1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996247991403316

Autore

Taylor M. Brook (Martin Brook), <1951->

Titolo

Promoters, patriots, and partisans : historiography in nineteenth-century English Canada / / M. Brook Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1989

©1989

ISBN

1-282-05623-9

9786612056239

1-4426-7882-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

971/.0072

Soggetti

HISTORY / Canada / General

History

Electronic books.

Canada Historiography

Canada History 19th century

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Promoters and the Decision to Write Canadian History -- 2. The Patriot Reaction in the Maritimes -- 3. The Anomaly of Quebec -- 4. Reform Challenge in Upper Canada -- 5. A National Consensus -- 6. The Maritimes Opt Out -- 7. Partisans and Pessimists -- Conclusion -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

During the nineteenth-century, the writing of history in English-speaking Canada changed from promotional efforts by amateurs to an academically-based discipline. Professor Taylor charts this transition in a comprehensive history. The early historians - the promoters of the title - sought to further their own interests through exxagerated accounts of a particular colony to which they had developed a transient attachment. Eventually this group was replaced by patriots, whose writing was influenced by loyalty to the land of their brith and residence. This second generation of historians attempted both to



defend their respective colonies by explaining away past disappointments and to fit events into a predicitve pattern of progress and development. In the process, they established distinctive identities for each of the British North American colonies.Eventually a confrontation occurred between those who saw Canada as a nation and those whose traditions and vistas were provincial in emphasis. Ultimately the former prevailed, only to find the present and future too complex and too ominous to understand. Historians ssubsequently lost their sense of purpose and direction and fell into partisan disagreement or pessimistic nostalgia. This abandonment of their role paved the way for the new, professional breed of historian as the twentieth century opened.In the course of his analysis, Taylor considers a number of key issues abotu the writing of history: the kind of people who undertake it and their motivation for doing so, the intended and actual effects of their work, its influence on subsequent historical writing, and the development of uniform and accepted standards of professional practice.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786467503321

Autore

Newberry Percy E (Percy Edward), <1869-1949., >

Titolo

Ancient Egyptian scarabs and cylinder seals : the Timins collection / / Percy Newberry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-20238-2

0-203-04033-3

1-283-83938-5

1-136-20231-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Collana

Library of ancient Egypt

Disciplina

736.20932

Soggetti

Scarabs - Egypt

Cylinder seals - Egypt

Egypt Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 2003 by Kegan Paul International."--T.p. verso.



Nota di contenuto

Cover; ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCARABS CYLINDER AND SEALS: THE TIMINS COLLECTION; Copyright; Introductory Note; Content; PLATE I; 1. Cylinder seal bearing the personal name AN and the sign Neith. Black Steatite. Pre-dynastic Period to Second Dynasty; 2. Cylinder seal bearing the personal name PE-HE-KA. Black Steatite. Pre-dynastic Period to Second Dynasty; 3. Cylinder seal bearing the personal name SHESH and the title hen Neith, ""Priest of Neith."" Black Steatite. Pre-dynastic Period to Second Dynasty

4. Cylinder seal bearing the personal name ANU. Green Steatite. Pre-dynastic Period to Second Dynasty5. Cylinder seal bearing the name of KHA-EF-RA and the legend ""beloved of the Gods."" Hard brown stone. 4th Dynasty; 6. Cylinder seal bearing the name of NEFER-AR-KA-RA, the ""Good God, Priest of Hather, beloved of the Gods."" Black Steatite. 5th Dynasty; 7. Cylinder seal bearing the name of SEN -USRET. Pale blue-green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty; 8. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen and nomen of AMENEMHAT II. Brown-green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty

9. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of AMENEMHAT II and the name of a ""Royal Daughter, who is joined to the Beautiful White Crown, NEB-EN."" Blue-green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty10. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of SEN-USRET III. Green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty; 11. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of AMENEMHAT III, ""beloved of Khenty-khety."" Green glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty; 12. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of AMENEMHAT III. Blue glazed Steatite with stains of metal mounting at both ends. 12th Dynasty

13. Cylinder seal bearing the Golden Horus tide of an unknown King. The title reads :-SE-KHA-EN-PTAH. Blue glazed Steatite. 12th Dynasty14. Cylinder seal bearing the name of the ""Good God, SEKHEM-KHU-TAUI-RA, beloved of Sebek, Lord of Sunu."" Green glazed Steatite. 13th Dynasty; 15. Cylinder seal with incised cross lines. Green glazed Steatite. 18th Dynasty; PLATE II; 16. Cylinder seal with coil pattern and columns of hieroglyphic signs. Green glazed Steatite. Hyksos Period; 17. Cylinder seal with figures of men, a bird, and hieroglyphic signs. Black Steatite. Hyksos Period

18. Cylinder seal bearing the name of the ""Hereditary Chieftainess, Great of favours, AAHMES - NEFRET-ARI."" Blue (turned whitish) glazed Steatite. Early 18th Dynasty19. Cylinder seal bearing the name of the ""Royal Daughter, the Divine Wife, the Royal Sister, NEFRET-ARI."" Blue(turned whitish) glazed Steatite. Early 18th Dynasty; 20. Stamp-shaped seal with cow and calf on top, and device of an ankh-sign between two hawks above a lion couchant, on base. Steatite. 6th to 11th Dynasty. (cf. No. 24.)

21. Cylinder seal bearing the prenomen of THOTMES III, with a figure of Ptah, a scorpion and two cobras. Dull green glazed Steatite. Middle 18th Dynasty

Sommario/riassunto

The seals collected by Captain Timins of Cairo are here catalogued, reproduced and described by Percy Newberry to make an attractive and useful book. The original collector chose on the basis of historic, as well as artistic merit, to form his choice. The provenance of the seals is mostly from the Eastern Delta and Upper Egypt.