Author: Jack London
Publisher: New York : Odyssey Press
ISBN:
Category : American letters
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Letters from Jack London
Author: Jack London
Publisher: New York : Odyssey Press
ISBN:
Category : American letters
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Odyssey Press
ISBN:
Category : American letters
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Unsettled Narratives
Author: David Farrier
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 041597951X
Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 041597951X
Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
"Each Man was a Perfect Cog; Each Held a Flame Within"
Author: Anne-Marie Harvey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
Book Description
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
Book Description
The South Sea Island
Author: Frits Andersen
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN: 8775974460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
When the first European explorers ventured into the unknown Pacific Ocean, their minds were filled with tales of remote, paradisiacal islands. Hopeful ideas of noble savages, ecological balance, and immense riches gave them the courage to search for a new world – even when faced with the unimaginable. The South Sea Island – A Geography of Pleasure is a journey through the history of ideas and literature over three centuries of European and American narratives about islands, oceans, and archipelagos. Literary scholar Frits Andersen reads and analyses travel accounts, paintings, films, and novels from the 18th century up until the present day by visual artists and authors including Paul Gauguin, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne, and Thor Heyerdahl. These readings, combined with Andersen’s eye for pleasure, sense, and longing, give rise to a novel literary history of the disappearing Pacific islands. At the same time, the book offers historical models that we can use today to enhance our understanding of, and find new answers to, global political and climate-related challenges. Frits Andersen is a professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. His previous works include The Dark Continent? Images of Africa in European Narratives about the Congo (2016). The Danish edition of this book, entitled Sydhavsøen. Nydelsens geografi received the Georg Brandes Prize.
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
ISBN: 8775974460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
When the first European explorers ventured into the unknown Pacific Ocean, their minds were filled with tales of remote, paradisiacal islands. Hopeful ideas of noble savages, ecological balance, and immense riches gave them the courage to search for a new world – even when faced with the unimaginable. The South Sea Island – A Geography of Pleasure is a journey through the history of ideas and literature over three centuries of European and American narratives about islands, oceans, and archipelagos. Literary scholar Frits Andersen reads and analyses travel accounts, paintings, films, and novels from the 18th century up until the present day by visual artists and authors including Paul Gauguin, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne, and Thor Heyerdahl. These readings, combined with Andersen’s eye for pleasure, sense, and longing, give rise to a novel literary history of the disappearing Pacific islands. At the same time, the book offers historical models that we can use today to enhance our understanding of, and find new answers to, global political and climate-related challenges. Frits Andersen is a professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. His previous works include The Dark Continent? Images of Africa in European Narratives about the Congo (2016). The Danish edition of this book, entitled Sydhavsøen. Nydelsens geografi received the Georg Brandes Prize.
Down and Out, on the Road
Author: Kenneth L. Kusmer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198021542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Covering the entire period from the colonial era to the late twentieth century, this book is the first scholarly history of the homeless in America. Drawing on sources that include records of charitable organizations, sociological studies, and numerous memoirs of formerly homeless persons, Kusmer demonstrates that the homeless have been a significant presence on the American scene for over two hundred years. He probes the history of homelessness from a variety of angles, showing why people become homeless; how charities and public authorities dealt with this social problem; and the diverse ways in which different class, ethnic, and racial groups perceived and responded to homelessness. Kusmer demonstrates that, despite the common perception of the homeless as a deviant group, they have always had much in common with the average American. Focusing on the millions who suffered downward mobility, Down and Out, On the Road provides a unique view of the evolution of American society and raises disturbing questions about the repeated failure to face and solve the problem of homelessness.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198021542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Covering the entire period from the colonial era to the late twentieth century, this book is the first scholarly history of the homeless in America. Drawing on sources that include records of charitable organizations, sociological studies, and numerous memoirs of formerly homeless persons, Kusmer demonstrates that the homeless have been a significant presence on the American scene for over two hundred years. He probes the history of homelessness from a variety of angles, showing why people become homeless; how charities and public authorities dealt with this social problem; and the diverse ways in which different class, ethnic, and racial groups perceived and responded to homelessness. Kusmer demonstrates that, despite the common perception of the homeless as a deviant group, they have always had much in common with the average American. Focusing on the millions who suffered downward mobility, Down and Out, On the Road provides a unique view of the evolution of American society and raises disturbing questions about the repeated failure to face and solve the problem of homelessness.
National Union Catalog
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1950-1977
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1614
Book Description
Catalog of the Tamiment Institute Library of New York University: Book and pamphlet catalogs
Author: Tamiment Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchism
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anarchism
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
First Printings of American Authors
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description