Author: Faujas-de-St.-Fond (cit., Barthélemy)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
A Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784
Author: Faujas-de-St.-Fond (cit., Barthélemy)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784
Author: Barthélemy Faujas de St-FondPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108071570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
A two-volume annotated translation, from 1907, of geologist Faujas de Saint-Fond's 1797 account of a journey to the Hebrides.
Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow
Author: Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal
Author: Scottish Mountaineering ClubPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mountaineering
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Includes section "Mountaineering literature."
Bibliotheca Scotia
Author: John Smith & SonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents
Author: Anna AgnarsdóttirPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351899953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 863
Book Description
Sir Joseph Banks was one of the great figures of Georgian England, best known for participating as naturalist in Cook's Endeavour voyage (1768-71), as a patron of science and as the longest-serving President of the Royal Society (1778-1820). This volume brings together all Banks's papers concerning Iceland and the North Atlantic, scattered in repositories in Britain, the United States, Australia and Denmark, and most published here for the first time. A detailed introduction places them in historical context.
Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Geological Society of London
Author: Geological Society of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Bookseller
Author: Old and New World Highland Bagpiping
Author: John Graham GibsonPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773522916
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Old and New World Highland Bagpiping provides a comprehensive biographical and genealogical account of pipers and piping in highland Scotland and Gaelic Cape Breton.The work is the result of over thirty years of oral fieldwork among the last Gaels in Cape Breton, for whom piping fitted unself-consciously into community life, as well as an exhaustive synthesis of Scottish archival and secondary sources. Reflecting the invaluable memories of now-deceased new world Gaelic lore-bearers, John Gibson shows that traditional community piping in both the old and new world Gàihealtachlan was, and for a long time remained, the same, exposing the distortions introduced by the tendency to interpret the written record from the perspective of modern, post-eighteenth-century bagpiping. Following up the argument in his previous book, Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945, Gibson traces the shift from tradition to modernism in the old world through detailed genealogies, focusing on how the social function of the Scottish piper changed and step-dance piping progressively disappeared. Old and New World Highland Bagpiping will stir controversy and debate in the piping world while providing reminders of the value of oral history and the importance of describing cultural phenomena with great care and detail.
A History of Beer and Brewing
Author: Ian S HornseyPublisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN: 1847550029
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
A History of Beer and Brewing provides a comprehensive account of the history of beer. Research carried out during the last quarter of the 20th century has permitted us to re-think the way in which some ancient civilizations went about their beer production. There have also been some highly innovative technical developments, many of which have led to the sophistication and efficiency of 21st century brewing methodology. A History of Beer and Brewing covers a time-span of around eight thousand years and in doing so: * Stimulates the reader to consider how, and why, the first fermented beverages might have originated * Establishes some of the parameters that encompass the diverse range of alcoholic beverages assigned the generic name 'beer' * Considers the possible means of dissemination of early brewing technologies from their Near Eastern origins The book is aimed at a wide readership particularly beer enthusiasts. However the use of original quotations and references associated with them should enable the serious scholar to delve into this subject in even greater depth.