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Author | : D. A. Low |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521457545 |
The middle decades of the twentieth century witnessed the great dramas of the ending of Western imperial rule in Africa and Asia. A series of nationalist onslaughts was launched against the British Empire and these greatly reshaped the modern world. Professor Anthony Low has studied the end of the British Empire and its aftermath for many years. This volume brings together for the first time many of his major essays on the subject.
Author | : Patricia Jane Roylance |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817313826 |
This book analyzes the nineteenth-century American fascination with what the author calls "narratives of imperial eclipse," texts that depict the surpassing of one great civilization by another. The central claim in this book is that historical episodes of imperial eclipse - for example, Incan Peru yielding to Spain, or the Ojibway to the French - heightened the concerns of many American writers about specific intranational social problems plaguing the nation at the time: race, class, gender, religion, and economics.
Author | : Martin Thomas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 801 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0198713193 |
The Oxford Handbook of the Ends of Empire offers the most comprehensive treatment of the causes, course, and consequences of the collapse of empires in the twentieth century. The volume's contributors convey the global reach of decolonization, analysing the ways in which European, Asian, and African empires disintegrated over the past century.
Author | : Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture Henrike Lange |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2024-02-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0192857991 |
A uniquely prismatic representation of total solar eclipses, this volume invites us to imagine a liberated mode of discovery, perception, creativity, and knowledge-production across the traditional academic divisions.
Author | : Paula Findlen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2018-10-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429867921 |
Empires of Knowledge charts the emergence of different kinds of scientific networks – local and long-distance, informal and institutional, religious and secular – as one of the important phenomena of the early modern world. It seeks to answer questions about what role these networks played in making knowledge, how information traveled, how it was transformed by travel, and who the brokers of this world were. Bringing together an international group of historians of science and medicine, this book looks at the changing relationship between knowledge and community in the early modern period through case studies connecting Europe, Asia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Americas. It explores a landscape of understanding (and misunderstanding) nature through examinations of well-known intelligencers such as overseas missions, trading companies, and empires while incorporating more recent scholarship on the many less prominent go-betweens, such as translators and local experts, which made these networks of knowledge vibrant and truly global institutions. Empires of Knowledge is the perfect introduction to the global history of early modern science and medicine.
Author | : Samuel Davies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1849 |
Genre | : Presbyterian Church |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Geoffrey Belknap |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2020-08-13 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1000211495 |
Throughout its early history, photography's authenticity was contested and challenged: how true a representation of reality can a photograph provide? Does the reproduction of a photograph affect its value as authentic or not? From a Photograph examines these questions in the light of the early scientific periodical press, exploring how the perceived veracity of a photograph, its use as scientific evidence and the technologies developed for printing it were intimately connected.Before photomechanical printing processes became widely used in the 1890s, scientific periodicals were unable to reproduce photographs and instead included these photographic images as engravings, with the label ‘from a photograph’. Consequently, every image was mediated by a human interlocutor, introducing the potential for error and misinterpretation. Rather than ‘reading’ photographs in the context of where or how they were taken, this book emphasises the importance of understanding how photographs are reproduced. It explores and compares the value of photography as authentic proof in both popular and scientific publications during this period of significant technological developments and a growing readership. Three case studies investigate different uses of photography in print: using pigeons to transport microphotographs during the Franco-Prussian War; the debate surrounding the development of instantaneous photography; and finally the photographs taken of the Transit of Venus in 1874, unseen by the human eye but captured on camera and made accessible to the public through the periodical.Addressing a largely overlooked area of photographic history, From a Photograph makes an important contribution to this interdisciplinary research and will be of interest to historians of photography, print culture and science.
Author | : Toner Stevenson |
Publisher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2023-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1486317081 |
Witnessing a total solar eclipse is a wondrous and unforgettable event! Eclipse Chasers is a guide to past and future Australian total solar eclipses, exploring historical and cultural knowledge, as well as featuring five upcoming eclipses that will be visible in Australia. The science of eclipses is explained, as well as how to prepare for an eclipse and view it safely. For upcoming eclipses the best locations to view each one are revealed, alongside tips for taking photographs. The book also reveals untold stories of how past Australian astronomers observed the total eclipses that have occurred since European settlement, and how these eclipses were celebrated in popular culture, poetry and art. It explores the great significance of solar eclipses for First Nations peoples, and their observations and cultural meanings. Eclipse Chasers showcases the drama and beauty of total solar eclipses and is essential for anyone fascinated by these amazing events.
Author | : Eliot Lord |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : Comstock Lode (Nev.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : R.G. Draconakis |
Publisher | : Robert G Dracon Jr |
Total Pages | : 85 |
Release | : 2023-08-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
On April 8th, 2024, one of nature's rarest and most spectacular events will take place, a Total Solar Eclipse. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty and celestial wonder of the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse with "Shadowed Embrace." This captivating book takes you on a mesmerizing journey through the awe-inspiring cosmic event, capturing its profound impact on both nature and human emotions. This book will cover in detail the history, rarity, emotions, folklore and beauty of a Total Solar Eclipse, including: Five Ws of Total Solar Eclipse - What, Where, Why so rare, Where is best viewing, What are the phases Different Types of Eclipses Cultural Interpretation of a Total Solar Eclipse Metaphorical Connection of Total Solar Eclipse With Life Viewing Total Solar Eclipse Impact of Total Solar Eclipse NASA on Total Solar Eclipse Occurence or Total Solar Eclipse in the Timeline Superstitious Beliefs Associated With Eclipses Gear Up for the Great North American Eclipse Exciting Facts About Eclipses I sincerely hope that read this fascinating and informative book. It will not only prepare you for the April 8th, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, but also for the August 12th, 2026 Total Solar Eclipse. Read less