The Roads of Roman Italy

The Roads of Roman Italy
Author: Ray Laurence
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2002-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136823875

The Roads of Roman Italy offers a complete re-evaluation of both the evidence and the interpretation of Roman land transport. The book utilises archaeological, epigraphic and literary evidence for Roman communications, drawing on recent approaches to the human landscape developed by geographers. Among the topics considered are: * the relationship between the road and the human landscape * the administration and maintenance of the road system * the role of roads as imperial monuments * the economics of road construction and urban development.

Environment, Trade and Society in Southeast Asia

Environment, Trade and Society in Southeast Asia
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2015-03-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004288058

In Environment, Trade and Society in Southeast Asia: A Longue Durée Perspective, eleven historians bring their knowledge and insights to bear on the long Braudelian sweep of Southeast Asian history. In doing so they seek both to debunk simplistic assumptions about fragile traditions and transformational modernities, and to identify real repeating patterns in Southeast Asia's past: clientelistic political structures, periodic tectonic and climatic disasters, ethnic occupational specializations, long cycles of economic globalization and deglobalization. Their contributions range across many centuries: from the Austronesian expansion to the Aceh tsunami, and from the Sanskrit cosmopolis to the Asian financial crisis. The book is inspired by, and dedicated to, Peter Boomgaard, a scholar whose work has embodied the Braudelian spirit in Southeast Asian historiography. This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access.

George Cruikshank

George Cruikshank
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2020-03-16
Genre: Humor
ISBN:

George Cruikshank was a famous British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. He was most famous for book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens and many other authors, reaching an international audience. The piece presented here is an essay in which Thackeray laboriously praises the Victorian illustrator, also offering a random assortment of his illustrations.

John Zoffany, R.A. His Life and Works

John Zoffany, R.A. His Life and Works
Author: George Charles Williamson
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Total Pages: 742
Release: 2018-10-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9780342841387

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Iceland

Iceland
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher: Signal Books
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2007
Genre: Birds
ISBN: 9781902669892

So begins Sabine Baring-Gould's account of his journey on horseback around Iceland in 1862. Aged twenty-eight, the young writer and teacher was fascinated by the tradition of the Icelandic sagas, and this was the catalyst for his adventure and the book that emerged from it. His voyage took him from the then tiny settlement of Reykjavik through remote and hostile terrain, passing through the empty expanse of Iceland's countryside. He observed mountains and glaciers, volcanoes and geysers, wondering at the wild beauty of the landscape. He also recorded the rich flora and fauna that he saw-and, to his chagrin, that his companions shot.