National Histories Natural States
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National Histories Natural States
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Author : Robert Shannan Peckham
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2020-09-17
National Histories Natural States written by Robert Shannan Peckham and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-17 with History categories.
Recent conflicts in southeast Europe have drawn attention to the close relationship between place and national identity. Robert Shannan Peckham here explores the conscious linkage between identity and homeland as this was articulated in 19th- and early 20th-century Greece, a period important to the understanding of the present Balkan crisis. He demonstrates how territory was appropriated through a range of social practices and institutional activities: writing fiction, identifying folklore, sponsoring archaeology, studying geography and cartography. The particularities of place, Peckham argues, were construed both as underpinning a territorial expansion and as a resistance to the homogenizing drive of a state-sponsored nationalism. This book makes an innovative theoretical contribution to the debate on nationalism and nationhood and suggests new ways of thinking about geography and cultural politics.
Nature Contained
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Author : Tony O'Dempsey
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2014-03-20
Nature Contained written by Tony O'Dempsey and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-20 with History categories.
How has Singapore's environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, political, social, and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century? What are the antecedents to Singapore's image of itself as a City in a Garden? Grounding the story of Singapore within an understanding of its environment opens the way to an account of the past that is more than a story of trade, immigration, and nation-building. Each of the chapters in this volume focusing on topics ranging from tigers and plantations to trade in exotic animals and the greening of the city, and written by botanists, historians, anthropologists, and naturalists examines how humans have interacted with and understood the natural environment on a small island in Southeast Asia over the past 200 years, and conversely how this environment has influenced humans. Between the chapters are travelers' accounts and primary documents that provide eyewitness descriptions of the events examined in the text. In this regard, Nature Contained: Environmental Histories of Singapore provides new insights into the Singaporean past, and reflects much of the diversity, and dynamism, of environmental history globally.
The National Park System Plan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The National Park System Plan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
The Scripting Of A National History
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Author : Lysa Hong
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2008-04-01
The Scripting Of A National History written by Lysa Hong and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-01 with History categories.
Rather than presenting another narrative of Singapore history, The Scripting of a National History: Singapore and Its Pasts studies the constructed nature of the history endorsed by the state, which blurs the distinction between what happened in the past, and how the state intends that past to be understood. The People's Action Party (PAP) government's unbroken mandate to rule has come in no small part from the way it explains its lineage and record to Singaporeans. The power vested in various aspects of Singapore's history is thus examined through a consideration of past and present politics. The authors trace state discourses on Singapore history from the decision immediately after independence to recognize the nineteenth-century British acquisition of the island as its founding moment, to the 1980s and 1990s when an essentially Confucian heritage was recognized under the rubric of "Asian values", and finally to an emphasis on the history of racial fragility and harmony in response to the threat of terrorism in the twenty-first century. Embedded within these discourses is the story of the PAP as the heir of the economic dynamics of the pax Britannica, as an exponent of the morality and righteousness of the Chinese scholar-gentleman, and as the firm hand that balances the interests of the majority Chinese against those of the minority populations, particularly the Malays. The authors examine the underlying template of Singapore history, the negotiation with its immigrant past, and the popularization of history through conscription of national heroes. The chapters range from considering how political leaders claim to be historians by virtue of being the makers of history, to the vicissitudes undergone by two originally private homes turned into symbols of Singapore's Chinese modernity. The Scripting of a National History: Singapore and Its Pasts is highly relevant not only to academics but also for the Singapore general reader interested to see what are meant to be received wisdoms for the citizenry interrogated in a well-reasoned and engaging exercise, as well as for an international readership to whom Singapore has become a fascinating enigma. They may well be intrigued by the anxieties of being Singaporean.
Natural History In The National Park System And On The National Registry Of Natural Landmarks
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Author : United States. National Park Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Natural History In The National Park System And On The National Registry Of Natural Landmarks written by United States. National Park Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with National parks and reserves categories.
United States National Museum Natural History Building
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Author : United States National Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
United States National Museum Natural History Building written by United States National Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with Natural history categories.
The National Park System Plan Natural History
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Author : United States. National Park Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The National Park System Plan Natural History written by United States. National Park Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with National parks and reserves categories.
National History And The World Of Nations
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Author : Christopher Hill
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Release Date : 2009-01-16
National History And The World Of Nations written by Christopher Hill and has been published by Duke University Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-16 with History categories.
Focusing on Japan, France, and the United States, Christopher L. Hill reveals how the writing of national history in the late nineteenth century made the reshaping of the world by capitalism and the nation-state seem natural and inevitable. The three countries, occupying widely different positions in the world, faced similar ideological challenges stemming from the rapidly changing geopolitical order and from domestic political upheavals: the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the Civil War in the United States, and the establishment of the Third Republic in France. Through analysis that is both comparative and transnational, Hill shows that the representations of national history that emerged in response to these changes reflected rhetorical and narrative strategies shared across the globe. Delving into narrative histories, prose fiction, and social philosophy, Hill analyzes the rhetoric, narrative form, and intellectual genealogy of late-nineteenth-century texts that contributed to the creation of national history in each of the three countries. He discusses the global political economy of the era, the positions of the three countries in it, and the reasons that arguments about history loomed large in debates on political, economic, and social problems. Examining how the writing of national histories in the three countries addressed political transformations and the place of the nation in the world, Hill illuminates the ideological labor national history performed. Its production not only naturalized the division of the world by systems of states and markets, but also asserted the inevitability of the nationalization of human community; displaced dissent to pre-modern, pre-national pasts; and presented the subject’s acceptance of a national identity as an unavoidable part of the passage from youth to adulthood.
Contributions From The United States National Herbarium Volume 3
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Author : United States National Herbarium
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Contributions From The United States National Herbarium Volume 3 written by United States National Herbarium and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
This collection of contributions is a must-read for botanists and naturalists alike. Published by the United States National Herbarium in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History and the United States Division of Botany, this book features numerous articles and illustrations related to plant life in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Natural History Building
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Author : United States National Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
Natural History Building written by United States National Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with categories.