The Gold Machine : Tracking the Ancestors from Highlands to Coffee Colony
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Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
0861543734
ISBN-13
9780861543731
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Imprint
Oneworld Publications
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 2022
Print length
432 Pages
Weight
378 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 24.60 x 4.10 cms
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HistoryHistory of the AmericasHistory of other landsSocial & cultural historyColonialism & imperialismIndigenous peoples / IndigeneityIndigenous peoplesHistoryHistory of the AmericasHistory of other geographical groupings and regions or specific cultures / societies / groups / peoplesSocial and cultural historyColonialism and imperialismHuman geographyTravel writing
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A journey through time and space, grappling with the ghosts of empire
A journey through time and space, grappling with the ghosts of empire
A New Statesman Book of the Year, 2021
?Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.? Barry Miles
From the award-winning author of The Last London and Lights Out for the Territory, a journey in the footsteps of our ancestors.
Iain Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by ? and in reaction to ? an ill-fated colonial expedition led by his great-grandfather. The family history of a displaced Scottish highlander fades into the brutal reality of a major land grab. The historic thirst for gold and the establishment of sprawling coffee plantations leave terrible wounds on virgin territory.
In Sinclair?s haunting prose, no place escapes its past, and nor can we.
?The Gold Machine is a trip, a psychoactive expedition in compelling company.? TLS
A New Statesman Book of the Year, 2021
?Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.? Barry Miles
From the award-winning author of The Last London and Lights Out for the Territory, a journey in the footsteps of our ancestors.
Iain Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by ? and in reaction to ? an ill-fated colonial expedition led by his great-grandfather. The family history of a displaced Scottish highlander fades into the brutal reality of a major land grab. The historic thirst for gold and the establishment of sprawling coffee plantations leave terrible wounds on virgin territory.
In Sinclair?s haunting prose, no place escapes its past, and nor can we.
?The Gold Machine is a trip, a psychoactive expedition in compelling company.? TLS
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