Author: Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
La Découverte de L'Afrique: L'Afrique Noire Atlantique Des Origines Au XVIIIe Siècle
Author: Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
Publisher:
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Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : fr
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : fr
Pages : 288
Book Description
Author:
Publisher: KARTHALA Editions
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: KARTHALA Editions
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Geographical Journal
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.
'La Découverte de l’Île Frivole' by Gabriel-François Coyer
Author: Jean-Alexandre Perras
Publisher: MHRA
ISBN: 1781888876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
La Découverte de l’île Frivole (1751) se présente comme un épisode inédit du Voyage autour du monde de l’amiral anglais George Anson et de son équipage. Le texte décrit leurs aventures sur une île étrange, dont les habitants, nommés Frivolites, sont tout entiers occupés de modes, de coiffures, de romans et de desserts historiés. Cette parodie chatoyante présente un tableau sévère mais enjoué de la France des premières années du siècle de Louis XV. Elle résonne avec les pages les plus critiques de Jean-Jacques Rousseau contre le luxe et la mollesse du siècle, ou celles, ironiques, que Voltaire fit paraître contre ses compatriotes. Elle n’épargne pas non plus les Anglais, alors que l’anglomanie bat son plein. Ce volume constitue la première édition critique bilingue d’un texte qui a fait en son temps beaucoup de bruit, tant en France qu’en Angleterre. La Découverte de l’île Frivole (1751) is presented as a supplement to George Anson’s Voyage Round the World, and recounts the adventures of the English admiral and his crew on a strange island whose inhabitants, the Frivolians, are devoted to fashion, hairstyles, novels, and fancy desserts. This tale is at once both playful and cynical and its biting irony spares neither the reputation of France nor that of England. It resonates with the most critical attacks by Jean-Jacques Rousseau against luxury and refinement, or those of Voltaire against his compatriots. This volume provides the first bilingual critical edition of a text that, in its time, caused a stir both in France and in England.
Publisher: MHRA
ISBN: 1781888876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
La Découverte de l’île Frivole (1751) se présente comme un épisode inédit du Voyage autour du monde de l’amiral anglais George Anson et de son équipage. Le texte décrit leurs aventures sur une île étrange, dont les habitants, nommés Frivolites, sont tout entiers occupés de modes, de coiffures, de romans et de desserts historiés. Cette parodie chatoyante présente un tableau sévère mais enjoué de la France des premières années du siècle de Louis XV. Elle résonne avec les pages les plus critiques de Jean-Jacques Rousseau contre le luxe et la mollesse du siècle, ou celles, ironiques, que Voltaire fit paraître contre ses compatriotes. Elle n’épargne pas non plus les Anglais, alors que l’anglomanie bat son plein. Ce volume constitue la première édition critique bilingue d’un texte qui a fait en son temps beaucoup de bruit, tant en France qu’en Angleterre. La Découverte de l’île Frivole (1751) is presented as a supplement to George Anson’s Voyage Round the World, and recounts the adventures of the English admiral and his crew on a strange island whose inhabitants, the Frivolians, are devoted to fashion, hairstyles, novels, and fancy desserts. This tale is at once both playful and cynical and its biting irony spares neither the reputation of France nor that of England. It resonates with the most critical attacks by Jean-Jacques Rousseau against luxury and refinement, or those of Voltaire against his compatriots. This volume provides the first bilingual critical edition of a text that, in its time, caused a stir both in France and in England.
An elementary scientific French reader
Author: Pauline Mariotte-Davies
Publisher:
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Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
General History of Africa
Author: International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231017101
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
One of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents.
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231017101
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
One of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents.
Bulletin
Author: Société royale d'archéologie d'Alexandrie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alexandria (Egypt)
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alexandria (Egypt)
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
The World Map, 1300–1492
Author: Evelyn Edson
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421404303
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
A history of the development of world maps during the later medieval period in the centuries leading up to Columbus’s journey. In the two centuries before Columbus, mapmaking was transformed. The World Map, 1300–1492 investigates this important, transitional period of mapmaking. Beginning with a 1436 atlas of ten maps produced by Venetian Andrea Bianco, Evelyn Edson uses maps of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to examine how the discoveries of missionaries and merchants affected the content and configuration of world maps. She finds that both the makers and users of maps struggled with changes brought about by technological innovation?the compass, quadrant, and astrolabe?rediscovery of classical mapmaking approaches, and increased travel. To reconcile the tensions between the conservative and progressive worldviews, mapmakers used a careful blend of the old and the new to depict a world that was changing?and growing?before their eyes. This engaging and informative study reveals how the ingenuity, creativity, and adaptability of these craftsmen helped pave the way for an age of discovery. “A comprehensive and complex picture of the changing face of medieval geography. With the mastery of a formidable palette of historiographic knowledge and well-reasoned discussions of the sources, The World Map, 1300–1492 will certainly remain an important work to consult for both medieval and early modern scholars for many years to come.” —Ian J. Aebel, Terrae Incognitae
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421404303
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
A history of the development of world maps during the later medieval period in the centuries leading up to Columbus’s journey. In the two centuries before Columbus, mapmaking was transformed. The World Map, 1300–1492 investigates this important, transitional period of mapmaking. Beginning with a 1436 atlas of ten maps produced by Venetian Andrea Bianco, Evelyn Edson uses maps of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to examine how the discoveries of missionaries and merchants affected the content and configuration of world maps. She finds that both the makers and users of maps struggled with changes brought about by technological innovation?the compass, quadrant, and astrolabe?rediscovery of classical mapmaking approaches, and increased travel. To reconcile the tensions between the conservative and progressive worldviews, mapmakers used a careful blend of the old and the new to depict a world that was changing?and growing?before their eyes. This engaging and informative study reveals how the ingenuity, creativity, and adaptability of these craftsmen helped pave the way for an age of discovery. “A comprehensive and complex picture of the changing face of medieval geography. With the mastery of a formidable palette of historiographic knowledge and well-reasoned discussions of the sources, The World Map, 1300–1492 will certainly remain an important work to consult for both medieval and early modern scholars for many years to come.” —Ian J. Aebel, Terrae Incognitae
Africa and France
Author: Dominic Richard David Thomas
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006694
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This stimulating and insightful book reveals how increased control over immigration has changed cultural and social production in theatre, literature, and even museum construction. Dominic Thomas's analysis unravels the complex cultural and political realities of long-standing mobility between Africa and Europe. Thomas questions the attempt to place strict limits on what it means to be French or European and offers a sense of what must happen to bring about a renewed sense of integration and global Frenchness.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006694
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This stimulating and insightful book reveals how increased control over immigration has changed cultural and social production in theatre, literature, and even museum construction. Dominic Thomas's analysis unravels the complex cultural and political realities of long-standing mobility between Africa and Europe. Thomas questions the attempt to place strict limits on what it means to be French or European and offers a sense of what must happen to bring about a renewed sense of integration and global Frenchness.
Africa
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Includes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Includes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books".