Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download Distant Lands And Diverse Cultures full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Distant Lands And Diverse Cultures ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Satyam S. Moorty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Distant Lands, Diverse Cultures written by Satyam S. Moorty and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Satyam S. Moorty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (724 download)
Download or read book Distant Lands, Diverse Cultures written by Satyam S. Moorty and published by . This book was released on 200? with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glenn J. Ames
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Distant Lands and Diverse Cultures written by Glenn J. Ames and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2003-07-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing contemporary accounts of India, China, Siam and the Levant, this study provides rich detail about these exotic lands and explores the priorities that shaped and motivated these bold envoys and chroniclers. Ames and Love offer a fascinating look at the symbiotic nature of cross-cultural interaction between France and the major trading regions of the Indian Ocean basin during the 17th century. During this period of intense French interest in the rich trade and cultures of the region, Louis XIV and his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert in particular were concerned with encouraging French travelers, both clerical and lay, to explore and document these lands. Among the accounts included here are those of François Bernier, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, and François Pyrard. Because these accounts reflect as much about the structures and priorities of France as they do about the cultures they describe, Ames and Love hope their analysis bridges the gap between studies on early modern France and those on the major Asiatic countries of the same period. Their findings challenge the current thinking in the study of early modern France by demonstrating that overseas expansion to Asia was of considerable importance and interest to all segments of French society. Specialists in traditional internal French history will find much in this study of European expansion to complement and supplement their research.
Author : Georgie Rogers
Publisher : Richards Education
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Cultural Immersion: Living Like a Local in Foreign Lands written by Georgie Rogers and published by Richards Education. This book was released on with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in the heart and soul of diverse cultures around the world with Cultural Immersion: Living Like a Local in Foreign Lands. This comprehensive guidebook offers travelers an authentic and enriching experience by diving deep into local customs, traditions, and daily life. From the bustling streets of Tokyo to the serene landscapes of Tuscany, this book provides practical tips and insights for living like a local in various regions. Discover how to connect with communities, participate in cultural festivities, and embrace sustainable travel practices. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or embarking on your first adventure, this guide will help you build meaningful connections and unforgettable memories.
Author : Marshall G. S. Hodgson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226346870
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Venture of Islam, Volume 2 written by Marshall G. S. Hodgson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago. In the second work of this three-volume set, Hodgson investigates the establishment of an international Islamic civilization through about 1500. This includes a theoretical discussion of cultural patterning in the Islamic world and the Occident. "This is a nonpareil work, not only because of its command of its subject but also because it demonstrates how, ideally, history should be written."—The New Yorker
Author : Keith Wilkinson
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781478789703
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (897 download)
Download or read book Distant Lands written by Keith Wilkinson and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distant Lands: Tales of a Solo Traveler details the adventures of a man seventy years and beyond who continues to travel the world, building friendships and experiencing the daily lives of local people. There are weddings to attend, funerals to grieve with families, treks and travel, culture and religion and a host of challenges to face along the way. Despite riots and coups, he continues to challenge the notion of fear in travel, drawn by the need to understand people of other cultures, faiths, and circumstances. He adds two more trips around the world to the two made before age seventy, and multiple trips to Nepal, India, Egypt and Turkey to visit friends and family. Though he explores sights along the way, his primary interest is living daily among the people he meets, sharing meals, lodging in their homes, friendship and together experiencing the challenges of daily life among them. There are days, mundane and routine, as well as challenge and adventure. Interested in culture and religion, he participates in rituals, ceremonies and festivals among Hindus, Muslims, Christians and others. Keith Wilkinson is a retired religious educator, widowed, billing himself as a wanderer in his later years. He feels that age is no excuse to stop living. The scope of this book covers seven years of world travel, from ages 70 to 77. Wilkinson invites the reader to join him in the daily aspects of solo travel, whether all or in part as interest may dictate.
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004219366
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Cultures of Knowledge written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at knowledge transmission as a cultural feature, this book isolates and examines the individual factors that affect knowledge in the making and created uniquely Chinese cultures of knowledge. The volume is organized into four sections: Internode, Imperial Court, Agora, and Scholarly Arts. Each has a theoretical introduction, followed by two core contributions from experts in Chinese history. The section concludes with a ‘reflection’ by a historian of Western Technology who scrutinizes each sphere and identifies the points that reflect universal technological experience. The combination of broadly sketched theoretical introductions and detailed core contributions provides an unparalleled insight into pre-modern Chinese history from the Song to early Qing dynasty, revealing Chinese attitudes towards innovation and invention.
Author : Daniela Bleichmar
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812243055
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Collecting Across Cultures written by Daniela Bleichmar and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early modern age more people traveled farther than at any earlier time in human history. Many returned home with stories of distant lands and at least some of the objects they acquired during their journeys. And those who did not travel eagerly acquired wondrous materials that arrived from faraway places. Objects traveled various routes—personal, imperial, missionary, or trade—and moved not only across space but also across cultures. Histories of the early modern global culture of collecting have focused for the most part on European Wunderkammern, or "cabinets of curiosities." But the passion for acquiring unfamiliar items rippled across many lands. The court in Java marveled at, collected, and displayed myriad goods brought through its halls. African princes traded captured members of other African groups so they could get the newest kinds of cloth produced in Europe. Native Americans sought colored glass beads made in Europe, often trading them to other indigenous groups. Items changed hands and crossed cultural boundaries frequently, often gaining new and valuable meanings in the process. An object that might have seemed mundane in some cultures could become a target of veneration in another. The fourteen essays in Collecting Across Cultures represent new work by an international group of historians, art historians, and historians of science. Each author explores a specific aspect of the cross-cultural history of collecting and display from the dawn of the sixteenth century to the early decades of the nineteenth century. As the essays attest, an examination of early modern collecting in cross-cultural contexts sheds light on the creative and complicated ways in which objects in collections served to create knowledge—some factual, some fictional—about distant peoples in an increasingly transnational world.
Author : John Gust
Publisher : Lorenz Educational Press
ISBN 13 : 0787784222
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (877 download)
Download or read book Learning About Cultures (eBook) written by John Gust and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience African, Chinese, Jewish, Native American and other cultures through literature, celebrations, games and crafts. Each unit also includes an introduction, discussion of the culture's role in U.S. history, an extensive selection of recommended literature and a calendar presentation of significant events. The book concludes with a wonderful resource--reproducible illustrations of children from all the represented countries and cultures in native dress.
Author : K Dhanasekar
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9390996422
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Sociology written by K Dhanasekar and published by Archers & Elevators Publishing House. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : SIKANDAR ADNAN
Publisher : Pencil
ISBN 13 : 935883613X
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (588 download)
Download or read book Threads of Fate A Journey from Darkness to Divine Light written by SIKANDAR ADNAN and published by Pencil. This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Threads of Fate" invites readers on an evocative journey that transcends the boundaries of time and space, navigating the intricacies of human experience through the lens of author Sikandar Adnan. Born and raised in the vibrant city of Delhi, Adnan's literary odyssey unfolds against the backdrop of diverse cultural threads, creating a narrative that resonates with the universal themes of resilience, faith, and redemption. In this poignant exploration, Adnan takes readers through the labyrinth of his characters' lives, threading their stories with the complexities of relationships, the fragility of faith, and the transformative power of adversity. The bustling streets of Delhi, steeped in history and cultural diversity, serve as a vivid canvas where the characters grapple with the shadows
Author : Stan Steiner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313010080
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Promoting a Global Community Through Multicultural Children's Literature written by Stan Steiner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will find this book invaluable for teaching students the beauties of diversity and for building understanding of cultures from around the world. This book features more than 800 titles, both single volume and series, selected for their multicultural content and compelling reflections of the social issues of diverse cultures. The more than 100 interdisciplinary application strategies for titles range from reading aloud with follow-up discussions to social activism. Fully indexed by author and title, this guide includes Web sites for literature integration, contact information, a discussion of the benefits of multicultural literature, and suggestions for further reading. The perfect guide for introducing students to other cultures and customs.
Author : James Tully
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521476942
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (769 download)
Download or read book Strange Multiplicity written by James Tully and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-07 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the inaugural set of Seeley Lectures, the distinguished political philosopher James Tully addresses the demands for cultural recognition that constitute the major conflicts of today: supranational associations, nationalism and federalism, linguistic and ethnic minorities, feminism, multiculturalism and aboriginal self government. Neither modern nor post-modern constitutionalism can adjudicate such claims justly. However, by surveying 400 years of constitutional practice, with special attention to the American aboriginal peoples, Tully develops a new philosophy of constitutionalism based on dialogues of conciliation which, he argues, have the capacity to mediate contemporary conflicts and bring peace to the twenty-first century. Strange Multiplicity brings profound historical, critical and philosophical perspectives to our most pressing contemporary conflicts, and provides an authoritative guide to constitutional possibilities in a multicultural age.
Author : Karl A.E. Enenkel
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004401067
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Artes Apodemicae and Early Modern Travel Culture, 1550–1700 written by Karl A.E. Enenkel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the early modern manuals on travelling (Artes apodemicae), which originated in the sixteenth century, when it became communis opinio among intellectuals that an extended tour abroad was an indispensable part of humanist, academic and political education.
Author : Lhoussain Simour
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443871427
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Recollecting History beyond Borders written by Lhoussain Simour and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recollecting History beyond Borders looks closely at the experience of Moroccan captives, acrobats and dancing women in America throughout various historical periods. It explores the mobility of Moroccans beyond borders and their cultural interactions with the American self and civilization, and offers a broad discussion on the negotiation of the complex dynamics of representation and on the various discursive ramifications of the cultural contacts initiated by ordinary Moroccan travellers. I...
Author : Edward S. Cooke, Jr.
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691237557
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Global Objects written by Edward S. Cooke, Jr. and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold reorientation of art history that bridges the divide between fine art and material culture through an examination of objects and their uses Art history is often viewed through cultural or national lenses that define some works as fine art while relegating others to the category of craft. Global Objects points the way to an interconnected history of art, examining a broad array of functional aesthetic objects that transcend geographic and temporal boundaries and challenging preconceived ideas about what is and is not art. Avoiding traditional binaries such as East versus West and fine art versus decorative art, Edward Cooke looks at the production, consumption, and circulation of objects made from clay, fiber, wood, and nonferrous base metals. Carefully considering the materials and process of making, and connecting process to product and people, he demonstrates how objects act on those who look at, use, and acquire them. He reveals how objects retain aspects of their local fabrication while absorbing additional meanings in subtle and unexpected ways as they move through space and time. In emphasizing multiple centers of art production amid constantly changing contexts, Cooke moves beyond regional histories driven by geography, nation-state, time period, or medium. Beautifully illustrated, Global Objects traces the social lives of objects from creation to purchase, and from use to experienced meaning, charting exciting new directions in art history.
Author : Suman Gupta
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9352833775
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (528 download)
Download or read book Awareness Social Science 10 written by Suman Gupta and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The syllabus has tried to link the academic curriculum with real life and, thus, dwelled on connecting the students' understanding with the real world around them.
