Author: Sir William Jones
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Supplemental Volumes Containing the Whole of the Asiatick Researches
Author: Sir William Jones
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Pages : 540
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Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226865061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
In 1799, Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. But what started as a trip to investigate a relatively minor geographical controversy became the basis of a five-year exploration throughout South America, Mexico, and Cuba. The discoveries amassed by Humboldt and Bonpland were staggering, and much of today’s knowledge of tropical zoology, botany, geography, and geology can be traced back to Humboldt’s numerous records of these expeditions. One of these accounts, Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, firmly established Alexander von Humboldt as the founder of Mesoamerican studies. In Views of the Cordilleras—first published in French between 1810 and 1813—Humboldt weaves together magnificently engraved drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. In doing so, he offers an alternative perspective on the New World, combating presumptions of its belatedness and inferiority by arguing that the “old” and the “new” world are of the same geological age. This critical edition of Views of the Cordilleras—the second volume in the Alexander von Humboldt in English series—contains a new, unabridged English translation of Humboldt’s French text, as well as annotations, a bibliography, and all sixty-nine plates from the original edition, many of them in color.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226865061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
In 1799, Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. But what started as a trip to investigate a relatively minor geographical controversy became the basis of a five-year exploration throughout South America, Mexico, and Cuba. The discoveries amassed by Humboldt and Bonpland were staggering, and much of today’s knowledge of tropical zoology, botany, geography, and geology can be traced back to Humboldt’s numerous records of these expeditions. One of these accounts, Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, firmly established Alexander von Humboldt as the founder of Mesoamerican studies. In Views of the Cordilleras—first published in French between 1810 and 1813—Humboldt weaves together magnificently engraved drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. In doing so, he offers an alternative perspective on the New World, combating presumptions of its belatedness and inferiority by arguing that the “old” and the “new” world are of the same geological age. This critical edition of Views of the Cordilleras—the second volume in the Alexander von Humboldt in English series—contains a new, unabridged English translation of Humboldt’s French text, as well as annotations, a bibliography, and all sixty-nine plates from the original edition, many of them in color.
Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Parlement du Canada
Author: Canada. Parlement. Bibliothèque
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Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Catalogue of the Library of Parliament: General library
Author: Canada. Library of Parliament
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
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Catalogue of books in the general library and in the South library
Author: London univ, univ. coll, libr
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Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn
Author: Inns of Court (London). - Lincoln's Inn
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 988
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 988
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Catalogue of the Library at Chatsworth ...: D-L
Author: Dukes of Devonshire Library (Chatsworth)
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Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Catalogue of Books Recently Added to the Library of the Supreme Court, Melbourne, Victoria
Author: Supreme Court (Victoria, State of)
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Catalogue of Books Recently Added to the Library of the Supreme Court, Melbourne, Victoria
Author: VICTORIA, Australia. Supreme Court. Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Pages : 156
Book Description
Was Hinduism Invented?
Author: Brian K. Pennington
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198037295
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Drawing on a large body of previously untapped literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, Brian Pennington offers a fascinating portrait of the process by which "Hinduism" came into being. He argues against the common idea that the modern construction of religion in colonial India was simply a fabrication of Western Orientalists and missionaries. Rather, he says, it involved the active agency and engagement of Indian authors as well, who interacted, argued, and responded to British authors over key religious issues such as image-worship, sati, tolerance, and conversion.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198037295
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Drawing on a large body of previously untapped literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, Brian Pennington offers a fascinating portrait of the process by which "Hinduism" came into being. He argues against the common idea that the modern construction of religion in colonial India was simply a fabrication of Western Orientalists and missionaries. Rather, he says, it involved the active agency and engagement of Indian authors as well, who interacted, argued, and responded to British authors over key religious issues such as image-worship, sati, tolerance, and conversion.