1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465017603321

Autore

Narangoa Li

Titolo

Historical atlas of northeast Asia, 1590-2010 : Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Eastern Siberia / / Li Narangoa and Robert Cribb ; cover design, Noah Arlow ; book design, Vin Dang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-231-53716-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (521 p.)

Disciplina

911/.5

Soggetti

Electronic books

SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography

Electronic books.

East Asia History Maps

East Asia Historical geography Maps

East Asia Maps

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Methodology and Sources -- Terminology and Spelling -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Northern Asia -- PART I. 1590-1700 -- PART II. 1700-1800 -- PART III. 1800-1900 -- PART IV. 1900-2010 -- Appendix A. Historical Maps -- Appendix B. Gazetteer -- Bibliography -- Map Sources -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Four hundred years ago, indigenous peoples occupied the vast region that today encompasses Korea, Manchuria, the Mongolian Plateau, and Eastern Siberia. Over time, these populations struggled to maintain autonomy as Russia, China, and Japan sought hegemony over the region. Especially from the turn of the twentieth century onward, indigenous peoples pursued self-determination in a number of ways, and new states, many of them now largely forgotten, rose and fell as great power imperialism, indigenous nationalism, and modern ideologies competed for dominance. This atlas tracks the political configuration of Northeast Asia in ten-year segments from 1590 to 1890, in five-year segments from 1890 to 1960, and in ten-year



segments from 1960 to 2010, delineating the distinct history and importance of the region. The text follows the rise and fall of the Qing dynasty in China, founded by the semi-nomadic Manchus; the Russian colonization of Siberia; the growth of Japanese influence; the movements of peoples, armies, and borders; and political, social, and economic developments-reflecting the turbulence of the land that was once the world's "cradle of conflict." Compiled from detailed research in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Dutch, German, Mongolian, and Russian sources, the Historical Atlas of Northeast Asia incorporates information made public with the fall of the Soviet Union and includes fifty-five specially drawn maps, as well as twenty historical maps contrasting local and outsider perspectives. Four introductory maps survey the region's diverse topography, climate, vegetation, and ethnicity.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452463303321

Autore

Scobbie Irene

Titolo

The A to Z of Sweden [[electronic resource] /] / Irene Scobbie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Scarecrow Press, 2006

ISBN

1-299-35644-3

1-4616-7218-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

The A to Z guide series ; ; no. 239

Disciplina

948.5003

Soggetti

History - Sweden

Electronic books.

Sweden

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-316).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Map; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A: Swedish Rulers; Appendix B: Swedish Prime Ministers; Appendix C: Sweden's 25 Largest Companies; Selected Bibliography; About the Author



Sommario/riassunto

The A to Z of Sweden relates the history of Sweden through a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, and institutions, this dictionary provides information ranging from politics to economics, from education to religion, and from music to literature.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974413603321

Autore

Idel Moshe <1947->

Titolo

Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510 : a survey / / Moshe Idel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-10191-2

9786613101914

0-300-15587-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 494 p.))

Disciplina

296.1/609450902

Soggetti

Cabala - Italy - History

Mysticism - Judaism - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Kabbalah : introductory remarks -- Abraham Abulafia and ecstatic kabbalah -- Abraham Abulafia's activity in Italy -- Ecstatic kabbalah as an experiential lore -- Abraham Abulafia's hermeneutics -- Eschatological themes and divine names in Abulafia's kabbalah -- Abraham Abulafia and R. Menahem ben Benjamin : thirteenth-century kabbalistic and Ashkenazi manuscripts in italy -- R. Menahem ben Benjamin Recanati -- Menahem Recanati as a theosophical-theurgical kabbalist -- Menahem Recanati's hermeneutics -- Ecstatic kabbalah from the fourteenth through mid-fifteenth centuries -- The kabbalistic-philosophical-magical exchanges in Italy -- Prisca theologia : R. Isaac Abravanel, Leone Ebreo, and R. Elijah Hayyim of Genazzano -- R. Yohanan ben Yitzhaq Alemanno -- Jewish mystical thought in Lorenzo il Magnifico's Florence -- Other mystical and



magical literatures in Renaissance Florence -- Spanish kabbalists in Italy after the expulsion -- Diverging types of kabbalah in late-fifteenth-century Italy -- Jewish kabbalah in Christian garb -- Anthropoids from the Middle Ages to Renaissance Italy -- Astromagical pneumatic anthropoids from medieval Spain to Renaissance Italy -- The trajectory of eastern kabbalah and its reverberations in Italy -- Concluding remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

This sweeping survey of the history of Kabbalah in Italy represents a major contribution from one of the world's foremost Kabbalah scholars. The first to focus attention on a specific center of Kabbalah, Moshe Idel charts the ways that Kabbalistic thought and literature developed in Italy and how its unique geographical situation facilitated the arrival of both Spanish and Byzantine Kabbalah.Idel analyzes the work of three major Kabbalists-Abraham Abulafia, Menahem Recanati, and Yohanan Alemanno-who represent diverse schools of thought: the ecstatic, the theosophical-theurgical, and the astromagical. Directing special attention to the interactions and tensions among these forms of Jewish Kabbalah and the nascent Christian Kabbalah, Idel brings to light the rich history of Kabbalah in Italy and the powerful influence of this important center on the emergence of Christian Kabbalah and European occultism in general.