Author: John ThomsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Land and the People of China
Bibliotheca Orientalis, Or, A Complete List of Books, Papers, Serials and Essays Published in ... in England and the Colonies, Germany and France on the History, Languages, Religions, Antiquities, Literature and Geography of the East
Author: World and Its Peoples
Author: Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761476337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Most of what is known about the outside world remains superficial and stereotypical. World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia brings a long, rich story to light about ethnic groups, the impact of terrain and natural resources, and the influence of history. This unique reference work maps out how the nations of the modern world became what they are today through photographs of the geography and people of foreign lands, through discussion of ancient and contemporary works of art and events, and through scores of maps detailing geographical features, historic and modern places, natural habitats, rainfall, locations of ethnic and linguistic groups, natural resources, and centers of industry and transportation. No single resource assembles such comprehensive insight into the world and the people who live in it.
Bibliotheca Orientalis
Author: Supplement to the Catalogue of the Free Public Library, Sydney, Reference Department
Author: Free Public Library (Sydney, N.S.W. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Catalogue of the Free Public Library, Sydney, 1876
Author: New South Wales. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: New South Wales Free Public Library, SydneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Buddhism: Being a Sketch of the Life and Teachings of Gautama, the Buddha
Author: T. W. Rhys DavidsChina Through American Eyes: Early Depictions Of The Chinese People And Culture In The Us Print Media
Author: Wenxian ZhangPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9813202270
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Cultural understanding between the United States and China has been a long and complex process. The period from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century is not only a critical era in modern Chinese history, but also the peak time of illustrated news reporting in the United States. Besides images from newspapers and journals, this collection also contains pictures about China and the Chinese published in books, brochures, commercial advertisements, campaign posters, postcards, etc. Together, they have documented colourful portrayals of the Chinese and their culture by the U.S. print media and their evolution from ethnic curiosity, stereotyping, and racial prejudice to social awareness, reluctant understanding, and eventual acceptance. Since these publications represent different positions in American politics, they can help contemporary readers develop a more comprehensive understanding of major events in modern American and Chinese histories, such as the cause and effect of the Chinese Exclusion Act and the power struggles behind the development of the Open Door Policy at the turn of the twentieth century. This collection of images has essentially formed a rich visual resource that is both diverse and intriguing; and as primary source documents, they carry significant historical and cultural values that could stimulate further academic research.
From a Photograph
Author: Geoffrey BelknapPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000213153
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Throughout its early history, photography's authenticity was contested and challenged: how true a representation of reality can a photograph provide? Does the reproduction of a photograph affect its value as authentic or not? From a Photograph examines these questions in the light of the early scientific periodical press, exploring how the perceived veracity of a photograph, its use as scientific evidence and the technologies developed for printing it were intimately connected.Before photomechanical printing processes became widely used in the 1890s, scientific periodicals were unable to reproduce photographs and instead included these photographic images as engravings, with the label ‘from a photograph’. Consequently, every image was mediated by a human interlocutor, introducing the potential for error and misinterpretation. Rather than ‘reading’ photographs in the context of where or how they were taken, this book emphasises the importance of understanding how photographs are reproduced. It explores and compares the value of photography as authentic proof in both popular and scientific publications during this period of significant technological developments and a growing readership. Three case studies investigate different uses of photography in print: using pigeons to transport microphotographs during the Franco-Prussian War; the debate surrounding the development of instantaneous photography; and finally the photographs taken of the Transit of Venus in 1874, unseen by the human eye but captured on camera and made accessible to the public through the periodical.Addressing a largely overlooked area of photographic history, From a Photograph makes an important contribution to this interdisciplinary research and will be of interest to historians of photography, print culture and science.