Global Ocean of Knowledge, 1660-1860. Globalization and Maritime Knowledge in the Atlantic World, Hardback - ***

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Karel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands) DavidsIllustration(s): 10 bw illusNumber of pages:...

The rise of agrarian capitalism in Britain is usually told as a story about markets, land, and wages. This study reveals that it was also about boo...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Rens BodIllustration(s): 11 Illustrations, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and whiteTra...

For centuries the Atlantic world has been a site of encounter and exchange, a rich point of transit where one could remake one's identity. Through ...

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This book outlines the methods, principles and values through which indigenous peoples, scientists, decision-makers and NGOs can move towards a dec...

Reducere. Dive into our planet's largest and least explored world in this stunning encyclopedia of everything ocean - including whales, waves, wrecks, wind f...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressIllustration(s): 8 halftonesNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 23Cover typ...

Provides relevant theoretical foundations, and disseminates new research findings and expert views on the remaining challenges in ontology learning...

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A World at Sea sharpens and expands our understanding of how the maritime world contributed to global transformations in the early modern world, fr...

DescriptionBetween the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline...

Publisher: Anthroposophic Press IncAuthor(s): Rudolf SteinerTranslator: A. P. ShepherdNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 223 x 1...

Wintroub presents a micro-historical and cross-disciplinary analysis of the texts and contexts that informed the remarkable journey of the French s...

This collection draws students into conversation about global environmental threats, the tenuous links between knowledge and power, and ways of act...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael J. JarvisIn an exploration of the oceanic connections of the Atlantic world, Michael J. Jarvis recovers a mariner's...

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This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the C...

Reducere. Opening a window on a dynamic realm far beyond imperial courts, anatomical theaters, and learned societies, Pablo F. Gomez examines the strategies ...

The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury AcademicAuthor(s): Seyed Hadi (University of Tehran, Iran) BorhaniNumber of pages: 264Collection: Unsettling Colonialism in o...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): John KrigeIllustration(s): 8 tablesNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158 x...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jon F. SensbachRebecca's Revival is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman--a slave turned evangelist--who helped inspir...

This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yor...

Examines the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. This work captures the mult...

'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven PinkerIn very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the...

'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven PinkerIn very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the...

The untold story of the greatest library of the Renaissance and its creator Hernando Colon

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Meredith SchweigIllustration(s): 18 halftones, 4 line drawingsNumber of pages: 248Collection: ...

Publisher: Four Courts Press LtdIllustration(s): mapsNumber of pages: 180Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 165 x 242 x 21Cover type: HardbackEditor...

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The New Atlantic Order sheds new light on the struggle to create a modern Atlantic order. Patrick O. Cohrs reinterprets the Paris Peace Conference ...

This book investigates the role of 'texts' - including books, maps, stones and caskets - in the conveyance and transformation of knowledge througho...

Knowledge Workers in the Information Society addresses the changing nature of work, workers, and their organizations in the media, information, and...