Author: Joel Cook
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
America, Picturesque and Descriptive
Glimpses of America; A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic Marvels
Author: James W. Buel
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387069332
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387069332
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
Bookseller, Devoted to the Book and News Trade
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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America, Picturesque and Descriptive
Author: Joel Cook
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Climate and the Picturesque in the American Tropics
Author: Michael Boyden
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192868306
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The biggest challenge of the twenty-first century is to bring the effects of public life into relation with the intractable problem of global atmospheric change. Climate and the Picturesque in the American Tropics explains how we came to think of the climate as something abstract and remote rather than a force that actively shapes our existence. The book argues that this separation between climate and sensibility predates the rise of modern climatology and has deep roots in the era of colonial expansion, when the American tropics were transformed into the economic supplier for Euro-American empires. The book shows how the writings of American travellers in the Caribbean registered and pushed forward this new understanding of the climate in a pivotal period in modern history, roughly between 1770 and 1860, which was fraught with debates over slavery, environmental destruction, and colonialism. Offering novel readings of authors including J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Leonora Sansay, William Cullen Bryant, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and James McCune Smith in light of their engagements with the American tropics, this book shows that these authors drew on a climatic epistemology that fused science and sentiment in ways that citizen science is aspiring to do today. By suggesting a new genealogy of modern climate thinking, Climate and the Picturesque in the American Tropics thus highlights the urgency of revisiting received ideas of tropicality deeply ingrained in American culture that continue to inform current debates on climate debt and justice.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192868306
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The biggest challenge of the twenty-first century is to bring the effects of public life into relation with the intractable problem of global atmospheric change. Climate and the Picturesque in the American Tropics explains how we came to think of the climate as something abstract and remote rather than a force that actively shapes our existence. The book argues that this separation between climate and sensibility predates the rise of modern climatology and has deep roots in the era of colonial expansion, when the American tropics were transformed into the economic supplier for Euro-American empires. The book shows how the writings of American travellers in the Caribbean registered and pushed forward this new understanding of the climate in a pivotal period in modern history, roughly between 1770 and 1860, which was fraught with debates over slavery, environmental destruction, and colonialism. Offering novel readings of authors including J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Leonora Sansay, William Cullen Bryant, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and James McCune Smith in light of their engagements with the American tropics, this book shows that these authors drew on a climatic epistemology that fused science and sentiment in ways that citizen science is aspiring to do today. By suggesting a new genealogy of modern climate thinking, Climate and the Picturesque in the American Tropics thus highlights the urgency of revisiting received ideas of tropicality deeply ingrained in American culture that continue to inform current debates on climate debt and justice.
Public Opinion
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Descriptive Lists of American, International, Romantic and British Novels
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
For contents, see Author Catalog.
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
For contents, see Author Catalog.
Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society to the Legislature of New York
Author: American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Publisher:
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
America, Picturesque and Descriptive
Author: Cook Joel 1842-1910
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781314257243
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781314257243
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.