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Reinterpreting Exploration : the West in the World.
Exploration was a central and perhaps defining aspect of the West's encounters with other peoples and lands. Rather than reproduce celebratory narratives of individual heroism and national glory, this volume focuses on exploration's instrumental role in shaping a European sense of exceptio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press, USA,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; REINTERPRETING EXPLORATION; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Figures; Contributors; Introduction: Reinterpreting Exploration ; PART I THEMES ; 1. Science and Exploration ; 2. A Half Century of Shifting Narrative Perspectives on Encounters ; 3. Exploration and Enlightenment.
- 4. Exploration in Print: From the Miscellany to the Newspaper 5. The Making of British and French Legends of Exploration, 1821-1914 ; PART II TERRITORIES ; 6. Exploration in Imperial Russia ; 7. Exploring the Pacific World ; 8. Decentering Exploration in East Africa.
- 9. The Exploration of Central Asia 10. The Historiography of Antarctic Exploration ; Index.