Astronomy in India: A Historical Perspective [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thanu Padmanabhan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (162 p.) |
Disciplina | 520/.954 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrophysics Physics History Culture—Study and teaching Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics History of Science Popular Science in Astronomy Regional and Cultural Studies |
ISBN | 81-8489-998-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; Preface; Editorial Board; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Classical Astronomy in India - An Overview; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Astronomy of the Vedas; 1.2.1 Mention of Naksatras; 1.2.2 Mention of Planets; 1.3 Vedanga Jyotisa (Sastry 1985); 1.4 Siddhantas; 1.4.1 Famous Astronomers and Their Works; 1.4.2 Aryabhata I (b. 476 AD); 1.5 Earth's Shape and Rotation; 1.6 Post-Aryabhatan Astronomy; 1.7 Contents of Siddhantas; 1.7.1 Madhyamadhikara (Mean Positions); 1.7.2 Spastadhikara (True Positions); 1.7.3 Triprasnadhikara; 1.7.4 Candra and Surya Grahanadhikara
1.8 Continuity in Astronomical Tradition1.9 Observational Validity of Indian Astronomical Parameters; 1.10 Indian Astronomers and Eclipses; 1.10.1 Real Cause of Eclipses; 1.10.2 Moon's Latitude; 1.10.3 Diameters of Sun, Moon and Earth's Shadow; 1.10.4 Grasa (or Channam) - Obscured Portion; 1.10.5 Half-durations of Eclipse and Totality; 1.10.6 Successive Approximation for Circumstances; 1.11 Conjunction of Stars and Planets; 1.11.1 Types of Conjunctions; 1.11.2 Conjunction - Elapsed or to Occur; 1.11.3 Instant of Conjunction of Two Bodies; 1.11.4 Bheda and Abheda Conjunctions 1.12 Effects of Parallax - Lambana and Nati1.12.1 Parallax of the Moon; 1.12.2 Bhaskara II's Description of Parallax; 1.13 Transits of Venus and Mercury in Indian Astronomy; 1.13.1 Improved Siddhantic Procedure of Transit Computations; 1.13.2 Summary of the Circumstances of Venus Transit of June 8, 2004; 1.14 Rohini Sakata Bheda; 1.14.1 Stakeholders of RSB; 1.14.2 Rationale for Moon's RSB; 1.14.3 Conjunction of Guru with Tisya Naksatra; 1.15 Indian Astronomical Tables; 1.16 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Astronomy in Ganịta-Yuktibhāsạ̄ of Jyesṭḥadeva (c. 1530); 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Antecedents of Yuktibhāsạ̄: I. Āryabhatị̄ya and its Aftermath2.3 Antecedents of Yuktibhāsạ̄: II. Tantrasaṅgraha of Nīlakanṭḥa; 2.3.1 Kerala School of Astronomy; Tantrasaṅgraha; 2.4 Nature of Yuktibhāsạ̄, and its Contents; 2.5 Planetary Model in Yuktibhāsạ̄; 2.5.1 Correction due to eccentricity of the orbit in Indian planetary models Manda-samskāra; 2.5.2 Conversion to the geocentric frame Śīghra-samṣkāra; Exterior planets; 2.5.3 Latitude of planets; 2.5.4 Summary of the Planetary Model in Yuktibhāsạ̄; 2.6 Inclination of moon's Orbit with Equator 2.7 Distance between the Centres of the Solar and Lunar Discs2.8 Concluding Remarks; References; Appendix; Geocentric Position of a Planet in Kepler's Model; Elliptic Orbits and Equation of Centre; Geocentric Longitude of an Exterior Planet; Geocentric Longitude of an Interior Planet; Heliocentric and Geocentric Latitudes of a Planet; Chapter 3 General Relativity and Astrophysics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Calcutta School; 3.3 The Banaras School; 3.4 The Vaidya Solution; 3.5 The Raychaudhuri Equation; 3.6 Naked Singularities; 3.7 Black Hole Astrophysics; 3.8 White Holes 3.9 Gravitational Lenses |
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At home in the Chinese diaspora : memories, identities and belongings / / edited by Kuah-Pearce Khun Eng and Andrew P. Davidson |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basingstoke ; ; New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
305.895/1
305.8951 |
Soggetto topico |
Chinese - Foreign countries - History
Ethnicity Emigration and immigration Culture—Study and teaching Sociology Anthropology Ethnicity Studies Migration Regional and Cultural Studies Sociology, general |
ISBN |
1-281-91503-3
9786611915032 0-230-59162-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: disaporic memories and identities / Andrew P. Davidson and Kuah-Pearce Khun Eng -- The play of identity, memory and belonging: Chinese migrants in Sydney / Andrew P. Davidson -- Memories and identity anxieties of Chinese Transmigrants in Australia / David Ip -- Chinese collective memories in Sydney / Walter Lalich -- Generational identities through time: identities and homelands of the ABCs / Lucille Ngan -- Moving through memory: Chinese migration to New Zealand in the 1990s / Andrew P. Davidson and Rosa Dei -- Collective memories as cultural capital: from Chinese diaspora to emigrant hometowns / Kuah-Pearce Khun Eng -- Politics, commerce, and construction of Chinese otherness in Korea: open port period (1876-1910) / Sheena Choi -- Imagination, memory and misunderstanding: the Chinese in Japan and Japanese perceptions of China / John Clammer -- Memories, belonging and home-making: Chinese migrants in Germany / Maggi W.H. Leung -- A century of not belonging: the Chinese in South Africa / Darryl Accone and Karen L. Harris -- Look who's talking: migration narratives and identity construction / Amy Lee Wai-sum -- In love with music: memory, identity, and music in Hong Kong's diasporic films / Esther M.K. Cheung. |
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At home in the Chinese diaspora : memories, identities and belongings / / edited by Kuah-Pearce Khun Eng and Andrew P. Davidson |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basingstoke ; ; New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
305.895/1
305.8951 |
Soggetto topico |
Chinese - Foreign countries - History
Ethnicity Emigration and immigration Culture—Study and teaching Sociology Anthropology Ethnicity Studies Migration Regional and Cultural Studies Sociology, general |
ISBN |
1-281-91503-3
9786611915032 0-230-59162-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: disaporic memories and identities / Andrew P. Davidson and Kuah-Pearce Khun Eng -- The play of identity, memory and belonging: Chinese migrants in Sydney / Andrew P. Davidson -- Memories and identity anxieties of Chinese Transmigrants in Australia / David Ip -- Chinese collective memories in Sydney / Walter Lalich -- Generational identities through time: identities and homelands of the ABCs / Lucille Ngan -- Moving through memory: Chinese migration to New Zealand in the 1990s / Andrew P. Davidson and Rosa Dei -- Collective memories as cultural capital: from Chinese diaspora to emigrant hometowns / Kuah-Pearce Khun Eng -- Politics, commerce, and construction of Chinese otherness in Korea: open port period (1876-1910) / Sheena Choi -- Imagination, memory and misunderstanding: the Chinese in Japan and Japanese perceptions of China / John Clammer -- Memories, belonging and home-making: Chinese migrants in Germany / Maggi W.H. Leung -- A century of not belonging: the Chinese in South Africa / Darryl Accone and Karen L. Harris -- Look who's talking: migration narratives and identity construction / Amy Lee Wai-sum -- In love with music: memory, identity, and music in Hong Kong's diasporic films / Esther M.K. Cheung. |
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Black Religion and Aesthetics [[electronic resource] ] : Religious Thought and Life in Africa and the African Diaspora / / by A. Pinn |
Autore | Pinn A |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2009.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina |
200.89/96
200.8996 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PinnAnthony B |
Soggetto topico |
Religion and sociology
Ethnology—Africa Religion Culture—Study and teaching African Americans Christianity Sociology of Religion African Culture Religious Studies, general Regional and Cultural Studies African American Culture |
ISBN |
1-282-55701-7
9786612557019 0-230-62294-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Black Labyrinth, Aesthetics, and Black Religion; Part 1 North and South America; Part 2 The Caribbean; Part 3 Europe; Part 4 Africa; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Black Religion and Aesthetics [[electronic resource] ] : Religious Thought and Life in Africa and the African Diaspora / / by A. Pinn |
Autore | Pinn A |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2009.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina |
200.89/96
200.8996 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PinnAnthony B |
Soggetto topico |
Religion and sociology
Ethnology—Africa Religion Culture—Study and teaching African Americans Christianity Sociology of Religion African Culture Religious Studies, general Regional and Cultural Studies African American Culture |
ISBN |
1-282-55701-7
9786612557019 0-230-62294-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Black Labyrinth, Aesthetics, and Black Religion; Part 1 North and South America; Part 2 The Caribbean; Part 3 Europe; Part 4 Africa; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Borneo studies in history, society and culture / / edited by Victor T. King, Zawawi Ibrahim, Noor Hasharina Hassan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXVIII, 606 pages) : 25 illustrations in color |
Disciplina | 959.83 |
Collana | Asia in transition |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropology
Culture—Study and teaching Regional and Cultural Studies |
ISBN | 981-10-0672-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Introductory Remarks -- Part I: Borneo-Wide Perspectives -- 2: Some Preliminary Thoughts on Early Anthropology in Borneo -- 3: Towards a Critical Alternative Scholarship on the Discourse of Representation, Identity and Multiculturalism in Sarawak -- 4: Material Culture Studies and Ethnocultural Identity -- 5: Borneo and Beyond: Reflections on Borneo Studies, Anthropology and the Social Sciences -- 6: Devolved, Diverse, Distinct? Hunter-Gatherer Research in Borneo -- 7: Issues and Trends in Media and Communications in Borneo over the Past 30 Years -- 8: Identities in Borneo: Constructions and Transformations -- Part II: State-Specific Perspectives -- 9: The Real and the Ideal: Towards Culturally Appropriate and Collaborative Heritage Practice in Kalimantan -- 10: An Overview of Cultural Research in Sabah -- 11: Whither Gender Studies in Sarawak? -- 12: The Rise of Dayak Identities in Central Kalimantan -- 13: An Overview of Anthropological and Sociological Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak -- 14: Borneo Research in the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam -- 15: Institut Dayakologi: The Challenges of an Information and Advocacy Centre of Dayak Culture in Kalimantan -- Part III: Case Studies -- 16: Kenyah-Badeng Displacement: Bakun Hydroelectric Project Resettlement -- 17: Community, River and Basin: Watersheds in Northern Sarawak as a Social Linkage -- 18: From Inclusion to Social Exclusion in Resource Stewardship among Members of Migrant Bilik Families in Pantu, Sri Aman -- 19: Stones and Power in the Kelapang: Indigeneity and Kelabit and Ngurek Narratives -- 20: Social Change and the Contributions of the Tionghoa, Dayak and Melayu (Tidayu) in West Kalimantan -- 21: ‘Wild Borneo’: A Study of Visitor Perception and Experience of Nature Tourism in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo -- 22: Challenges in Indigenous Language Education: The Brunei Experience -- 23: Everyday Finance and Consumption in Brunei Darussalam -- 24: The Relevance of Contextual Components in the Religious Conversion Process: The Case of Dusun Muslims in Brunei Darussalam -- 25: Borneo Studies: Perspectives from a Jobbing Social Scientist -- Notes on Contributors. |
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Bram Stoker and the Gothic [[electronic resource] ] : Formations to Transformations / / edited by Catherine Wynne |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 273 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.8 |
Collana | Palgrave Gothic |
Soggetto topico |
Culture—Study and teaching
Culture Literature, Modern—18th century Communication Industries Regional and Cultural Studies Sociology of Culture Eighteenth-Century Literature Media Studies |
ISBN | 1-137-46504-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Catherine Wynne -- On the origins of the Gothic novel: from Old Norse to Otranto / Martin Arnold -- Wollstonecraft's Wrongs of woman to Stoker's Dracula: you've come a long way baby, or have you? / Bettina Tate Pedersen -- Stoker, Poe, and American Gothic in "The squaw" / Kevin Corstorphine -- Bram Stoker and Gothic Transylvania / Marius-Mircea Criean -- "Labours of their own": property, blood, and the Szgany in Dracula / Abby Bardi -- Invasions real and imagined: Stoker's Gothic narratives / Carol A. Senf -- "gay motes that people the sunbeams": dust, death and degeneration in Dracula / Victoria Samantha Dawson -- The imprint of the mother: Bram Stoker's The squaw and The jewel of seven stars / Sara Williams -- "Empire of the air": Ireland, aerial warfare and futurist Gothic / Luke Gibbons -- Bram Stoker, Ellen Terry, Pamela Colman Smith and the art of devilry / Katharine Cockin -- "Beyond hommy-beg": Hall Caine's place in Dracula / Richard Storer -- The Du Mauriers and Stoker: Gothic transformations of Whitby and Cornwall / Catherine Wynne -- The un-death of the author: the fictional afterlife of Bram Stoker / William Hughes -- Gallants, ghosts, & gargoyles: illustrating the Gothic tale / Jef murray. |
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Breaking Bad and Dignity [[electronic resource] ] : Unity and Fragmentation in the Serial Television Drama / / by Elliott Logan |
Autore | Logan Elliott |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.45/72 |
Collana | Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television |
Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures and television
Communication Theater—History Culture—Study and teaching Sociology Arts Screen Studies Media Studies Theatre History Regional and Cultural Studies Media Research |
ISBN | 1-137-51373-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Humiliation and shame in season one -- Pursuing success in season two -- Taking a stand in season three -- Inheritance and legacy in season four -- Conclusion: facing completion in season five. |
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The British Newspaper Industry [[electronic resource] ] : The Future of the Regional Press / / by John Hill |
Autore | Hill John |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 241 p.) |
Disciplina | 072 |
Soggetto topico |
Communication
Civilization - History Culture - Study and teaching Industries Media and Communication Cultural History Regional and Cultural Studies Media Studies |
ISBN | 1-137-56897-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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British TV Comedies [[electronic resource] ] : Cultural Concepts, Contexts and Controversies / / edited by Juergen Kamm, Birgit Neumann |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.45/6170941 |
Soggetto topico |
Culture—Study and teaching
Motion pictures and television Communication Motion pictures—History Sociology Arts Regional and Cultural Studies Screen Studies Media Studies Film History Media Research |
ISBN | 1-137-55295-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the aesthetics and politics of British tv comedy -- The 1950s and 1960s: beginnings of the British sitcom and the satire boom. Richard Kilborn (Stirling): A golden age of British sitcom? Hancock's half hour and Steptoe and son -- Bernd Lenz (Passau): "Your little game": myth and war in Dad's army (1968-1977) -- Alexander Brock (Halle/Saale): The struggle of class against class is a what struggle? Monty Python's Flying circus and its politics -- Mary Irwin (Northumbria): the rag trade: "everybody out!" gender, politics and class on the factory floor -- The 1970s and 1980s: new loyalties, histories and collective identities: post-familiar paradigms. Nora Plesske (Braunschweig): "Sambo" and "Snowflake": race and race relations in Love thy neighbour -- Paul Davies (Passau): "You snobs! you stupid stuck-up toffee-nosed half-witted upper-class piles of pus! Basil Fawlty's touch of class and other hotel matters in Fawlty towers -- Jürgen Kamm (Passau): Ignorant master, capable servants: the politics of Yes minister and Yes prime minister -- Eckart Voigts (Braunschweig): Zany "alternative comedy": The young ones vs. Margaret Thatcher -- Gerold Sedlmayr (Dortmund): The uses of history in Blackadder -- Deirdre Osborne (London): With some additional information from Stephen Bourne (London): Black British comedy: Desmond's and the changing face of television -- The 1990s: (un)doing gender and race. Jochen Petzold (Regensburg): Laughing at racism or laughing with the racists? the "Indian comedy" of Goodness gracious me -- Rainer Emig (Mainz): Exploding family values, lampooning feminism, exposing consumerism: Absolutely fabulous -- Lucia Krämer (Hanover): Comic strategies of inclusion and "normalisation" in the Vicar of Dibley -- John Hill (London): Subverting the sitcom from within: form, ideology and Father Ted -- Marion Gymnich (Bonn): "The lady of the house speaking": the conservative portrayal of English class stereotypes in Keeping up appearances -- Angela Krewani (Marburg): Family life in front of the telly: The Royle family -- Brett Mills (Norwich): Old jokes: One foot in the grave, comedy and the elderly -- The 2000s: Britcom boom "new Britain = "cool Britannia"? -- Anette Pankratz (Bochum): Spin, swearing and slapstick: The thick of it (2005-2012) -- Philip Jacobi (Passau): Life is stationary: mockumentary and embarrassment in The office (2001-2003) -- Joanna Rostek and Dorothea Will (Passau): From ever-lusting individuals to ever-lasting couples: Coupling (2000-2004) and emotional capitalism -- Oliver Lindner (Kiel): The comic nation: Little Britain and the politics of representation -- Stephan Karschay (Passau): Laughing in horror: hybrid genre and the grotesque body in Psychoville. |
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