Author: David C. Sutton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Location Register of English Literary Manuscripts and Letters, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A-J
Author: David C. Sutton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The Travels of Dean Mahomet
Author: Dean Mahomet
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520918517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This unusual study combines two books in one: the 1794 autobiographical travel narrative of an Indian, Dean Mahomet, recalling his years as camp-follower, servant, and subaltern officer in the East India Company's army (1769 to 1784); and Michael H. Fisher's portrayal of Mahomet's sojourn as an insider/outsider in India, Ireland, and England. Emigrating to Britain and living there for over half a century, Mahomet started what was probably the first Indian restaurant in England and then enjoyed a distinguished career as a practitioner of "oriental" medicine, i.e., therapeutic massage and herbal steam bath, in London and the seaside resort of Brighton. This is a fascinating account of life in late eighteenth-century India—the first book written in English by an Indian—framed by a mini-biography of a remarkably versatile entrepreneur. Travels presents an Indian's view of the British conquest of India and conveys the vital role taken by Indians in the colonial process, especially as they negotiated relations with Britons both in the colonial periphery and the imperial metropole. Connoisseurs of unusual travel narratives, historians of England, Ireland, and British India, as well as literary scholars of autobiography and colonial discourse will find much in this book. But it also offers an engaging biography of a resourceful, multidimensional individual.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520918517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This unusual study combines two books in one: the 1794 autobiographical travel narrative of an Indian, Dean Mahomet, recalling his years as camp-follower, servant, and subaltern officer in the East India Company's army (1769 to 1784); and Michael H. Fisher's portrayal of Mahomet's sojourn as an insider/outsider in India, Ireland, and England. Emigrating to Britain and living there for over half a century, Mahomet started what was probably the first Indian restaurant in England and then enjoyed a distinguished career as a practitioner of "oriental" medicine, i.e., therapeutic massage and herbal steam bath, in London and the seaside resort of Brighton. This is a fascinating account of life in late eighteenth-century India—the first book written in English by an Indian—framed by a mini-biography of a remarkably versatile entrepreneur. Travels presents an Indian's view of the British conquest of India and conveys the vital role taken by Indians in the colonial process, especially as they negotiated relations with Britons both in the colonial periphery and the imperial metropole. Connoisseurs of unusual travel narratives, historians of England, Ireland, and British India, as well as literary scholars of autobiography and colonial discourse will find much in this book. But it also offers an engaging biography of a resourceful, multidimensional individual.
Auld Reikie
Author: Robert Fergusson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross Huntingdonshire, 1796 to 1816
Author: Thomas James Walker
Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The Personal Life of George Grote
Author: Harlriet Lewin Grote
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Chelsea, in the Olden & Present Times
Author: George Bryan
Publisher:
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Category : Chelsea (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chelsea (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Fire Across the Desert
Author: Peter Morton
Publisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Critical Point of View
Author: Geert Lovink
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789078146131
Category : Electronic encyclopedias
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
For millions of internet users around the globe, the search for new knowledge begins with Wikipedia. The encyclopedia's rapid rise, novel organization, and freely offered content have been marveled at and denounced by a host of commentators. This book moves beyond unflagging praise, well-worn facts, and questions about its reliability and accuracy, to unveil the complex, messy, and controversial realities of a distributed knowledge platform. The essays, interviews and artworks brought together in this reader form part of the overarching 'Critical Point of View' research initiative, which began with a conference in Bangalore (January 2010), followed by events in Amsterdam (March 2010) and Leipzig (September 2010). With an emphasis on theoretical reflection, cultural difference and indeed, critique, contributions to this collection ask: What values are embedded in Wikipedia's software? On what basis are Wikipedia's claims to neutrality made?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789078146131
Category : Electronic encyclopedias
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
For millions of internet users around the globe, the search for new knowledge begins with Wikipedia. The encyclopedia's rapid rise, novel organization, and freely offered content have been marveled at and denounced by a host of commentators. This book moves beyond unflagging praise, well-worn facts, and questions about its reliability and accuracy, to unveil the complex, messy, and controversial realities of a distributed knowledge platform. The essays, interviews and artworks brought together in this reader form part of the overarching 'Critical Point of View' research initiative, which began with a conference in Bangalore (January 2010), followed by events in Amsterdam (March 2010) and Leipzig (September 2010). With an emphasis on theoretical reflection, cultural difference and indeed, critique, contributions to this collection ask: What values are embedded in Wikipedia's software? On what basis are Wikipedia's claims to neutrality made?
Werwolves
Author: Elliott O'Donnell
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465552901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465552901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description