Terrestrial lessons : the conquest of the world as globe /

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Terrestrial Lessons is an unconventional history of a commonplace object we moderns have likely encountered at some point of time in our lives, especially as school-going children. For the last half millennium, the terrestrial globe has circulated as a master object of scientific modernity, a knowle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramaswamy, Sumathi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Temas:
Geography > Study and teaching > India > History.
Globes > India > History.
Géographie > Étude et enseignement > Inde > Histoire.
Globes terrestres > Inde > Histoire.
History > General.
History > Asia > India & South Asia.
Technology & Engineering > Cartography.
Science > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
Geography > Study and teaching
Globes
Planets > Study and teaching
Earth (Planet) > Study and teaching > India > History.
Terre > Étude et enseignement > Inde > Histoire.
Earth (Planet)
India
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Global itineraries, Earth inscriptions
  • In pursuit of a global thing
  • "As you live in the world, you ought to know something of the world"
  • The global pandit
  • Down to Earth? Of girls and globes
  • "It's called a globe. It is the Earth. Our Earth!"
  • Epilogue: The conquest of the world as globe.

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