The Life Of Captain Sir Richard F Burton K C M G F R G S
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The Life Of Captain Sir Richard F Burton K C M G F R G S
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Author : Lady Isabel Burton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Life Of Captain Sir Richard F Burton K C M G F R G S written by Lady Isabel Burton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with categories.
The Life Of Captain Sir Richard F Burton
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Author : Lady Isabel Burton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Life Of Captain Sir Richard F Burton written by Lady Isabel Burton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Adventure and adventurers categories.
1847
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Author : Turtle Bunbury
language : en
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Release Date : 2016-09-09
1847 written by Turtle Bunbury and has been published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-09 with History categories.
Capture the spirit of an industrial, social and cultural revolution through this invigorating collection of historical portraits from the dawn of the industrialised world!Though it feels like an era marooned almost irretrievably in the distant past, the 1840s &ndash a decade of blistering social and cultural change – is only two lifetimes removed from the present day. There are, in other words, people alive today who knew and associated with people for whom the Gold Rush and the Great Famine were living memories.Having grown up in an Irish country house built that year, 1847 has long proven the source of inspiration and fascination for historian Turtle Bunbury. And in a bid to once more grasp the spirit of the age, he has over the years assembled an archive of the most remarkable stories from those twelve momentous months.Bristling with all manner of human life and endeavour, from American pioneers and German entrepreneurs to circus charlatans and down-and-out songwriters, 1847 is a collection of his most remarkable discoveries to date and a stirring portrait of a chaotic world surging towards the modern. By turns poignant, outlandish, curious and provocative, this is history at its most invigorating – as panorama, as epic.Praise for The Glorious Madness:'An absolutely brilliant book.'Patrick Geoghegan, Associate Professor in History at Trinity College, Dublin'Turtle Bunbury's open-handed, clear-sighted and finely written book comes fresh and, I might almost say, redeemed out of the moil and storm of controversy that surrounded the topic of the war, in a thousand different guises in the decades since its end. Turtle holds out his hand in the present, seeking the lost hands of the past, in darkness, in darkness, but also suddenly in the clear light of kindness – in the upshot acknowledging their imperilled existence with a brilliant flourish, a veritable banner, of wonderful stories.'Sebastian Barry, author of The Secret Scripture'Turtle continues the wonderful listening and yarn-spinning he has honed in the Vanishing Ireland series, applying it to veterans of the First World War. The stories he recreates are poignant, whimsical and bleakly funny, bringing back into the light the lives of people who found themselves on the wrong side of history after the struggle for Irish independence. This is my kind of micro-history.'John Grenham, The Irish TimesPraise for Vanishing Ireland:'A perfect symbiosis between text and images – both similarity affectionate, respectful, humorous, slightly melancholic but never sentimental or nostalgic. This is invaluable social history.'Cara Magazine'This is a beautiful and remarkably simple book that will melt the hardest of hearts. Bunbury has a light writing style that lets his interviewees, elderly folk from around the country, tell their stories without interference. It's neither patronising nor overly romantic about the past; just narrating moving tales – The portraits by Fennell are striking, warm and dignified, with a feeling of being invited into people's lives.'The Sunday Times
Nineteenth Century Travels Explorations And Empires Part I Vol 3
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Author : Peter J Kitson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-16
Nineteenth Century Travels Explorations And Empires Part I Vol 3 written by Peter J Kitson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-16 with History categories.
A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods.
Indian Traffic
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Author : Parama Roy
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998-09-06
Indian Traffic written by Parama Roy 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 1998-09-06 with History categories.
"Fresh and insightful. . . . Roy introduces readers and literary critics to nonliterary examples including religious mentoring and discipleship, public figures, and Bombay movie stars and their films. This is the most exciting and interesting book I have read in the field for some time."—Caren Kaplan, author of Questions of Travel
Postcolonialism Psychoanalysis And Burton
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Author : Ben Grant
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-11-10
Postcolonialism Psychoanalysis And Burton written by Ben Grant and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
By engaging closely with the work of Richard Francis Burton (1821-90), the iconic nineteenth-century imperial spy, explorer, anthropologist and translator, Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Burton explores the White Man’s ‘imperial fantasies’, and the ways in which the many metropolitan discourses to which Burton contributed drew upon and reinforced an intimate connection between fantasy and power in the space of Empire. This original study sheds new light on the mechanisms of imperial appropriation and pays particular attention to Burton’s relationship with his alter ego, Abdullah, the name by which he famously travelled to Mecca and Medina disguised as a Muslim pilgrim. In this context, Grant also provides insightful readings of a number of Burton’s contemporaries, such as Müller, du Chaillu, Darwin and Huxley, and engages with postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory in order to highlight the problematic relationship between the individual and imperialism, and to encourage readers to think about what it means to read colonial history and imperial narrative today.
The Publishers Circular And Booksellers Record Of British And Foreign Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Publishers Circular And Booksellers Record Of British And Foreign Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Bibliography categories.
The Book Buyer
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
The Book Buyer written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with American literature categories.
A review and record of current literature.
Improbable Women
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Author : William Woods Cotterman
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-22
Improbable Women written by William Woods Cotterman and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Social Science categories.
Zenobia was the third-century Syrian queen who rebelled against Roman rule. Before Emperor Aurelian prevailed against her forces, she had seized almost one-third of the Roman Empire. Today, her legend attracts thousands of visitors to her capital, Palmyra, one of the great ruined cities of the ancient world. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, during the time of Ottoman rule, travel to the Middle East was almost impossible for Westerners. That did not stop five daring women from abandoning their conventional lives and venturing into the heart of this inhospitable region. Improbable Women explores the lives of Hester Stanhope, Jane Digby, Isabel Burton, Gertrude Bell, and Freya Stark, narrating the story of each woman’s pilgrimage to Palmyra to pay homage to the warrior queen. Although the women lived in different time periods, ranging from the eighteenth century to the mid–twentieth century, they all had middle- to upper-class British backgrounds and overcame great societal pressures to pursue their independence. Cotterman situates their lives against a backdrop of the Middle Eastern history that was the setting for their adventures. Divided into six sections, one devoted to Zenobia and one on each of the five women, Improbable Women is a fascinating glimpse into the experiences and characters of these intelligent, open-minded, and free-spirited explorers.
Publishers Circular And Booksellers Record Of British And Foreign Literature
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
Publishers Circular And Booksellers Record Of British And Foreign Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Bibliography categories.