A History Of The Cultural Travels Of Energy

Author : Peter Hjertholm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Force and energy
ISBN : 1003322182

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A History of the Cultural Travels of Energy by Peter Hjertholm Pdf

"This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language, from its origins in Aristotle's ontology, where it referred to the activity-of-being, through its English usage as a way to speak about the inherent nature of things, to its adoption as a name for the mechanics of motion (capacity for work). A distinguished literature deals with energy as matter of science history. But this literature fails to adequately answer a historical question about the rise of the science of energy: How did the commonplace word 'energy' end up becoming a concept in science? This account differs in important ways from the history of the word in the Oxford English Dictionary. Discovering the origins and early travels of energy is essential for understanding how the word was borrowed into physics, and therefore a cultural history of energy is a necessary companion to the science history of the term. It is important that modern scholars in a variety of fields be aware that energy did not always have a scientific content. The absence of that awareness can lead to, have led to, anachronistic interpretations of energy in historical sources from before the 1860s. A History of the Cultural Travels of Energy will be useful for those interested in the history of science and technology, cultural history, and linguistics"--

Author : Peter Hjertholm
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000881585

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A History of the Cultural Travels of Energy by Peter Hjertholm Pdf

This book offers a cultural history of the travels of energy in the English language, from its origins in Aristotle’s ontology, where it referred to the activity-of-being, through its English usage as a way to speak about the inherent nature of things, to its adoption as a name for the mechanics of motion (capacity for work). A distinguished literature deals with energy as matter of science history. But this literature fails to adequately answer a historical question about the rise of the science of energy: How did the commonplace word ‘energy’ end up becoming a concept in science? This account differs in important ways from the history of the word in the Oxford English Dictionary. Discovering the origins and early travels of energy is essential for understanding how the word was borrowed into physics, and therefore a cultural history of energy is a necessary companion to the science history of the term. It is important that modern scholars in a variety of fields be aware that energy did not always have a scientific content. The absence of that awareness can lead to, have led to, anachronistic interpretations of energy in historical sources from before the 1860s. A History of the Cultural Travels of Energy will be useful for those interested in the history of science and technology, cultural history, and linguistics.

Author : Adrian Wesołowski
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000927849

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Philanthropic Celebrity in the Age of Sensibility by Adrian Wesołowski Pdf

This volume, an original combination of biography, cultural history, and media studies, investigates the first moment in history when philanthropy was used as a self-standing claim to fame and philanthropists started being considered as a distinct breed of public figures. In its search for the cause of this development, it examines the way in which public images of early philanthropists in different parts of Europe were shaped in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The work draws on a comparison between British prison reformer John Howard, Alsatian pastor and humanitarian Jean-Frédéric Oberlin, and Stanisław Staszic, a key figure of Enlightenment politics in Congress Poland. Revealing parallel mechanisms at play in different national contexts, it argues that famous philanthropists ushered in a new genre of fame, ‘philanthropic celebrity’, that placed Enlightenment ideals about virtue within the framework of early celebrity culture. The book is primarily aimed at advanced students and scholars of history, cultural studies, and social sciences, especially those interested in the concepts of fame and celebrity and in the origins of modern humanitarianism.

Author : Catherine Watts
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000891713

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Language Change and Nineteenth-Century Science by Catherine Watts Pdf

Have you ever looked at a word and thought: ‘I wonder where that came from’? You might well find the answer in this book, which considers the origin and formation of some of the many thousands of new words that were coined in English during the nineteenth century in the broad field of ‘science’. Changes in society are often accompanied by the need to find names for such changes which, in turn, has an impact on how the language develops as a result. The British Industrial Revolution ushered in a new era of language change, which led to many new coinages in the English language reflecting scientific knowledge as it developed. Many of these neologisms belong to specialist vocabulary, but others do not, and it is these lay coinages which form the focus of this book and are located within their social, cultural and historical backgrounds. Aimed at postgraduate students of the English language and all those interested in the history of the English language, this work explores new worlds and offers an original and fascinating etymological journey through nineteenth-century science in its broadest sense.

Author : Clara Isabel Serrano,Sergio Neto
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000920925

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Revolution and (Post) War, 1917-1922 by Clara Isabel Serrano,Sergio Neto Pdf

This book focuses on the Russian Revolution of 1917, the legacy of the First World War, and Mussolini and Italian fascism – offering an important overview of the major themes of the early 20th century. Using a methodical approach and employing a wide range of sources, the nine chapters provide a re-analysis and synthesis of these three major subjects and looks at how the world was reshaped during the period of 1917–1922. This volume also discusses lesser-known subjects in Anglo-Saxon historiography: the effects of the Russian Revolution in Spain and in the Islamic world, as well as the consequences of the Portuguese participation in the First World War in Africa, and the German memory of that conflict. By linking these themes, this book sheds a light on how since the early 21st century we have witnessed a rise of populism and extremism. Dealing with one of the most paradigmatic periods of Contemporary History, this book is essential for scholars and students of History, International Relations, Postcolonial Studies, and African Studies programs, as well as librarians and diplomats, and for advanced training institutions, peacebuilding organizations, international NGOs, and the wider public.

Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262536165

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Energy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil Pdf

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to turn energy into heat, light, and motion have been a driving force behind our cultural and economic progress over the past 10,000 years. —Bill Gates, Gates Notes, Best Books of the Year Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomass. Humans have come to rely on many more energy flows—ranging from fossil fuels to photovoltaic generation of electricity—for their civilized existence. In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. Humans are the only species that can systematically harness energies outside their bodies, using the power of their intellect and an enormous variety of artifacts—from the simplest tools to internal combustion engines and nuclear reactors. The epochal transition to fossil fuels affected everything: agriculture, industry, transportation, weapons, communication, economics, urbanization, quality of life, politics, and the environment. Smil describes humanity's energy eras in panoramic and interdisciplinary fashion, offering readers a magisterial overview. This book is an extensively updated and expanded version of Smil's Energy in World History (1994). Smil has incorporated an enormous amount of new material, reflecting the dramatic developments in energy studies over the last two decades and his own research over that time.

Author : Charles Forsdick
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191555299

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Travel in Twentieth-Century French and Francophone Cultures by Charles Forsdick Pdf

This book is one of the first studies of twentieth-century travel literature in French, tracking the form from the colonial past to the postcolonial present. Whereas most recent explorations of travel literature have addressed English-language material, Forsdick's study complements these by presenting a body of material that has previously attracted little attention, ranging from conventional travel writing to other cultural phenomena (such as the Colonial Exposition of 1931) in which changing attitudes to travel are apparent. Travel in Twentieth-Century French and Francophone Cultures explores the evolution of attitudes to cultural diversity, explaining how each generation seems simultaneously to foretell the collapse and reinvention of 'elsewhere'. It also follows the progressive renegotiation of understandings of travel (and travel literature) across the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the emergence of travel narratives from France's former colonies. The book suggests that an exclusive colonial understanding of travel as a practice defined along the lines of class, gender, and ethnicity has slowly been transformed so that travel has become an enabling figure - encapsulated in notions such as James Clifford's 'traveling cultures' - central to analyses of contemporary global culture. Engaging initially with Victor Segalen's early twentieth-century reflection on travel and exoticism and Albert Kahn's 'Archives de la Planète', Forsdick goes on to examine a series of interrelated texts and phenomena: early African travel narratives, inter-war ethnography, post-war accounts of Citroën 2CV journeys, the travel stories of immigrant workers, the work of Nicholas Bouvier and the Pour une littérature voyageuse movement, narratives of recent walking journeys, and contemporary Polynesian literature. In delineating a francophone space stretching far beyond metropolitan France itself, the book contributes to new understandings of French and Francophone Studies, and will also be of interest to those interested in issues of comparatism as well as colonial and postcolonial culture and identity.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Energy development
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119538549

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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1996 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Pdf

Author : Leslie A White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315418568

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The Evolution of Culture by Leslie A White Pdf

One of the major works of twentieth-century anthropological theory, written by one of the discipline’s most important, complex, and controversial figures, has not been in print for several years. Now Evolution of Culture is again available in paperback, allowing today’s generation of anthropologists new access to Leslie White’s crucial contribution to the theory of cultural evolution. A new, substantial introduction by Robert Carneiro and Burton J. Brown assess White’s historical importance and continuing influence in the discipline. White is credited with reintroducing evolution in a way that had a profound impact on our understanding of the relationship between technology, ecology, and culture in the development of civilizations. A materialist, he was particularly concerned with societies’ ability to harness energy as an indicator of progress, and his empirical analysis of this equation covers a vast historical span. Fearlessly tackling the most fundamental questions of culture and society during the cold war, White was frequently a lightning rod both inside and outside the academy. His book will provoke equally potent debates today, and is a key component of any course or reading list in anthropological or archaeological theory and cultural ecology.

Author : Harold H. Hellwig
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476600024

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Mark TwainÕs Travel Literature by Harold H. Hellwig Pdf

This critical study analyzes major concepts in the travel literature of Mark Twain and notes how his oeuvre (including his classic works of fiction) revolves around travel as a central issue. The book focuses especially on his representations of time, place, and identity in the travel works Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad, The Innocents Abroad, Life on The Mississippi, and Following the Equator. All receive an in-depth analysis, noting Twain’s strong sense of nostalgia for the disappearing American frontier, his growing concern over the assimilation of Native American cultures, and his continual search for a sense of personal and national identity. One appendix provides a complete list of the travel literature contained in Twain’s personal library.

Author : Brian H. Murray,Mary Henes,Hughes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137543394

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Travel Writing, Visual Culture, and Form, 1760-1900 by Brian H. Murray,Mary Henes,Hughes Pdf

This collection reveals the variety of literary forms and visual media through which travel records were conveyed in the long nineteenth century, bringing together a group of leading researchers from a range of disciplines to explore the relationship between travel writing, visual representation and formal innovation.

Author : Daniel Windsor
Publisher : Interactive Media Licensing
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-27
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cardiff Travel Guide by Daniel Windsor Pdf

Welcome to Cardiff, the vibrant capital city of Wales and a destination filled with rich history, cultural treasures, and captivating experiences. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a returning traveler, this travel guide is your ultimate companion to unlocking the hidden gems and iconic landmarks that make Cardiff truly special. As you turn the pages of this guide, prepare to embark on a journey through the heart and soul of Cardiff. From the medieval splendor of Cardiff Castle to the waterside marvels of Cardiff Bay, you'll discover a city that seamlessly blends ancient heritage with modern innovation. Explore the charming neighborhoods of Pontcanna, Roath, and Canton, each offering its own unique character and local flavors. Immerse yourself in the cultural hotspots and museums that showcase the artistic brilliance and rich heritage of Wales. Indulge in the vibrant music and entertainment scene, where world-class concerts and legendary music venues create an electric atmosphere. And for sports enthusiasts, Cardiff's sporting excellence, especially in rugby and football, is an experience that should not be missed. But Cardiff is not just a city of landmarks and attractions; it's a place where community spirit thrives and where the warmth and hospitality of the Welsh people shine through. Get acquainted with the locals as you explore the traditional pubs, dine in the diverse culinary establishments, and partake in the festivities of food festivals and markets. Beyond the city limits, Cardiff serves as a gateway to breathtaking natural landscapes and historic sites. Venture on day trips to the rugged beauty of Brecon Beacons National Park, uncover the medieval grandeur of Caerphilly Castle, or bask in the nostalgia of Barry Island, famous for its seaside charm and connections to the beloved television series "Gavin and Stacey." This travel guide is your key to unlocking the best of Cardiff and its surroundings. Packed with insider tips, practical information, and captivating narratives, it will help you navigate the city with ease and immerse yourself in its vibrant culture. As you embark on your Cardiff adventure, be prepared to create memories that will last a lifetime. From the moment you step foot in this captivating city, you'll be greeted with a warm welcome and a sense of belonging. Cardiff will enchant you, surprise you, and leave you yearning for more. On behalf of the people of Cardiff, I invite you to embrace the spirit of discovery and embark on an unforgettable journey through the wonders of this remarkable city. Whether you're here for a short visit or an extended stay, Cardiff has a way of captivating hearts and leaving a lasting impression. So, open this guide, immerse yourself in the magic of Cardiff, and let your adventure begin!

Author : Baktash Vafaei
Publisher : StateGuides
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Montana Travel Guide * From Bozeman to Missoula * USA eBook by Baktash Vafaei Pdf

Welcome to an exciting journey through stunning Montana, also known as the "Big Sky Country". Montana is a state of superlatives, characterized by sweeping landscapes, majestic mountains, and a fascinating culture that blurs the lines between wilderness and civilization. In this book, we invite you to discover Montana's unique towns and villages, from Bozeman to Missoula and beyond. Montana is a world unto itself, where Native history, Wild West heritage, and natural beauty collide. Join us on an exciting journey through Montana, a state known for its stunning national parks, majestic mountains, and abundant wildlife. We will explore the cultural diversity, culinary scene, art and music, literature, and the numerous nature activities that make Montana so unique. Montana is not only a place of the past, but also of the future. In this book, we take a look at the challenges and opportunities Montana faces as it asserts its place in the modern world. Montana is a place of wonder, and we can't wait to take you on this journey. Immerse yourself in the beauty and fascination of Montana and let yourself be enchanted by its uniqueness.

Author : Pat Dillon,Lynne Diebel
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780299284138

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Green Travel Guide to Northern Wisconsin by Pat Dillon,Lynne Diebel Pdf

Green Travel Guide to Northern Wisconsin showcases the best green restaurants, lodgings, shops, and activities in Wisconsin’s Northland. Learn about exploring the cliffs and caves of the Niagara Escarpment while biking the Door Peninsula. Carpool to the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Custer where you can stay at a nearby solar-powered inn. Take an all day eco-geo-history tour of the north woods near Hayward, explore the Chequamegon-Nicolet Forest, kayak the Mississippi River backwaters, and much more.

Author : Steven Leuthold
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781136854552

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Cross-Cultural Issues in Art by Steven Leuthold Pdf

Cross-Cultural Issues in Art provides an engaging introduction to aesthetic concepts, expanding the discussion beyond the usual Western theorists and Western examples. Steven Leuthold discusses both contemporary and historical issues and examples, incorporating a range of detailed case studies from African, Asian, European, Latin American, Middle Eastern and Native American art. Individual chapters address broad intercultural issues in art, including Art and Culture, Primitivism and Otherness, Colonialism, Nationalism, Art and Religion, Symbolism and Interpretation, Style and Ethnicity, A Sense of Place, Art and Social Order, Gender, and the Self, considering these themes as constructs that frame our understanding of art. Cross-Cultural Issues in Art draws upon ideas and case studies from cultural and critical studies, art history, ethno-aesthetics and area studies, visual anthropology, and philosophy, and will be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in these fields.