2012

2012
Author:
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 3064
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 3110278715

Particularly in the humanities and social sciences, festschrifts are a popular forum for discussion. The IJBF provides quick and easy general access to these important resources for scholars and students. The festschrifts are located in state and regional libraries and their bibliographic details are recorded. Since 1983, more than 659,000 articles from more than 30,500 festschrifts, published between 1977 and 2011, have been catalogued.

The British Abroad Since the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1

The British Abroad Since the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1
Author: Xavier Guégan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137304154

This book considers the British travelling beyond their isles over the last three hundred years, and through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives reflects on their taste for discovery and self-discovery both through the exploration – and exploitation – of other lands and peoples.

Writes of Passage

Writes of Passage
Author: James S. Duncan
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780415160131

These essays focus primarily on British travel writers from the 18th and 19th century and explore the tensions between imaginary and real geographical difference.