (France)--History--Commune, 1871--Sources, Political Prisoners--France--Biography, Revolutionaries--France--Biography
...Revolutionists--France--Biography. 4. New Caledonia--Description and travel. 5. Political...Commune," and Chapters 12-14 on New Caledonia. Contents Translators...13. Numbo, New Caledonia 95...
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journal articles on: Caledonia  - 313 results

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Recent Archaeological Research in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia
Journal article by Christophe Sand; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 37, 1998
Subjects: Archaeology--Melanesia, Lapita culture--Analysis, Melanesia--History, New Caledonia--History
...Research in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. by CHRISTOPHE SAND ABSTRACT...research in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia has added to our understanding of the...occupation of the Loyalty Islands, as with New Caledonia, is attributed to the Lapita complex...
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Incised Bamboo from New Caledonia: a Visual Analysis
Journal article by Margaret E. Burns; The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 13, 2002
Subjects: Anthropology, Folk art, Indigenous people, New Caledonia
Incised Bamboo from New Caledonia: a Visual Analysis by Margaret...engraved or incised artwork on New Caledonian bamboo tubes (kare u ta)l comprises...parallel work of Bogliolo (1994) on New Caledonian literature also contains brief discussions...
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The Right Kind of Women Things: Changing Compositions of Gendered Subjectivity in New Caledonia
Journal article by Helen Johnson; The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 8, 1997
Subjects: Anthropology, New Caledonia, Women
...Compositions of Gendered Subjectivity in New Caledonia by Helen Johnson `Je suis une kanak...sunny morning of my second week in New Caledonia,l I met Danielle. I had read about her...her life as a woman in contemporary New Caledonia. Danielle is a lively 33 year old Kanak...
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Daily, Immediate Conflicts: An Analysis of Villagers' Arguments about a Multinational Nickel Mining Project in New Caledonia (1)
Journal article by Leah Horowitz; Oceania, Vol. 73, 2002
Subjects: Industrial development--Social aspects, New Caledonia--Economic aspects, New Caledonia--Social aspects, Village communities--Social aspects
...multinational nickel mining project in New Caledonia (1). by Leah Horowitz INTRODUCTION...relationships of the residents of a few New Caledonian villages with a multinational nickel...Bourdieu 1994). PARTICULARITIES OF NEW CALEDONIA AND THE KONIAMBO PROJECT The archipelago...
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'The Kite Is Tied to You': Custom, Christianity, and Organization among Kanak Women of Drueulu, Lifou, New Caledonia
Journal article by Anna Paini; Oceania, Vol. 74, 2003
Subjects: New Caledonia--Religious aspects, New Caledonia--Social aspects, Social change--Analysis, Women--Social aspects
...among Kanak Women of Drueulu, Lifou, New Caledonia. by Anna Paini PROLOGUE...against independence which convulsed New Caledonia in 1984-85 and again in 1988-89. (17...Nouvelle-Caledonie (Council of Women of New Caledonia) after its inauguration in 1983. (18...
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magazine articles on: Caledonia  - 180 results

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"LITTLE SCUM" TAKES ON BIG MINING - Bruno Van Peteghem's Campaign to Protect the South Pacific Island of New Caledonia Has Earned Him Both Scorn and Praise
Magazine article by Paul Tolm; National Wildlife, June 2002
Subjects: Environmentalists--Influence, Mining industry--Environmental aspects, New Caledonia--Environmental aspects, Nickel industry--Environmental aspects, Van Peteghem, Bruno--Environmental policy
...protect the South Pacific island of New Caledonia has earned him both scorn and praise...garage on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia. The second followed a few weeks later...to push environmental reforms on New Caledonia, whose unique landscape and vibrant reefs...
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The Curbing of Caledonia: Mohammed Sarwar Has Given New Labour the Perfect Excuse to Consolidate Its Control over the Scottish Party, but Is the Grip Now Unacceptably Tight?
Magazine article by John Arlidge; New Statesman, Vol. 126, June 6, 1997
Subjects: Labour Party (United Kingdom)--Political activity, Scotland--Politics and government, United Kingdom--Politics and government
The curbing of Caledonia: Mohammed Sarwar has given new Labour...right moment to impose their will on Caledonia. They think this is it. Blairs unwitting...our problems." Perhaps. But Blairs Caledonian lieutenants should pause for thought...
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Decolonization Committee Makes Statement on New Caledonia, Discusses Namibia, Other Territories
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, May 1987
Subjects: Self-determination, National--Public opinion, United Nations. Special Committee on Decolonization--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.
...Decolonization Committee makes statement on New Caledonia, discusses Namibia, other territories...in consultation with the people of New Caledonia, and in co-operation with the Special...this and other issues relating to New Caledonia and report thereon to the Committee...
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The Unpacified Pacific
Magazine article by Brian Crozier; National Review, Vol. 41, January 27, 1989
Subjects: Fiji--Political aspects, New Caledonia--Political aspects, Oceania--International relations, Oceania--Political aspects, Papua New Guinea--Political aspects, Soviet Union--International relations, Soviet foreign relations--Oceania, Vanuatu--Political aspects
...you will find trouble: in Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Papua New Guinea...interests in the region. As for New Caledonia, recent French administrations may sometimes...need for any deep thinking about New Caledonia because of the extant Socialist ideology...
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Of Fiji, Race, and All That
Magazine article by Brain Crozier; National Review, Vol. 39, December 4, 1987
Subjects: Fiji, France--Emigration and immigration, Le Pen, Jean-Marie--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, New Caledonia, Race relations
...is about; it is also what the recent referendum in French Caledonia is about. And a thought must be spared for black and colored...Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India. THE SITUATION in French Caledonia is illuminatingly different. There, too, the original Melanesian...
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newspaper articles on: Caledonia  - 777 results

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600 OFWs Working in New Caledonia Safe
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 3, 2006
Subjects: Cobalt industry, Construction workers, Nickel industry
600 OFWs Working in New Caledonia Safe. Byline: CHARISSA M. LUCI...cobalt processing plant in the New Caledonian capital of Noumea are safe and sound...undertaken by the Federation of New Caledonian Workers Unions. The construction...
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Vital: Cycle Path Has Twists and Turns; THE RECORD HAS ENTERED A TEAM IN SCOTLAND'S TOUGHEST BIKE RACE, THE ETAPE CALEDONIA.BUT IS THE REPORTERS' TOUGH TRAINING REGIME GOING TO GET THEM IN SHAPE IN TIME?
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 31, 2008
Subjects: Tour de France (Bicycle race)
...SCOTLANDS TOUGHEST BIKE RACE, THE ETAPE CALEDONIA.BUT IS THE REPORTERS TOUGH TRAINING REGIME...Byline: By Magnus Gardham THE Etape Caledonia is unique, offering serious cyclists...day before the real race. In the Etape Caledonia, just like the Etape du Tour, the roads...
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E.On Is Caledonia Winner
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 26, 2005
E.On Is Caledonia Winner. THE battle to secure North Sea gas...owner - outbid British Gas group Centrica for Caledonia Oil Gas. E.On is paying pounds sterling470 million for Caledonia, having outflanked Centrica which is keen to...
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Hungry Caledonia Moves in to Snap Up Savills Stake; MARKET REPORT
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 6, 2005
Hungry Caledonia Moves in to Snap Up Savills Stake; MARKET...estate agent Savills has a new admirer. Caledonia Investments has acquired 2.5m shares...to close little changed at 634p. While Caledonia is generally regarded as a long-term...
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Revealed, the Homecoming Stars Who Just Didn't Want to Come Home; CALEDONIA SCHEMING: Amy McDonald with Backdrop of Glencoe ALWAYS ARGYLL: But Lulu Recorded Her Lines in London
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 7, 2008
...Stars Who Just Didnt Want to Come Home; CALEDONIA SCHEMING: Amy McDonald with Backdrop...were delivering. While they insist that Caledonia is calling expats, The Scottish Mail...sing a line from Dougie MacLeans anthem Caledonia against iconic Scottish backgrounds...
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encyclopedia articles on: Caledonia  - 23 results

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Pines, Isle Of , Island, New Caledonia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PINES, ISLE OF , island, New Caledonia or Kunie koo nya, island (1989 pop. 1,465), c.58 sq mi...South Pacific, a part of the French overseas territory of New Caledonia . The Isle of Pines, formerly a penal colony, is now a popular...
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Caledonia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALEDONIA ka lido ne , Roman name for that part of the island of Great Britain that lies N of the firths of Clyde and Forth. The name...
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New Caledonia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEW CALEDONIA Fr. Nouvelle Caledonie, officially Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, internally self-governing dependency...E of Australia. It comprises the island of New Caledonia, the Isle of Pines, the Loyalty Islands , Walpole...
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NoumÉa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...noomaa , town (1992 est. pop. 75,000), chief port and capital of the French overseas territory of New Caledonia , on New Caledonia island, South Pacific. Local industry, dominated by the nearby Doniambo nickel smelter, include cementworks...
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Garnierite
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...apple-green mineral, chemically a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesium. An important ore of nickel, it is found in New Caledonia, Russia, and S Africa. In the United States it occurs in Oregon and North Carolina. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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