Author: Edward Vernon HarcourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A Sketch of Madeira; Containing Information for the Traveller, Or Invalid Visitor
Author: Edward Vernon HarcourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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.
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 Account 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
Author: Samuel Austin AllibonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1192
Book Description
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature
Author: Samuel Austin AllibonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
Book Description
Ladies in the Laboratory III
Author: Mary R. S. CreesePublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810872897
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Published in 1998, Ladies in the Laboratory provided a systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research. A companion volume, published in 2004, focused on women scientists from Western Europe. In this third volume, author Mary R.S. Creese expands her scope to include the contributions of 19th- and early 20th-century women of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. The women whose lives and work are discussed here range from natural history collectors and scientific illustrators of the early and mid years of the 19th century to the first generation of graduates of the new colonial colleges and universities. Rarely acknowledged in publications of the British and European specialists, the contributions of these women nonetheless formed a significant part of the natural history information about extensive, previously unknown regions and their products. Rather than a biographical dictionary or a collection of self-contained essays on individuals from many time periods, Ladies in the Laboratory III is a connected narrative tied into the wider framework of 19th-century science and education. A well-organized blend of individual life stories and quantitative information, this volume is for everyone interested in the story of women's participation in 19th century science. The stories of these women make for fascinating reading and serve as a valuable source for the student of women's and colonial history.
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased
Author: Samuel Austin AllibonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
The Colonial Kitchen
Author: Charmaine O'BrienPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 144224982X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The first Europeans to settle on the Aboriginal land that would become know as Australia arrived in 1788. From the first these colonists were accused of ineptitude when it came to feeding themselves: as legend has it they nearly starved to death because they were hopeless agriculturists and ignored indigenous foods. As the colony developed Australians developed a reputation as dreadful cooks and uncouth eaters who gorged themselves on meat and disdained vegetables. By the end of the nineteenth century the Australian diet was routinely described as one of poorly cooked mutton, damper, cabbage, potatoes and leaden puddings all washed down with an ocean of saccharine sweet tea: These stereotypes have been allowed to stand as representing Australia’s colonial food history. Contemporary Australians have embraced ‘exotic’ European and Asian cuisines and blended elements of these to begin to shape a distinctive “Australian” style of cookery but they have tended to ignore, or ridicule, what they believe to be the terrible English cuisine of their colonial ancestors largely because of these prevailing negative stereotypes. The Colonial Kitchen: Australia 1788- 1901 challenges the notion that colonial Australians were all diabolical cooks and ill-mannered eaters through a rich and nuanced exploration of their kitchens, gardens and dining rooms; who was writing about food and what their purpose might have been; and the social and cultural factors at play on shaping what, how and when they at ate and how this was represented.
Curious Minds
Author: Peter MacinnisPublisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 0642277540
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Curious Minds: The Discoveries of Australian Naturalists looks at the long line of naturalists who have traversed Australia in search of new plants and animals. Identifying and classifying the unfamiliar plants and animals was their biggest challenge - the early ones were frequently wrong but later naturalists were able to build on and learn from previous mistakes. In time, a new breed of homegrown naturalists emerged. This succession of curious minds would help to foster pride in a developing nation, as well an interest in the preservation of natural history. Curious Minds brings to life the stories of the naturalists and settlers who made the unfamiliar familiar and who contributed to developments in natural science. Among the names are Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin, Amalie Dietrich, Ludwig Leichhardt, Ferdinand von Mueller, Ellis Rowan, John Lewin and John and Elizabeth Gould. Beautifully illustrated with images from the collection of the National Library of Australia, the publication is a loving tribute to the courageous and inquisitive men and women who led by example.