Four Centuries of Special Geography

Four Centuries of Special Geography
Author: O.F.G. Sitwell
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 682
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0774844574

Geography as an academic discipline dates back to the last few decades of the nineteenth century. However, during the preceding centuries a large body of English-language literature relevant to the field of special geography was published. Four Centuries of Special Geography lists all the works published before 1888 and includes descriptions of each entry and notes on later editions.

Geography and Revolution

Geography and Revolution
Author: David N. Livingstone
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2010-08-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0226487350

A term with myriad associations, revolution is commonly understood in its intellectual, historical, and sociopolitical contexts. Until now, almost no attention has been paid to revolution and questions of geography. Geography and Revolution examines the ways that place and space matter in a variety of revolutionary situations. David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers assemble a set of essays that are themselves revolutionary in uncovering not only the geography of revolutions but the role of geography in revolutions. Here, scientific revolutions—Copernican, Newtonian, and Darwinian—ordinarily thought of as placeless, are revealed to be rooted in specific sites and spaces. Technical revolutions—the advent of print, time-keeping, and photography—emerge as inventions that transformed the world's order without homogenizing it. Political revolutions—in France, England, Germany, and the United States—are notable for their debates on the nature of political institutions and national identity. Gathering insight from geographers, historians, and historians of science, Geography and Revolution is an invitation to take the where as seriously as the who and the when in examining the nature, shape, and location of revolutions.

The Evolution of Editorial Style in Early Modern England

The Evolution of Editorial Style in Early Modern England
Author: Jocelyn Hargrave
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2019-09-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3030202755

This book provides a historical study on the evolution of editorial style and its progress towards standardisation through an examination of early modern English style guides. The text considers the variety of ways authors, editors and printers directly implemented or uniquely interpreted and adapted the guidelines of these style guides as part of their inherently human editorial practice. Offering a critical mapping of early modern style guides, Jocelyn Hargrave explores when and how style guides originated, how they contributed to the evolution of editorial practice and how they impacted the overall publishing of content.

A Catalogue Raisonné of Works on the Occult Sciences

A Catalogue Raisonné of Works on the Occult Sciences
Author: F. Leigh Gardner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2011-06-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108031145

A single-volume reissue of Gardner's three detailed catalogues (originally published 1903-1912), including the very rare volume on English freemasonry.

The Compleat Plattmaker

The Compleat Plattmaker
Author: Norman J. W. Thrower
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0520321022

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.