1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000797300203316

Autore

LONGO, Oddone

Titolo

Aquatilia : animali di ambiente acquatico nella storia della scienza : da Aristotele ai nostri giorni / Oddone Longo, Francesco Ghiretti, Enrico Renna ; presentazione di Alessandro Minelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : Procaccini, 1995

Descrizione fisica

200 p., [16] p. di tav. : ill. ; 25 cm

Collana

Cultura ; 4

Altri autori (Persone)

GHIRETTI, Francesco

RENNA, Enrico

Collocazione

II.6. 272(VARIE COLL. 1266/4)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450834503321

Autore

Kaplonski C (Christopher)

Titolo

Truth, history and politics in Mongolia : the memory of heroes / / Christopher Kaplonski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

0-203-34947-4

1-134-39673-2

1-280-02531-X

0-203-49173-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

951.7/3

Soggetti

Historiography - Mongolia - History - 20th century

Memory - Social aspects - Mongolia - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Mongolia Historiography

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. 208-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Politics, memory and identity -- Ulaanbaatar, fieldwork and identity -- Democracy comes to Mongolia -- The symbols of democracy -- The icebergs of history -- Chinggis Khaan: Creating the uls -- Defending and regaining the uls: Zanabazar and Shbaatar -- Social memory and evocative transcripts.

Sommario/riassunto

Using Mongolia as its example, this book examines how knowledge is transmitted and transformed in light of political change by looking at shifting conceptions of historical figures. It suggests that the reflection of people's concept of themselves is a much greater influence in the writing of history than has previously been thought and examines in detail how history was used to subvert the socialist project in Mongolia. This is the first study of the symbolic struggle over who controlled 'the past' and the 'true' identity of a Mongol, fought between the ruling party and its protesters during