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UNISA996509960703316 |
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Knaller Susanne |
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Titolo |
Writing Facts : Interdisciplinary Discussions of a Key Concept in Modernity |
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Bielefeld : , : transcript, , 2023 |
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©2023 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (331 pages) |
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Civilization, Modern |
Facts (Philosophy) |
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Monografia |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Writing Facts -- THEORY AND HISTORY -- Facts in Modernity -- Writing as a Cultural Way of Fact-Making -- Facts -- WRITING SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND LAW -- Writing Social Facts -- Writing 'Volksgemeinschaft' into 'Fact' -- Manufacturing Legal Facts -- LITERATURE AND ARTS -- Towards a Poetics of Fact -- 'Writing Facts' and 19th-Century English Realist Fiction -- A 'Real' Novel? -- Rewriting Gender? -- The Loss of Biodiversity in the Anthropocene and Its Representations in Literature and the Arts (Late 20th and Early 21st Century) -- "One + One is one two. Two is one two" -- MEDIA AND WRITING PRACTICE -- An Iterative Poetics of Writing Facts -- Snapshot and Wage Table -- (Body) Positivity in Social Media -- 'Patchwriting' as Unintentional Fact Writing. |
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Fact« is one of the most crucial inventions of modern times. Susanne Knaller discusses the functions of this powerful notion in the arts and the sciences, its impact on aesthetic models and systems of knowledge. The practice of writing provides an effective procedure to realize and to understand facts. This concerns preparatory procedures, formal choices, models of argumentation and narrative patterns. By considering »writing facts« and »writing facts«, the volume shows why and how »facts« are a result of knowledge, rules, and norms as well as of description, argumentation, and narration. This approach allows new perspectives »fact« and its impact on modernity. |
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UNINA9910794818903321 |
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McManus John |
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Coal mining in the East Neuk of Fife / / John McManus |
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Edinburgh, Scotland ; ; London, [England] : , : Dunedin, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations (color), tables, maps |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1. Introduction -- 2. The geological setting of the East Neuk -- 3. Scotland rocks, bends, breaks and migrates -- 5. Coal formation -- 6. Historical framework for mining in Fife -- 7. On-land transport of the coals -- 8. The main mthods of coal extraction -- 9. The geology of the coal-bearing successions -- 10. The coal seams and mines of the East Neuk -- 11. The coalfield surveys by Dott and Forbes -- 12. Coals of the Lower Limestone Formation around Largoward -- 13. Closing thoughts. |
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Coal mining in the East Neuk of Fife was the means of providing industrial development in this area from medieval times until the twentieth century. The understanding of the rocks, their origin and how to exploit them to advantage forms the basis for this text. In the early days of the industry, the coals were recovered on the shorelines or on the valley sides where their excavation was relatively simple. The mining of the coals gradually gave rise to the need to dig deeper into the ground and the need for knowledge of the rocks became essential, how and why they formed as they did and how to cope with the difficulties presented by the turbulent events experienced in past geological times.. The welfare of the miners and their families also grew in importance as the industry grew and developed. John McManus surveys the geology and social history of the mines and the people who explored, owned and laboured under and above ground in an industry |
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which began so many centuries ago, flourished all too briefly and ultimately declined in this area. With his lifelong interest and scholarly achievement in his chosen profession, John McManus takes the reader on a graphic and fascinating tour of the mining industry in this beautiful part of Fife shining a different light on aspects of its history which have, until now, remained less well known. |
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