Author: Charles James FeretPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fulham (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Fulham Old and New
Author: Charles James FeretPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fulham (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries
Author: Joanna F. FountainPublisher:
ISBN: 9781563088537
Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides headings for topics, literary and organizational forms, and names of individuals, corporate bodies, places, works, and so on, that might be needed to catalog a general collection used at least in part by children and readers or viewers interested in popular topics.
Fighting Nature
Author: Peta TaitPublisher: Sydney University Press
ISBN: 1743324308
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Throughout the 19th century animals were integrated into staged scenarios of confrontation, ranging from lion acts in small cages to large-scale re-enactments of war. Initially presenting a handful of exotic animals, travelling menageries grew to contain multiple species in their thousands. These 19th-century menageries entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit nature through war-like practices against other animal species. Animal shows became a stimulus for antisocial behaviour as locals taunted animals, caused fights, and even turned into violent mobs. Human societal problems were difficult to separate from issues of cruelty to animals. Apart from reflecting human capacity for fighting and aggression, and the belief in human dominance over nature, these animal performances also echoed cultural fascination with conflict, war and colonial expansion, as the grand spectacles of imperial power reinforced state authority and enhanced public displays of nationhood and nationalistic evocations of colonial empires. Fighting nature is an insightful analysis of the historical legacy of 19th-century colonialism, war, animal acquisition and transportation. This legacy of entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit other animal species is yet to be defeated. "Peta Tait brings to the book an impressive scholarly command of the documentary material, from which she draws a range of vivid examples and revealing analyses of human–animal confrontation in popular entertainments ... The book is written with verve and clarity, and will be of interest to a wide readership in performance studies and cultural history." Professor Jane R. Goodall, Western Sydney University Peta Tait FAHA is Professor of Theatre and Drama at La Trobe University and Visiting Professor at the University of Wollongong, and author of Wild and dangerous performances: animals, emotions, circus (2012).
The magic of jewels and charms
Author: George Frederick KunzPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This book is about the folklore surrounding many aspects of jewelry. The author says that in it will be found "an interesting galaxy of anecdote, research, and information upon a fascinating subject." The book is divided into ten chapters each dealing with a particular type of gem, or, its supposed powers and so on.
Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols
Author: J. C. CooperPublisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 0500770913
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the Pre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa.
Timelines of Nearly Everything
Author: Manjunath.RPublisher: Manjunath.R
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 2658
Book Description
This book takes readers back and forth through time and makes the past accessible to all families, students and the general reader and is an unprecedented collection of a list of events in chronological order and a wealth of informative knowledge about the rise and fall of empires, major scientific breakthroughs, groundbreaking inventions, and monumental moments about everything that has ever happened.
The Tiger in the House
Author: Carl Van VechtenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A History of Latin America
Author: George PendlePublisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
A history of latin america, its people, discovery and conquest, the spanish empire, and other information.
Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos
Author: William OliverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Mick
Author: Christopher AndersenPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451661444
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Shares insights into the iconic rock-and-roll performer's life, from his substance abuse challenges and his bisexual history to his connections to the British royal family and the secret attempt on his life.