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New Worlds, Ancient Texts

Author : Anthony Grafton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674618763
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book New Worlds, Ancient Texts written by Anthony Grafton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On encountering what he called "the Indies", the Jesuit Jose de Acosta wrote, "Having read what poets and philosophers write of the Torrid Zone, I persuaded myself that when I came to the Equator, I would not be able to endure the violent heat, but it turned out otherwise... What could I do then but laugh at Aristotle's Meteorology and his philosophy?" Acosta's experience echoes that of his fellow travelers to the New World, and it is this experience, with its profound effect on Western culture, that Anthony Grafton charts. Describing an era of exploration that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield. The intellectual shift mapped out here, a movement from book learning to empirical knowledge, did not take place easily or quickly, and Grafton presents it in all its drama and complexity. What he recounts is in effect a war of ideas fought, sometimes unwittingly by mariners, scientists, publishers, scholars, and rulers over one hundred fifty years. He shows us explorers from Cortes and Columbus to Scaliger and Munster, laden with ideas gathered from ancient and medieval texts, in their encounters with the world at large. In colorful vignettes, firsthand accounts, published debates, and copious illustrations, we see these men and their contemporaries trying to make sense of their discoveries as they sometimes confirm, sometimes contest, and finally displace traditional images and notions of the world beyond Europe. The fundamental cultural revolution that Grafton documents still reverberates in our time. By taking us into thisbattle of books versus facts, a conflict that has shaped global views for centuries, Grafton allows us to re-experience and understand the Renaissance as it continues to this day.

New Worlds, Old Ways

Author : Karen Lord
Publisher : Peepal Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 9781845233365
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book New Worlds, Old Ways written by Karen Lord and published by Peepal Tree Press. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Caribbean has a powerful, modern tradition of fantastic literature that's on full display in this anthology of original fiction by writers from Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Bermuda . . . None of these writers is likely to be familiar to American audiences, but all are worth getting to know. Readers who love the writing of Nalo Hopkinson, Tobias S. Buckell, and Lord herself will savor this volume." -- Publisher's Weekly, Starred review Do not be misled by the "speculative" in the title. Although there may be robots and fantastical creatures, these common symbols are tools to frame the familiar from fresh perspectives. Here you will find the recent past and ongoing present of government and society with curfews, crime, and corruption; the universal themes of family, growth and death, love and hate; the struggle to thrive when power is capricious and revenge too bittersweet. Here too is the passage of everything--old ways, places, peoples, and ourselves--leaving nothing behind but memories, histories, and stories. This anthology speaks to the fragility of our Caribbean home, but reminds the reader that although home may be vulnerable, it is also beautifully resilient. The voice of our literature declares that in spite of disasters, this people and this place shall not be wholly destroyed. Read for delight, then read for depth, and you will not be disappointed. Brand-new stories by: Tammi Browne-Bannister, Summer Edward, Portia Subran, Brandon O'Brien, Kevin Jared Hosein, Richard B. Lynch, Elizabeth J. Jones, Damion Wilson, Brian Franklin, Ararimeh Aiyejina, and H.K. Williams. New Worlds, Old Ways is the third publication of Peekash Press, an imprint of Akashic Books and Peepal Tree Press committed to supporting the emergence of new Caribbean writing, and as part of the CaribLit project.

Women and Religion in Old and New Worlds

Author : Debra Meyers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317721608
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Women and Religion in Old and New Worlds written by Debra Meyers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative collection brings together essays on women's religious experiences in both Europe and the Americas during the colonial era.

Old and New World Lyrics

Author : Clinton Scollard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Old and New World Lyrics written by Clinton Scollard and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Old and New World Highland Bagpiping

Author : John Graham Gibson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773522916
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Old and New World Highland Bagpiping written by John Graham Gibson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2002 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old and New World Highland Bagpiping provides a comprehensive biographical and genealogical account of pipers and piping in highland Scotland and Gaelic Cape Breton.The work is the result of over thirty years of oral fieldwork among the last Gaels in Cape Breton, for whom piping fitted unself-consciously into community life, as well as an exhaustive synthesis of Scottish archival and secondary sources. Reflecting the invaluable memories of now-deceased new world Gaelic lore-bearers, John Gibson shows that traditional community piping in both the old and new world Gàihealtachlan was, and for a long time remained, the same, exposing the distortions introduced by the tendency to interpret the written record from the perspective of modern, post-eighteenth-century bagpiping. Following up the argument in his previous book, Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945, Gibson traces the shift from tradition to modernism in the old world through detailed genealogies, focusing on how the social function of the Scottish piper changed and step-dance piping progressively disappeared. Old and New World Highland Bagpiping will stir controversy and debate in the piping world while providing reminders of the value of oral history and the importance of describing cultural phenomena with great care and detail.

New Worlds from Old Texts

Author : Elton Barker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019105786X
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book New Worlds from Old Texts written by Elton Barker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps dominate the modern sense of place and geography. Yet, so far as we can tell, maps were rare in the Greco-Roman world and, when mentioned in sources, are mistrusted and criticized. Today, technological advances have brought to the fore an entirely new set of methods for representing and interacting with space. In contrast to traditional 'topographic' perspectives, the territorial extent of economic and political realms is increasingly conceived though a 'topological' lens, in which the nature and frequency of links among different sites matter more than the physical distances between them. New Worlds from Old Texts focuses on the ancient Greek experience of space, conceived of in terms of both its literature and material culture remains, and uses this to reflect on modern thinking. Comprising twelve chapters written by a highly interdisciplinary range of contributors, this edited collection explores the rich array of representational devices employed by ancient authors, whose narrative depictions of spatial relations defy the logic of images and surfaces that dominates contemporary cartographic thought. The volume focuses on Herodotus' Histories-a text that is increasingly cited by Classicists as an example of how ancient perceptions of space may have been rather different to the modern cartographic view-but also considers perceptions of space through the lens of other authors, genres, cultural contexts, and disciplines. In doing so, it reveals how a study of the ancient world can be reinvigorated by, and in turn help to shape, modern technological innovation and methods.

New Worlds For Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book New Worlds For Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism written by H. G. Wells and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New Worlds for Old" (1908), which appeared in some later editions with the subtitle "A Plain Account of Modern Socialism," was one of several books and pamphlets that famed author and Nobel Literature Prize winner H. G. Wells wrote about the socialist future in the period 1901-1908, while he was engaged in an effort to reform the Fabian Society. As a result of Wells's earlier books and articles, he was "bombarded with requests for article pieces on socialism." Many of the chapters of 'New Worlds for Old' are reworked versions of these pieces.

The Old World, the New World, and the Creation of the Modern World, 14001650

Author : Aaron M. Shatzman
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 0857283375
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book The Old World, the New World, and the Creation of the Modern World, 14001650 written by Aaron M. Shatzman and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Old World, the New World, and the Creation of the Modern World, 1400–1650: An Interpretive History” provides a unique look at the early years of European discovery and colonization, examining the impact of this period on the historical development of both the New and Old Worlds. The text is enhanced by the incorporation of a wide variety of original source material, allowing readers to benefit from a more first-hand experience of the historical events of the period. Providing the essential facts in conjunction with expert analysis, the volume poses a number of important questions to enable readers to construct their own analysis of the evidence presented. Uniquely, the volume goes beyond the standard textbook formula of “what, when and where” to delve more deeply into the specific (as well as the wider) significance of historical developments, thereby providing the platform for a textured, interpretive understanding of the history of the Atlantic world.

Old Growth in a New World

Author : Thomas A. Spies
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610911407
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Old Growth in a New World written by Thomas A. Spies and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old-growth forests represent a lofty ideal as much as an ecosystem—an icon of unspoiled nature, ecological stability, and pristine habitat. These iconic notions have actively altered the way society relates to old-growth forests, catalyzing major changes in policy and management. But how appropriate are those changes and how well do they really serve in reaching conservation goals? Old Growth in a New World untangles the complexities of the old growth concept and the parallel complexity of old-growth policy and management. It brings together more than two dozen contributors—ecologists, economists, sociologists, managers, historians, silviculturists, environmentalists, timber producers, and philosophers—to offer a broad suite of perspectives on changes that have occurred in the valuing and management of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest over the past thirty years. The book • introduces the issues and history of old-growth values and conservation in the Pacific Northwest; • explores old growth through the ideas of leading ecologists and social scientists; • addresses the implications for the future management of old-growth forests and considers how evolving science and social knowledge might be used to increase conservation effectiveness. By confronting the complexity of the old-growth concept and associated policy and management challenges, Old Growth in a New World encourages productive discussion on the future of old growth in the Pacific Northwest and offers options for more effective approaches to conserving forest biodiversity.

Preaching and New Worlds

Author : Timothy Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135165859X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Preaching and New Worlds written by Timothy Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examines the polyvalent concept of "New Worlds" in the context of medieval and early modern sermon studies. While the terms "Old World" and "New World" are commonplace in studies of Europe and the Americas, this volume explores how preaching in the Atlantic world and beyond creatively engaged audiences in addressing new cultural and religious perspectives regardless of their geographical location and time period. The identification of the "other" in sermons is already an implicit recognition of a novel world, which could be equally enticing and intimidating. The scholars represented in this volume examine a wide panorama of medieval and early modern efforts as they identify how sermons, which often served as a highly effective media of mass communication, reflect shifting identities, sometimes contested and sometimes embraced, within long-standing traditional constructs. Particular themes include apocalypticism, art and mission, cultural interaction, multilingualism, forms of religious life, and theological innovation.

The Origins of the Modern World

Author : Robert Marks
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780742554191
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of the Modern World written by Robert Marks and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert B.

Pioneers of the New World and the Old French War

Author : Joseph Banvard
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368634593
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (686 download)

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Download or read book Pioneers of the New World and the Old French War written by Joseph Banvard and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.

The Guitar and the New World

Author : Joe Gioia
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438455038
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Guitar and the New World written by Joe Gioia and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A transformative look at a popular instrument and a hidden chapter of American history. The American guitar, that lightweight wooden box with a long neck, hourglass figure, and six metal strings, has evolved over five hundred years of social turmoil to become a nearly magical object—the most popular musical instrument in the world. In The Guitar and the New World, Joe Gioia offers a many-limbed social history that is as entertaining as it is informative. After uncovering the immigrant experience of his guitar-making Sicilian great uncle, Gioia’s investigation stretches from the ancient world to the fateful events of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition, across Sioux Ghost Dancers and circus Indians, to the lives and works of such celebrated American musicians as Jimmy Rodgers, Charlie Patton, Eddie Lang, and the Carter Family. At the heart of the book’s portrait of wanderings and legacies is the proposition that America’s idiomatic harmonic forms—mountain music and the blues—share a single root, and that the source of the sad and lonesome sounds central to both is neither Celtic nor African, but truly indigenous—Native American. The case is presented through a wide examination of cultural histories, academic works, and government documents, as well as a close appreciation of recordings made by key rural musicians, black and white, in the 1920s and ’30s. The guitar in its many forms has cheered humanity through centuries of upheaval, and The Guitar and the New World offers a new account of this old friend, as well as a transformative look at a hidden chapter of American history. Joe Gioia was born in Rochester, New York, and is a graduate of Kenyon College. Formerly senior editor at Modern Photography and a contributing editor at American Photo, he was an early contributor to Salon.com and is the author of Divide’s Guide to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He lives in Chicago, where he is at work on a narrative history of photography.

Reference Guide to Russian Literature

Author : Neil Cornwell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781884964107
Total Pages : 1020 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Reference Guide to Russian Literature written by Neil Cornwell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First Published in 1998, Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."

New Worlds and the Italian Renaissance

Author : Andrea Moudarres
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004224300
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book New Worlds and the Italian Renaissance written by Andrea Moudarres and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume aims to assess the longstanding debate over the role played by the Italian Renaissance in shaping the modern Western worldview.

New Worlds for All

Author : Colin G. Calloway
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801859595
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book New Worlds for All written by Colin G. Calloway and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1998-02-18 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although many Americans consider the establishment of the colonies as the birth of this country, in fact Early America already existed long before the arrival of the Europeans. From coast to coast, Native Americans had created enduring cultures, and the subsequent European invasion remade much of the existing land and culture. In New Worlds for All, Colin Calloway explores the unique and vibrant new cultures that Indians and Europeans forged together in early America. The journey toward this hybrid society kept Europeans' and Indians' lives tightly entwined: living, working, worshiping, traveling, and trading together—as well as fearing, avoiding, despising, and killing one another. In the West, settlers lived in Indian towns, eating Indian food. In Mohawk Valley, New York, Europeans tattooed their faces; Indians drank tea. And, a unique American identity emerged.

The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus

Author : Alison Bashford
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691177910
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus written by Alison Bashford and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a sweeping global and intellectual history that radically recasts our understanding of Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, the most famous book on population ever written or ever likely to be. Malthus's Essay is also persistently misunderstood. First published anonymously in 1798, the Essay systematically argues that population growth tends to outpace its means of subsistence unless kept in check by factors such as disease, famine, or war, or else by lowering the birth rate through such means as sexual abstinence. Challenging the widely held notion that Malthus's Essay was a product of the British and European context in which it was written, Alison Bashford and Joyce Chaplin demonstrate that it was the new world, as well as the old, that fundamentally shaped Malthus's ideas.