Author: James BontiusPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
An Account of the Diseases, Natural History and Medicines of the East Indies
Author: James BontiusGreen Imperialism
Author: Richard H. GrovePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521565134
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The first book to document the origins and early history of environmentalism, especially its colonial and global aspects.
A Catalogue of the Library of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London
Author: Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Author: Alan BickerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135295131
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional cultures. In particular they explore the problems of translation and mistranslation in the local-global transference of traditional practices and representations of resources.
Adventurers
Author: David HowarthPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030025881X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansion The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises—and for these “adventurers” the most profitable bet of all would be on the Company. Through a host of stories and fascinating details, David Howarth brings to life the Company’s way of doing business—from the leaky ships and petty seafarers of its embattled early days to later sweeping commercial success. While the Company’s efforts met with disappointment in Japan, they sowed the seeds of success in India, setting the outline for what would later become the Raj. Drawing on an abundance of sources, Howarth shows how competition from European powers was vital to success—and considers whether the Company was truly “English” at all, or rather part of a Europe-wide movement.
A Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Bibliographie / Library of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
Nature Wars
Author: Roy EllenPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 178920898X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several decades. Made up of ten of Roy Ellen’s finest articles, this book looks back at his ideas about nature and includes a new introduction that contextualizes the arguments and takes them forward. Many of the chapters focus on research the author has conducted amongst the Nuaulu people of eastern Indonesia.
South Asian Folklore
Author: Peter ClausPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000101223
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 741
Book Description
With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts. A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.
Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 6 Western Europe (1500-1600)
Author: David ThomasPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004281118
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History, volume 6 (CMR 6), covering the years 1500-1600, is a continuing volume in a history of relations between followers of the two faiths as it is recorded in their written works. Together with introductory essays, it comprises detailed entries on all the works known from this century. This volume traces the attitudes of Western Europeans to Islam, particularly in light of continuing Ottoman expansion, and early despatches sent from Portuguese colonies around the Indian Ocean. The result of collaboration between numerous leading scholars, CMR 6, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a fundamental tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section editors: John Azumah, Clinton Bennett, Luis Bernabé Pons, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, John-Paul Ghobrial, David Grafton Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Abdulkadir Hashim, Şevket Küçükhüseyin, Andrew Newman, Gordon Nickel Claire Norton, Douglas Pratt, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Davide Tacchini, Serge Traore, Carsten Walbiner
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