Author: Dukes of Devonshire Library (Chatsworth)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library at Chatsworth ...: D-L
Author: Dukes of Devonshire Library (Chatsworth)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Guiana and Venezuela Cartography
Author: Philip Lee Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guiana
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guiana
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress. Map Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
Book Description
Geography Unbound
Author: Anne Godlewska
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226300471
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
At the end of the eighteenth century, French geographers faced a crisis. Though they had previously been ranked among the most highly regarded scientists in Europe, they suddenly found themselves directionless and disrespected because they were unable to adapt their descriptive focus easily to the new emphasis on theory and explanation sweeping through other disciplines. Anne Godlewska examines this crisis, the often conservative reactions of geographers to it, and the work of researchers at the margins of the field who helped chart its future course. She tells her story partly through the lives and careers of individuals, from the deposed cabinet geographer Cassini IV to Volney, von Humboldt, and Letronne (innovators in human, physical, and historical geography), and partly through the institutions with which they were associated such as the Encyclopédie and the Jesuit and military colleges. Geography Unbound presents an insightful portrait of a crucial period in the development of modern geography, whose unstable disciplinary status is still very much an issue today.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226300471
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
At the end of the eighteenth century, French geographers faced a crisis. Though they had previously been ranked among the most highly regarded scientists in Europe, they suddenly found themselves directionless and disrespected because they were unable to adapt their descriptive focus easily to the new emphasis on theory and explanation sweeping through other disciplines. Anne Godlewska examines this crisis, the often conservative reactions of geographers to it, and the work of researchers at the margins of the field who helped chart its future course. She tells her story partly through the lives and careers of individuals, from the deposed cabinet geographer Cassini IV to Volney, von Humboldt, and Letronne (innovators in human, physical, and historical geography), and partly through the institutions with which they were associated such as the Encyclopédie and the Jesuit and military colleges. Geography Unbound presents an insightful portrait of a crucial period in the development of modern geography, whose unstable disciplinary status is still very much an issue today.
Traveling from New Spain to Mexico
Author: Magali M. Carrera
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822349914
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
How colonial mapping traditions were combined with practices of nineteenth-century visual culture in the first maps of independent Mexico, particularly in those created by the respected cartographer Antonio Garc&ía Cubas.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822349914
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
How colonial mapping traditions were combined with practices of nineteenth-century visual culture in the first maps of independent Mexico, particularly in those created by the respected cartographer Antonio Garc&ía Cubas.
A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress. Map Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Heights of Reflection
Author: Sean Moore Ireton
Publisher: Camden House
ISBN: 1571135022
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Mountains have always stirred the human imagination, playing a crucial role in the cultural evolution of peoples around the globe and becoming infused with meaning in the process. Beyond their geographical-geological significance, mountains affect the topography of the mind, whether as objects of peril or attraction, of spiritual enlightenment or existential fulfillment, of philosophical contemplation or aesthetic inspiration. This volume challenges the oversimplified assumption that human interaction with mountains is a distinctly modern development, one that began with the empowerment of the individual in the wake of Enlightenment rationalism and Romantic subjectivity. These essays by European and North American scholars examine the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, with a focus on the interaction between humans and the alpineenvironment. The contributors consider mountains not as mere symbolic tropes or literary metaphors, but as constituting a tangible reality that informs the experiences and ideas of writers, naturalists, philosophers, filmmakers, and composers. Overall, this volume seeks to provide multiple answers to questions regarding the cultural significance of mountains as well as the physical practice of climbing them. Contributors: Peter Arnds, Olaf Berwald, Albrecht Classen, Roger Cook, Scott Denham, Sean Franzel, Christof Hamann, Harald Höbusch, Dan Hooley, Peter Höyng, Sean Ireton, Oliver Lubrich, Anthony Ozturk, Caroline Schaumann, Heather I. Sullivan, Johannes Türk, Sabine Wilke, Wilfried Wilms. SEAN IRETON is Associate Professor of German at the University of Missouri. CAROLINE SCHAUMANN is Professor of German Studies at Emory University.
Publisher: Camden House
ISBN: 1571135022
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Mountains have always stirred the human imagination, playing a crucial role in the cultural evolution of peoples around the globe and becoming infused with meaning in the process. Beyond their geographical-geological significance, mountains affect the topography of the mind, whether as objects of peril or attraction, of spiritual enlightenment or existential fulfillment, of philosophical contemplation or aesthetic inspiration. This volume challenges the oversimplified assumption that human interaction with mountains is a distinctly modern development, one that began with the empowerment of the individual in the wake of Enlightenment rationalism and Romantic subjectivity. These essays by European and North American scholars examine the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, with a focus on the interaction between humans and the alpineenvironment. The contributors consider mountains not as mere symbolic tropes or literary metaphors, but as constituting a tangible reality that informs the experiences and ideas of writers, naturalists, philosophers, filmmakers, and composers. Overall, this volume seeks to provide multiple answers to questions regarding the cultural significance of mountains as well as the physical practice of climbing them. Contributors: Peter Arnds, Olaf Berwald, Albrecht Classen, Roger Cook, Scott Denham, Sean Franzel, Christof Hamann, Harald Höbusch, Dan Hooley, Peter Höyng, Sean Ireton, Oliver Lubrich, Anthony Ozturk, Caroline Schaumann, Heather I. Sullivan, Johannes Türk, Sabine Wilke, Wilfried Wilms. SEAN IRETON is Associate Professor of German at the University of Missouri. CAROLINE SCHAUMANN is Professor of German Studies at Emory University.
Bernard Quaritch
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
A General Catalogue of Books
Author: Bernard Quaritch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1912
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1912
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Alexander Von Humboldt
Author: Nicolaas A. Rupke
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226731499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Alexander von Humboldt is one of the most celebrated figures of late-modern science, famous for his work in physical geography, botanical geography and climatology. This volume traces Humboldt's biographical identities through Germany's collective past to shed light on the historical instability of our scientific heroes.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226731499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Alexander von Humboldt is one of the most celebrated figures of late-modern science, famous for his work in physical geography, botanical geography and climatology. This volume traces Humboldt's biographical identities through Germany's collective past to shed light on the historical instability of our scientific heroes.