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Imperial Material
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Author : Alvita Akiboh
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
Imperial Material written by Alvita Akiboh and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with History categories.
An ambitious history of flags, stamps, and currency—and the role they played in US imperialism. In Imperial Material, Alvita Akiboh reveals how US national identity has been created, challenged, and transformed through embodiments of empire found in US territories, from the US dollar bill to the fifty-star flag. These symbolic objects encode the relationships between territories—including the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam—and the empire with which they have been entangled. Akiboh shows how such items became objects of local power, their original intent transmogrified. For even if imperial territories were not always front and center for federal lawmakers and administrators, their inhabitants remained continuously aware of the imperial United States, whose presence announced itself on every bit of currency, every stamp, and the local flag.
The Roman Imperial Succession
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Author : John D. Grainger
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2020-06-30
The Roman Imperial Succession written by John D. Grainger and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-30 with History categories.
An investigation of how a man could become a Roman emperor, and the failure to create an enduring, consistent system for selecting the next emperor. John D. Grainger analyses the Roman imperial succession, demonstrating that the empire organized by Augustus was fundamentally flawed in the method it used to find emperors. Augustus’s system was a mixture of heredity, senatorial, and military influences, and these were generally antagonistic. Consequently, the Empire went through a series of crises, in which the succession to a previous, usually dead, emperor was the main issue. The infamous “Year of the Four Emperors,” AD 69, is only the most famous of these crises, which often involved bouts of bloody and destructive civil war, assassinations and purges. These were followed by a period, usually relatively short, in which the victor in the “crisis” established a new system, juggling the three basic elements identified by Augustus, but which was as fragile and short lived as its predecessor; these “consequences” of each crisis are discussed. The lucid and erudite text is supported by over 22 genealogical tables and 100 images illustrating the Emperors. Praise of The Roman Imperial Succession “For a general introduction to the question of how one becomes a Roman emperor, Grainger has provided a sound guide.” —Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Imperial Cults And The Apocalypse Of John
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Author : Steven J. Friesen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2001-10-25
Imperial Cults And The Apocalypse Of John written by Steven J. Friesen and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-25 with Religion categories.
After more than a century of debate about the significance of imperial cults for the interpretation of Revelation, this is the first study to examine both the archaeological evidence and the Biblical text in depth. Friesen argues that a detailed analysis of imperial cults as they were practiced in the first century CE in the region where John was active allows us to understand John's criticism of his society's dominant values. He demonstrates the importance of imperial cults for society at the time when Revelation was written, and shows the ways in which John refuted imperial cosmology through his use of vision, myth, and eschatological expectation.
Imperial Boredom
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Author : Jeffrey A. Auerbach
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-04
Imperial Boredom written by Jeffrey A. Auerbach and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with History categories.
Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-established view that the empire was about adventure and excitement, with heroic men and intrepid women eagerly spreading commerce and civilization around the globe, this thoroughly researched, engagingly written, and lavishly illustrated account suggests instead that boredom was central to the experience of empire. Combining individual stories of pain and perseverance with broader analysis, Professor Auerbach considers what it was actually like to sail to Australia, to serve as a soldier in South Africa, or to accompany a colonial official to the hill stations of India. He reveals that for numerous men and women, from explorers to governors, tourists to settlers, the Victorian Empire was dull and disappointing. Drawing on diaries, letters, memoirs, and travelogues, Imperial Boredom demonstrates that all across the empire, men and women found the landscapes monotonous, the physical and psychological distance from home debilitating, the routines of everyday life wearisome, and their work tedious and unfulfilling. The empires early years may have been about wonder and marvel, but the Victorian Empire was a far less exciting project. Many books about the British Empire focus on what happened; this book concentrates on how people felt.
Explaining The Variations In The Grand Strategies Of Imperial China
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Author : 孟维瞻
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Explaining The Variations In The Grand Strategies Of Imperial China written by 孟维瞻 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with China categories.
The Promise And Peril Of Things
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Author : Wai-yee Li
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2022-05-17
The Promise And Peril Of Things written by Wai-yee Li and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
Winner, 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Our relationship with things abounds with paradoxes. People assign value to objects in ways that are often deeply personal or idiosyncratic yet at the same time rooted in specific cultural and historical contexts. How do things become meaningful? How do our connections with the world of things define us? In Ming and Qing China, inquiry into things and their contradictions flourished, and its depth and complexity belie the notion that material culture simply reflects status anxiety or class conflict. Wai-yee Li traces notions of the pleasures and dangers of things in the literature and thought of late imperial China. She explores how aesthetic claims and political power intersect, probes the objective and subjective dimensions of value, and questions what determines authenticity and aesthetic appeal. Li considers core oppositions—people and things, elegance and vulgarity, real and fake, lost and found—to tease out the ambiguities of material culture. With examples spanning the late sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries, she shows how relations with things can both encode and resist social change, political crisis, and personal loss. The Promise and Peril of Things reconsiders major works such as The Plum in the Golden Vase, The Story of the Stone, Li Yu’s writings, and Wu Weiye’s poetry and drama, as well as a host of less familiar texts. It offers new insights into Ming and Qing literary and aesthetic sensibilities, as well as the intersections of material culture with literature, intellectual history, and art history.
Handbook Of Zinc Oxide And Related Materials
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Author : Zhe Chuan Feng
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2012-09-26
Handbook Of Zinc Oxide And Related Materials written by Zhe Chuan Feng and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-26 with Science categories.
Through their application in energy-efficient and environmentally friendly devices, zinc oxide (ZnO) and related classes of wide gap semiconductors, including GaN and SiC, are revolutionizing numerous areas, from lighting, energy conversion, photovoltaics, and communications to biotechnology, imaging, and medicine. With an emphasis on engineering a
The Tacitus Encyclopedia
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Author : Victoria Emma Pagán
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2023-05-24
The Tacitus Encyclopedia written by Victoria Emma Pagán and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-24 with History categories.
The Tacitus Encyclopedia ist das einzige vollständige Referenzwerk seiner Art im Bereich der Tacitus-Studien. Das zweibändige Werk enthält mehr als 1.000 Einträge zu jeder Person und jedem Ort, die in den erhaltenen Werken des römischen Historikers und Politikers Tacitus (ca. 56-120 n. Chr.) Erwähnung finden. In den von einem internationalen Autorenteam verfassten Beiträgen werden die bei Tacitus genannten Personen und Orte in den Kontext eingeordnet, und es werden ihre Beziehungen zum größeren taciteischen Korpus aufgezeigt. Die Einträge sind alphabetisch geordnet und mit Querverweisen versehen. Sie enthalten allgemeine Beschreibungen und Hintergrundinformationen zu den in den Texten genannten Stichworten, Zitate aus antiken Quellen und der einschlägigen Wissenschaft sowie Empfehlungen zum Weiterlesen. Die Enzyklopädie, die als Ausgangspunkt für weitere Forschungen gedacht ist, umfasst zudem 165 Themenschwerpunkte in Verbindung mit den Tacitus-Studien, darunter antike Geschichtsschreibung, Geschichte, Sozialgeschichte, Geschlecht und Sexualität, Literaturkritik, antike Autoren, Rezeption und materielle Kultur. Dieses unverzichtbare Nachschlagewerk bietet nicht nur einen umfassenden Überblick über die Inhalte der taciteischen Schriften, sondern darüber hinaus: * Eine Darstellung von rund 1.000 Personen sowie 400 Regionen, Städten und Orten, geografischen und topologischen Merkmalen * Einen verständlichen Einstieg in die Werke des Tacitus, insbesondere die Annalen, Historien, Agricola, Germania und Dialogus de oratoribus für Leserinnen und Leser mit unterschiedlichen Vorkenntnissen * Die Erörterung einer großen Bandbreite an Themen wie Geschlechterfragen, Sklaverei, Literaturgeschichte sowie der Regentschaft einzelner Herrscher * Eine Präsentation der wissenschaftlichen Erforschung und Rezeption von Tacitus von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart * Betrachtungen der wissenschaftlichen Trends, der aktuellen Methodik und künftigen Richtungen der Tacitus-Studien Das Werk The Tacitus Encyclopedia ist als Druckfassung und als Online-Version erhältlich. Es ist ein unentbehrliches Referenzwerk für Studierende und Forschende in den Bereichen Geschichte und Geschichtsschreibung, Klassische Philologie, Kunstgeschichte, Sozialwissenschaften, Europäische Geistesgeschichte, Archäologie und Romanistik.
Imperial Matter
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Author : Lori Khatchadourian
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2016-03-18
Imperial Matter written by Lori Khatchadourian and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-18 with Social Science categories.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s new open access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. What is the role of the material world in shaping the tensions and paradoxes of imperial sovereignty? Scholars have long shed light on the complex processes of conquest, extraction, and colonialism under imperial rule. But imperialism has usually been cast as an exclusively human drama, one in which the world of matter does not play an active role. Lori Khatchadourian argues instead that things—from everyday objects to monumental buildings—profoundly shape social and political life under empire. Out of the archaeology of ancient Persia and the South Caucasus, Imperial Matter advances powerful new analytical approaches to the study of imperialism writ large and should be read by scholars working on empire across the humanities and social sciences.
Imperial Material
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Author : Linda Florence Matheson
language : en
Publisher: ProQuest
Release Date : 2008
Imperial Material written by Linda Florence Matheson and has been published by ProQuest this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
The two essays comprising this thesis explore a symbolic, non-western, non-contemporary, class-privileged, and dominantly masculine world: the gentry and the Imperial Courts in the transition from China's Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. In this period between 1573 and 1722, I address how changing textile fashions were germane to identity construction, not unlike those in the modern western world. I also track some patterns within these processes by using cultural studies/fashion studies concepts, such as agency and hegemony. Examining the interpenetration of ideology, gender, and sociopolitical economy and aesthetics in Imperial clothing, provides a provocative lens through which to consider and perhaps rethink current fashion concepts. This project led me to China, where I had the opportunity to conduct research. My methodology includes both object (appearance) interpretation, and cultural discourse analysis. The Forbidden Palace and Ding Ling Museums provided much of the primary research in the form of robes and textiles, particularly from the tomb of the Wanli Emperor, while interdisciplinary discourse was supplied by interviews with Chinese costume curators and scores of texts, both primary and secondary, on history, art and costume history, anthropology, philosophy and symbolism. Covering the deterioration of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), a dynasty that ended in conspicuous wealth, decadence and corruption; and the establishment of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), this study examines the transitional years when the entire nation experienced a fundamental change in all aspects of its social order. A remarkably thriving, commercially and industrially based economy was supported by unprecedented population growth and intense urbanization. A radical new outlook, focused on comfort and enjoyment, was interrogating the traditional Confucian philosophy of life. This emerging culture, encouraged by the idea that wealth was the noblest goal, was carefree and pleasure seeking. A new paradigm was being established.