LEADER 01303nam 2200385 450 001 000003319 005 20070503173300.0 100 $a--------d1928----km-y0itay0103----ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aUS 200 1 $a<> best short stories of 1928$eand the yearbook of the american short story$fedited by Edward J. O'Brien 200 1 $a1 $n0003802 210 $aNew York$cDodd, Mead$d1928 215 $aXIV, 429 p.$d19 cm. 676 $a813.52 700 1$aO'Brien,$bEdward Joseph$0439150 801 0$aIT$bUniversità della Basilicata - B.I.A.$gRICA$2unimarc 912 $a000003319 996 $aBest short stories of 1928$972305 997 $aUNIBAS BAS $aMONLET BAS $aMONOGR BAS $aLETTERE CAT $aSTOLFI$b01$c19991012$lBAS01$h1501 CAT $c20000913$lBAS01$h1425 CAT $c20000920$lBAS01$h1831 CAT $c20001010$lBAS01$h1634 CAT $c20050601$lBAS01$h1753 CAT $abatch$b01$c20050718$lBAS01$h1047 CAT $c20050718$lBAS01$h1107 CAT $c20050718$lBAS01$h1137 CAT $c20050718$lBAS01$h1151 CAT $aBATCH$b00$c20070503$lBAS01$h1733 FMT Z30 -1$lBAS01$LBAS01$mBOOK$1BASA1$APolo Storico-Umanistico$2GEN$BCollezione generale$3FP/4049$9FP/4049$64049$5L4049$819991012$f02$FPrestabile Generale LEADER 04289nam 22006495 450 001 9910483591203321 005 20251202151658.0 010 $a9783030527112 010 $a3030527115 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-52711-2 035 $a(CKB)5460000000008762 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-52711-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6450890 035 $a(EXLCZ)995460000000008762 100 $a20210104d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$a?Africa Forms the Key? $eAlex Du Toit and the History of Continental Drift /$fby Suryakanthie Chetty 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (XI, 271 p. 6 illus.) 225 1 $aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1641 311 08$a9783030527105 311 08$a3030527107 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Introduction -- 2 In the Beginning?: Geology in South Africa and the Early Years of Alex Du Toit.-3 A World in a Grain of Sand: A Brief History of Geology and the Origins of Continental Drift Theory -- 4 Bedrock: Geology and the Shaping of a Nation -- 5 On the Shoulders of Giants: Early Drift Theorists -- 6 Looking Through ? the Keyhole of Nature: Du Toit and Early Continental Drift -- 7 And Yet It Moves?: Du Toit?s South American Journey -- 8 The Cradle of Humankind: A Pivotal Decade for Science in South Africa -- 9 Our Wandering Continents: Du Toit?s Definitive Work, Controversy and Consensus -- 10 A Frozen History of the Past: Antarctica, Gondwana and an Unfulfilled Dream -- 11 The Final Years -- 12 Pale Blue Dot: Conclusions. 330 $aThis book examines the work of prominent South African geologist Alex Du Toit as a means of understanding the debate around continental drift both in segregation-era South Africa and internationally. It contextualises Du Toit?s work within a particularly formative period of South African science, from the paleoanthropological discoveries that sparked debates about the origins of humankind to Jan Smuts? own theory of holism. Beyond South African scientific discoveries, the book sets Du Toit?s work against a backdrop of ideological struggles over space, both domestically in terms of segregation and nationalism, as well as internationally as South Africa sought to assert its position within the Commonwealth. These debates were embodied by Du Toit?s work on the theory of continental drift, which put Africa ? and South Africa ? at the centre geologically and geographically. The author also focuses on the divisions in geology caused by drift theory, tracing the vigorous intellectual debate and dissent indicative of the ideological milieu within which scientific thought is constructed. It traces the history of continental drift from its inception in the nineteenth century and later work of Alfred Wegener, which was both elaborated upon and substantiated by Du Toit. The study further focuses on Du Toit?s research on continental drift in South African and South America, and the geological, fossil and climatological evidence used to bolster this theory. . 410 0$aCambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,$x2635-1641 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xHistory 606 $aImperialism 606 $aIntellectual life$xHistory 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aHistory of Sub-Saharan Africa 606 $aImperialism and Colonialism 606 $aIntellectual History 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism. 615 0$aIntellectual life$xHistory. 615 14$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aHistory of Sub-Saharan Africa. 615 24$aImperialism and Colonialism. 615 24$aIntellectual History. 676 $a016.55113 676 $a968.03 700 $aChetty$b Suryakanthie$01216698 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483591203321 996 $aAfrica forms the key$92813074 997 $aUNINA