Author: Thurnam's Circulating LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Catalogue of Thurnam's Circulating Library, Carlisle
Author: Thurnam's Circulating LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Works of James McCune Smith
Author: James McCune SmithPublisher:
ISBN: 0195309618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first African American to receive a medical degree, this invaluable collection brings together the writings of James McCune Smith, one of the foremost intellectuals in antebellum America. The Selected Writings of James McCune Smith is one of the first anthologies featuring the works of this illustrious scholar. Perhaps best known for his introduction to Fredrick Douglass's My Bondage and My Freedom, his influence is still found in a number of aspects of modern society and social interactions. And he was considered by many to be a prophet of the twenty-first century. One of the earliest advocates of the use of "black" instead of "colored," McCune Smith treated racial identities as social constructions, arguing that American literature, music, and dance would be shaped and defined by blacks. Organized chronologically, the collection covers over 40 years of writing, including speeches, letters, and essays, and begins with McCune Smith's first speech as an 11-year old boy to the Marquis de Lafayette. Providing historical context for McCune Smith's current cultural relevance, this book showcases writings on black education and self-help, citizenship, and the fight against racism.
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors
Author: S. Austin AlliboneLiterature of Nature
Author: Patrick D. MurphyPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781579580100
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Samuel Austin AllibonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
Book Description
Empire and Environmental Anxiety
Author: J. BeattiePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230309062
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A new interpretation of imperialism and environmental change, and the anxieties imperialism generated through environmental transformation and interaction with unknown landscapes. Tying together South Asia and Australasia, this book demonstrates how environmental anxieties led to increasing state resource management, conservation, and urban reform.
Kindred Nature
Author: Barbara T. GatesPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226284439
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
"Centers on what a number of British Victorian and Edwardian women said and did in the name of nature -- what part they played in the cultural reconstruction of nature that transpired in the years just proceeding the publication of Darwin's major work and in the wake of the Darwinian revolution"--Introduction.
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Samuel Austin AllibonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1188
Book Description
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century by S. Austin Allibone
Author: Intrepid Women
Author: Jordana PomeroyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351562185
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Despite the increased visibility of Victorian women artists in museum exhibitions and historical studies, the art produced by Victorian women has been viewed through a restrictive lens. Scholars have focused on works produced for the marketplace, but have overlooked art created and displayed outside of established venues and institutions of higher learning. Drawing upon sketches, paintings, and photographs, Intrepid Women: Victorian Artists Travel is a groundbreaking study that examines the art that women produced whilst traveling, as well as the circumstances that took these artists - both amateurs and professionals - far beyond the reaches of the traditional Grand Tour. Traveling throughout the British Empire, including the Middle East, India, Canada, and North Africa, and even to the Americas, the artists adapted to new climes and foreign cultures partially by documenting the unfamiliar through their art, sometimes at great physical risk. This volume of essays offers fresh evidence that through their travel and art, women extended both geographic and social boundaries. Each author presents evidence that women overcame institutional as well as cultural obstacles to improve their artistic skills and to use their art to convey worlds most British citizens would never see for themselves.