1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990001122320203316

Autore

BAVAR, Michael

Titolo

Mae West / di Michael Bavar ; a cura di Ted Sennett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Milano libri, 1977

Descrizione fisica

158 p. : ill. ; 19 cm

Collana

Storia illustrata del cinema

Disciplina

791.43028092

Soggetti

West, Mae

Collocazione

XIII.2. Coll.2/ 25(XVI B 136)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953806003321

Autore

Liebersohn Harry

Titolo

The travelers' world : Europe to the Pacific / / Harry Liebersohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2006

ISBN

9780674040236

0674040236

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 380 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

919.504

Soggetti

Travelers - Europe

Cosmopolitanism - Europe

Europeans - Travel - History

Travelers' writings, European - History and criticism

Oceania Description and travel

Europe Intellectual life 18th century

Europe Intellectual life 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Originally published: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-368) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Map: The Pacific Ocean -- Map: Europe in 1815, after the Congress of Vienna -- Introduction -- 1. Travelers -- 2. Patrons -- 3. Collaborators -- 4. Philosophers -- 5. Missions -- 6. Darwin,Melville, and the End of a World -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

An unforgettable voyage filled with delightful characters, dramatic encounters, and rich cultural details, The Travelers' World heralds a moment of intellectual preparation for the modern global era. Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. We now travel effortlessly to distant places, but the questions about perception, truth, and knowledge that these intercontinental mediators faced still resonate.