Author: Gordon Brotherston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
A Key to the Mesoamerican Reckoning of Time
Author: Gordon Brotherston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Book of the Fourth World
Author: Gordon Brotherston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521314930
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Book of the Fourth World offers detailed analyses of texts that range far back into the centuries of civilised life from what is now Latin- and Anglo-America. At the time of its 'discovery', the American continent was identified as the Fourth World of our planet. In the course of just a few centuries its original inhabitants, though settled there for millennia and countable in many millions, have come to be perceived as a marginal if not entirely dispensable factor in the continent's destiny. Today the term has been taken up again by its native peoples, to describe their own world: both its threatened present condition, and its political history, which stretches back thousands of years before Columbus. In order to explore the literature of this world, Brotherston uses primary sources that have traditionally been ignored because they have not conformed to Western definitions of oral and written literature, such as the scrolls of the Algonkin, the knotted strings (Quipus) of the Inca, Navajo dry-paintings and the encyclopedic pages of Meso-America's screenfold books.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521314930
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Book of the Fourth World offers detailed analyses of texts that range far back into the centuries of civilised life from what is now Latin- and Anglo-America. At the time of its 'discovery', the American continent was identified as the Fourth World of our planet. In the course of just a few centuries its original inhabitants, though settled there for millennia and countable in many millions, have come to be perceived as a marginal if not entirely dispensable factor in the continent's destiny. Today the term has been taken up again by its native peoples, to describe their own world: both its threatened present condition, and its political history, which stretches back thousands of years before Columbus. In order to explore the literature of this world, Brotherston uses primary sources that have traditionally been ignored because they have not conformed to Western definitions of oral and written literature, such as the scrolls of the Algonkin, the knotted strings (Quipus) of the Inca, Navajo dry-paintings and the encyclopedic pages of Meso-America's screenfold books.
Archaeoastronomy in the New World
Author: Anthony F. Aveni
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521247314
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This volume summarises the proceedings of a conference which took place at the University of Oxford in September 1981.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521247314
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This volume summarises the proceedings of a conference which took place at the University of Oxford in September 1981.
The Order of Days
Author: David Stuart
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
ISBN: 0385527268
Category : End of the world (Astronomy)
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The world's foremost expert on Mayan culture takes a hard look at the frenzy over 2012 and offers a fascinating (and accurate) trip through Mayan culture and belief.
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
ISBN: 0385527268
Category : End of the world (Astronomy)
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The world's foremost expert on Mayan culture takes a hard look at the frenzy over 2012 and offers a fascinating (and accurate) trip through Mayan culture and belief.
Comparative Criticism: Volume 9, Cultural Perceptions and Literary Values
Author: E. S. Shaffer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521341721
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The ninth volume of this annual journal continues the consideration of the relations of European with non-European literatures begun in volume 8. It brings the series of special bibliographies on the history of comparative literary studies in the UK up to 1965, and contains the annual bibliography of comparative literature, covering 1984.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521341721
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The ninth volume of this annual journal continues the consideration of the relations of European with non-European literatures begun in volume 8. It brings the series of special bibliographies on the history of comparative literary studies in the UK up to 1965, and contains the annual bibliography of comparative literature, covering 1984.
The New Scholar
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
A journal of graduate studies in the social sciences.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
A journal of graduate studies in the social sciences.
Astronomy Across Cultures
Author: Helaine Selin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401141797
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Astronomy Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Astronomy consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Polynesian, Egyptian and Tibetan astronomy, among others, the book includes essays on Sky Tales and Why We Tell Them and Astronomy and Prehistory, and Astronomy and Astrology. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate astronomical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401141797
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Astronomy Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Astronomy consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Polynesian, Egyptian and Tibetan astronomy, among others, the book includes essays on Sky Tales and Why We Tell Them and Astronomy and Prehistory, and Astronomy and Astrology. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate astronomical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
The Cambridge History of Latin America
Author: Leslie Bethell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521395250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Enth.: Bd. 1-2: Colonial Latin America ; Bd. 3: From Independence to c. 1870 ; Bd. 4-5: c. 1870 to 1930 ; Bd. 6-10: Latin America since 1930 ; Bd. 11: Bibliographical essays.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521395250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Enth.: Bd. 1-2: Colonial Latin America ; Bd. 3: From Independence to c. 1870 ; Bd. 4-5: c. 1870 to 1930 ; Bd. 6-10: Latin America since 1930 ; Bd. 11: Bibliographical essays.
New Theories on the Ancient Maya
Author: Elin C. Danien
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 9780924171130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Papers from the 1987 Maya Weekend conference at the University of Pennsylvania Museum present current views of Maya culture and language. Also included is an article by George Stuart summarizing the history of the study of Maya hieroglyphs and the fascinating scholars and laypersons who have helped bring about their decipherment. Symposium Series III University Museum Monograph, 77
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 9780924171130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Papers from the 1987 Maya Weekend conference at the University of Pennsylvania Museum present current views of Maya culture and language. Also included is an article by George Stuart summarizing the history of the study of Maya hieroglyphs and the fascinating scholars and laypersons who have helped bring about their decipherment. Symposium Series III University Museum Monograph, 77
Bulletin
Author: British Museum. Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description