Author:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Indexes kept up to date with supplements.
The National Geographic Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Indexes kept up to date with supplements.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Indexes kept up to date with supplements.
The Educator-journal
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Inland Educator and Indiana School Journal
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 996
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 996
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The City in the Muslim World
Author: Mohammad Gharipour
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317548221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Presenting a critical, yet innovative, perspective on the cultural interactions between the "East" and the "West", this book questions the role of travel in the production of knowledge and in the construction of the idea of the "Islamic city". This volume brings together authors from various disciplines, questioning the role of Western travel writing in the production of knowledge about the East, particularly focusing on the cities of the Muslim world. Instead of concentrating on a specific era, chapters span the Medieval and Modern eras in order to present the transformation of both the idea of the "Islamic city" and also the act of traveling and travel writing. Missions to the East, whether initiated by military, religious, economic, scientific, diplomatic or touristic purposes, resulted in a continuous construction, de-construction and re-construction of the "self" and the "other". Including travel accounts, which depicted cities, extending from Europe to Asia and from Africa to Arabia, chapters epitomize the construction of the "Orient" via textual or visual representations. By examining various tools of representation such as drawings, paintings, cartography, and photography in depicting the urban landscape in constant flux, the book emphasizes the role of the mobile individual in defining city space and producing urban culture. Scrutinising the role of travellers in producing the image of the world we know today, this book is recommended for researchers, scholars and students of Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies, Architecture and Urbanism.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317548221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Presenting a critical, yet innovative, perspective on the cultural interactions between the "East" and the "West", this book questions the role of travel in the production of knowledge and in the construction of the idea of the "Islamic city". This volume brings together authors from various disciplines, questioning the role of Western travel writing in the production of knowledge about the East, particularly focusing on the cities of the Muslim world. Instead of concentrating on a specific era, chapters span the Medieval and Modern eras in order to present the transformation of both the idea of the "Islamic city" and also the act of traveling and travel writing. Missions to the East, whether initiated by military, religious, economic, scientific, diplomatic or touristic purposes, resulted in a continuous construction, de-construction and re-construction of the "self" and the "other". Including travel accounts, which depicted cities, extending from Europe to Asia and from Africa to Arabia, chapters epitomize the construction of the "Orient" via textual or visual representations. By examining various tools of representation such as drawings, paintings, cartography, and photography in depicting the urban landscape in constant flux, the book emphasizes the role of the mobile individual in defining city space and producing urban culture. Scrutinising the role of travellers in producing the image of the world we know today, this book is recommended for researchers, scholars and students of Middle Eastern Studies, Cultural Studies, Architecture and Urbanism.
Bulletin of the Wilmington Institute Free Library
Author: Wilmington Institute Free Library (Wilmington, Del.)
Publisher:
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Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Publisher:
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Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Virtual Voyages
Author: Jeffrey Ruoff
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822337133
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
DIVThe different forms that travelogues have taken (documentaries, IMAX, home movies, ethnographic films) from the 1800s to the present./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822337133
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
DIVThe different forms that travelogues have taken (documentaries, IMAX, home movies, ethnographic films) from the 1800s to the present./div
Early Cinema
Author: Thomas Elsaesser
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1838715479
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
In the twenty years preceding the First World War, cinema rapidly developed from a fairground curiosity into a major industry and social institution, a source of information and entertainment for millions of people. Only recently have film scholars and historians begun to study these early years of cinema in their own right and not simply as first steps towards the classical narrative cinema we now associate with Hollywood. The essays in this collection trace the fascinating history of how the cinema developed its forms of storytelling and representation and how it evolved into a complex industry with Hollywood rapidly acquiring a dominant role. These issues can be seen to arise from new readings of the so-called pioneers - Melies, Lumiere, Porter, and Griffith - while also suggesting new perspectives on major European filmmakers of the 1910s and 20s. Editor Thomas Elsaesser complements the contributions from leading British, American, and European scholars with introductory essays of his own that provide a comprehensive overview of the field. The volume is the most authoritative survey to date of a key area of contemporary film research, invaluable to historians as well as to students of cinema.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1838715479
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
In the twenty years preceding the First World War, cinema rapidly developed from a fairground curiosity into a major industry and social institution, a source of information and entertainment for millions of people. Only recently have film scholars and historians begun to study these early years of cinema in their own right and not simply as first steps towards the classical narrative cinema we now associate with Hollywood. The essays in this collection trace the fascinating history of how the cinema developed its forms of storytelling and representation and how it evolved into a complex industry with Hollywood rapidly acquiring a dominant role. These issues can be seen to arise from new readings of the so-called pioneers - Melies, Lumiere, Porter, and Griffith - while also suggesting new perspectives on major European filmmakers of the 1910s and 20s. Editor Thomas Elsaesser complements the contributions from leading British, American, and European scholars with introductory essays of his own that provide a comprehensive overview of the field. The volume is the most authoritative survey to date of a key area of contemporary film research, invaluable to historians as well as to students of cinema.
Bulletin ...
Author: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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The American Catalogue
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1782
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1782
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