Author: Charles Aikin
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Category : Geographical myths
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Forty Years with the Damned, Or Life Inside the Earth
Author: Charles Aikin
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Category : Geographical myths
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Category : Geographical myths
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Hollow Earth
Author: David Standish
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306816385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the idea that the earth has a hollow interior was first proposed as a scientific theory in 1691 by Sir Edmond Halley (of comet fame), who suggested that there might be life down there as well. Hollow Earth traces the surprising, marvelous, and just plain weird permutations his ideas have taken over the centuries. From science fiction to utopian societies and even religions, Hollow Earth travels through centuries and cultures, exploring how each era's relationship to the idea of a hollow earth mirrored its hopes, fears, and values. Illustrated with everything from seventeenth-century maps to 1950s pulp art to movie posters and more, Hollow Earth is for anyone interested in the history of strange ideas that just won't go away.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306816385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the idea that the earth has a hollow interior was first proposed as a scientific theory in 1691 by Sir Edmond Halley (of comet fame), who suggested that there might be life down there as well. Hollow Earth traces the surprising, marvelous, and just plain weird permutations his ideas have taken over the centuries. From science fiction to utopian societies and even religions, Hollow Earth travels through centuries and cultures, exploring how each era's relationship to the idea of a hollow earth mirrored its hopes, fears, and values. Illustrated with everything from seventeenth-century maps to 1950s pulp art to movie posters and more, Hollow Earth is for anyone interested in the history of strange ideas that just won't go away.
The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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The Annual American Catalogue ...
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Book News Monthly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Book News
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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The American Catalogue
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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American national trade bibliography.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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American national trade bibliography.
American Foreign Policy and the Utopian Imagination
Author: Susan M. Matarese
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 9781558497702
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
An innovative look at the cultural roots of American foreign policy.
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 9781558497702
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
An innovative look at the cultural roots of American foreign policy.
The Utopian Novel in America, 1886–1896
Author: Jean Pfaelzer
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822974428
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In the late 1800s, Americans flocked to cities, immigration, slums, and unemployment burgeoned, and America's role in foreign affairs grew. This period also spawned a number of fictional glimpses into the future. After the publication of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward in 1888, there was an outpouring of utopian fantasy, many of which promoted socialism, while others presented refined versions of capitalism. Jean Pfaelzer's study traces the impact of the utopian novel and the narrative structures of these sentimental romances. She discusses progressive, pastoral, feminist, and apocalyptic utopias, as well as the genre's parodic counterpart, the dystopia.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822974428
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
In the late 1800s, Americans flocked to cities, immigration, slums, and unemployment burgeoned, and America's role in foreign affairs grew. This period also spawned a number of fictional glimpses into the future. After the publication of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward in 1888, there was an outpouring of utopian fantasy, many of which promoted socialism, while others presented refined versions of capitalism. Jean Pfaelzer's study traces the impact of the utopian novel and the narrative structures of these sentimental romances. She discusses progressive, pastoral, feminist, and apocalyptic utopias, as well as the genre's parodic counterpart, the dystopia.
Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ...
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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