Old Worlds New Worlds

Author : Lisa Kaaren Bailey,Lindsay Diggelmann,Kim M. Phillips
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : PSU:000067790005

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Old Worlds, New Worlds by Lisa Kaaren Bailey,Lindsay Diggelmann,Kim M. Phillips Pdf

Pre-modern European history is replete with moments of encounter. At the end of arduous sea and land journeys, and en route, Europeans met people who challenged their assumptions and certainties about the world. Some sought riches, others allies; some looked for Christian converts and some aimed for conquest. Others experienced the forced cultural encounter of exile. Many travelled only in imagination, forming ideas which have become foundational to modern mentalities: race, ethnicity, nation, and the nature of humanity. The consequences were profound: both productive and destructive. At the beginning of the third millennium CE we occupy a world shaped by those centuries of travel and encounter. This collection examines key themes and moments in European cultural expansion. Unlike many studies it spans both the medieval and early modern periods, challenging the stereotype of the post-Columbus 'age of discovery'. There is room too for examining cross-cultural relationships within Europe and regions closely linked to it, to show that curiosity, conflict and transformation could result from such meetings as they did in more far-flung realms. Several essays deal with authors, events, and ideas which will be unfamiliar to most readers but which deserve greater attention in the history of encounter and exploration.

Author : Anthony Grafton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674254121

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New Worlds, Ancient Texts by Anthony Grafton Pdf

Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance 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. What Anthony Grafton recounts is a war of ideas fought by mariners, scientists, publishers, and rulers over a period of 150 years. In colorful vignettes, 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 notions of the world beyond Europe.

Author : Children's Book Council of Australia NSW Branch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0645154504

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Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds by Children's Book Council of Australia NSW Branch Pdf

A rich anthology of stories, plays, poetry and illustrations from members of CBCA NSW Branch to engage children in the 2021 theme for CBCA Book Week and beyond. Created by over 70 contributors, including some of the most well loved Australian children's literature creatives as well as many up-and-coming. The Foreward is from the NSW Governor, the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC and Mir Wilson, introduction from Ursula Dubosarsky the Australian Children's Laureate and acknowledgement of Country in Dharug by Jasmine Seymour. All the work has been donated by the creatives and developed by the dedicated committee of the CBCA NSW Branch Eastern Suburbs Sub-branch.Funds raised by the sales of this anthology will further the work of Bothe the CBCA NSW Branch and their Eastern Suburbs Sub-branch in fulfilling their shared purpose: to ensure Australian children have stories written for them, to support and celebrate the work of our Australian creatives, and to promote the joy of reading.

Author : David Ketterer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015003842369

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New Worlds for Old by David Ketterer Pdf

Discusses the work of Edgar Allan Poe, Ursula K. Le Guin, Charles Brockden Brown, Stanislaw Lem, Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Kurt Vonnegut, and others.

Author : John Michael Archer
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0804743371

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Old Worlds by John Michael Archer Pdf

This book aligns ancient and early modern European travel narratives and historical surveys of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and Russia with texts that contributed to English ideas about those regions: Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and Love's Labour's Lost, Milton's Paradise Lost and Muscovia, and Dryden's Aureng-Zebe.

Author : Judith Krummeck
Publisher : Green Place Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1950584097

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Old New Worlds by Judith Krummeck Pdf

Old New Worlds intertwines the immigrant stories of the author and her great-great grandmother. Sarah Barker and her new husband sail from England in 1815 to minister to the indigenous Khoihoi in South Africa's Eastern Cape. In the midst of conflict, illness, and natural disasters, Sarah bears sixteen children. Two hundred years later, Judith leaves post apartheid South Africa with her new American husband to immigrate to the United States. She is drawn to Sarah's immigrant story in the context of her own experience, and she sets out to try and trace her. In the process, she finds a soul mate.

Author : Karen Lord
Publisher : Akashic Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781617755279

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New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean by Karen Lord Pdf

"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." --Publishers Weekly, Starred review "New Worlds, Old Ways fulfills its promise of arriving at a recognizable genre of Caribbean speculative fiction. Prior to this collection we have not had any reader-friendly approaches that have directly addressed the genre of Caribbean speculative fiction. Lord, and the various writers in this collection, have given readers access to a hitherto unexplored genre, one that differentiates as well as connects to the treasure trove of Caribbean literature. The collection is a boon for scholars and reading aficionados of the Speculative Fiction genre. And as the editor states, true to its world, New Worlds, Old Ways offers both depth and delight without disappointment. It suggests tthat if one looks closely enough, they will find that Caribbean fiction has always been speculative." --SX Salon 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.

Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465094738

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Ancient Worlds by Michael Scott Pdf

"As panoramic as it is learned, this is ancient history for our globalized world." Tom Holland, author of Dynasty and Rubicon Twenty-five-hundred years ago, civilizations around the world entered a revolutionary new era that overturned old order and laid the foundation for our world today. In the face of massive social changes across three continents, radical new forms of government emerged; mighty wars were fought over trade, religion, and ideology; and new faiths were ruthlessly employed to unify vast empires. The histories of Rome and China, Greece and India-the stories of Constantine and Confucius, Qin Shi Huangdi and Hannibal-are here revealed to be interconnected incidents in the midst of a greater drama. In Ancient Worlds, historian Michael Scott presents a gripping narrative of this unique age in human civilization, showing how diverse societies responded to similar pressures and how they influenced one another: through conquest and conversion, through trade in people, goods, and ideas. An ambitious reinvention of our grandest histories, Ancient Worlds reveals new truths about our common human heritage. "A bold and imaginative page-turner that challenges ideas about the world of antiquity." Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads

Author : William Brandon
Publisher : Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : America
ISBN : WISC:89016626848

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New Worlds for Old by William Brandon Pdf

Author : A. Robert Lee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9057550970

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Old Worlds, New Worlds by A. Robert Lee Pdf

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Elton Thomas Edward Barker,Stefan Bouzarovski,C. B. R. Pelling,Leif Isaksen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199664139

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New Worlds from Old Texts by Elton Thomas Edward Barker,Stefan Bouzarovski,C. B. R. Pelling,Leif Isaksen Pdf

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.

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153316228X

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New Worlds for Old (Annotated) by H. G. Wells Pdf

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 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.

Author : Stefan Milosavljevich,Neon Squid
Publisher : Neon Squid
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684492121

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Tales of Ancient Worlds by Stefan Milosavljevich,Neon Squid Pdf

Exciting nonfiction stories of intrepid archaeologists and their amazing discoveries from history, written by archaeology YouTuber Stefan Milosavljevich.

Author : Arthur Joseph Penty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:$B266305

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Old Worlds for New by Arthur Joseph Penty Pdf

Author : Michael Jan Friedman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781471106255

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New Worlds, New Civilizations by Michael Jan Friedman Pdf

They said it couldn't be done ... all the myriad worlds which have been sought out and explored through more than 500 television episodes and nine Star Trek movies, mapped, illustrated and brought to life in the pages of a comprehensive Star Trek atlas. From the comparatively crowded space of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, home to Earth and Vulcan, Bajor and Betazed, the Cardassian Union and the Romulan and Klingon Empires; to the distant Gamma Quadrant controlled by the Dominion; to the far reaches of the Delta Quadrant, home space of the Borg, where of Federation explorers only the crew of the USS Voyager has ever been; NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS catalogues peoples and planets from all four corners of the galaxy. Ever wondered where the blue-skinned Bolians originated from? Or what it is like on the permanently frozen homeworld of the bloodless Breen? From the first world that the first away team landed on under the command of Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode 'The Cage' (a world that has been off-limits to the Federation ever since), to the world of the Ba'ku as seen in 'Star Trek: Insurrection', all these and many more are described and depicted in all their fascinating detail by a team of star-studded contributors. Produced in the finest tradition of bestselling Star Trek illustrated reference from Pocket Books such as The Art of Star Trek and Where No Man Has Gone Before, NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS will be an essential addition to every Trekker's shelves.