Author: Rev. J. GOLDSMITH (pseud. [i.e. Sir Richard Phillips.])Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A General View of the Manners, Customs and Curiosities of Nations; Including a Geographical Description of the Earth, Etc
Author: Rev. J. GOLDSMITH (pseud. [i.e. Sir Richard Phillips.])Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A General View of the Manners, Customs, and Curiosities of Nations;
Author: Sir Richard PhillipsPublisher:
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Category : Costume
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900
Author: David W. ForbesPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824820428
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
This comprehensive, annotated, multivolume bibliography is a record of all printed works touching on some aspect of the political, religious, cultural, or social history of the Hawaiian Islands-from the first printed notice mentioning the Islands (in a German periodical of January 1780) to the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Islands ceased to be a separate political entity. Volume I covers the period from 1780 to 1830, when exploratory voyages to the northern Pacific had largely concluded and the arrival of improved printing equipment in the Islands resulted in a substantial increase in the number of works printed by the Mission Press in Honolulu. In addition to books and pamphlets, the bibliography includes newspaper and periodical accounts and single sheet publications such as broadsides, circulars, playbills, and handbills because they often contain the only eyewitness or contemporary description of an important event or individual. Entries pertaining to Captain Cook's Third Voyage dominate the first twenty years of the bibliography. They reflect the profound impact of the voyage on both the Hawaiian culture and on nineteenth-century European thought. Extensive annotations provide a brief summary of approximately 760 published works in the first volume of the bibliography. All known editions of each work are listed, together with the exact title, date of publication, size of the volume, collation of pages, number and type of plates and maps, references, and location of copies. The bibliography will be invaluable to scholars, librarians, rare book sellers, and book collectors within the field of Hawaiiana.
Exploring European Frontiers
Author: B. DolanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230288987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The explorations of eighteenth-century travellers to the 'European frontiers' were often geared to define the cultural, political, and historical boundaries of 'European civilization.' In an age when political revolutions shocked nations into reassessing what separated the civilised from the barbaric, how did literary travellers contemplate the characteristics of their continental neighbours? Focusing on the writings of British travellers, we see how a new view of Europe was created, one that juxtaposed the customs and living conditions of populations in an attempt to define 'modern' Europe against a 'yet unenlightened' Europe.
Unbecoming British
Author: Kariann Akemi YokotaPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190217871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
From household objects to maps and ideas of race, Kariann Yokota examines early US history through the lens of postcolonial theory. While its leaders went to great lengths to establish their "civility,"what really distinguished the new nation were its unlimited natural resources, slavery, and the displacement of native societies.
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art
Author: American Geographers, 1784-1812
Author: Ben A. SmithPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031305293X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The first major work to identify the original generation of American geographers—teachers, writers, surveyors, cartographers, engravers, and others—who made significant contributions to the field of geography during the early years of the republic. As such, it represents a powerful research tool for scholars interested in learning about this group and the products of their labors. A comprehensive and inclusive reference work, this book depicts the individuals who engaged in the establishment and description of the United States. It includes information on people who were involved in activities that led to a remarkable body of information, maps, and literature of a geographic nature about the country.
The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art
Author: ohne AutorPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3846048313
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.
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