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Australian travellers in the South Seas / / Nicholas Halter
| Australian travellers in the South Seas / / Nicholas Halter |
| Autore | Halter Nicholas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 pages) |
| Disciplina | 820.935894 |
| Collana | Pacific |
| Soggetto topico | Travelers' writings, Australian - History and criticism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
travel writing
Pacific Islands Tourism travel Australian history |
| ISBN | 1-76046-415-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Note -- Introduction -- 1. Fluid Boundaries and Ambiguous Identities -- 2. Steamships and Tourists -- 3. Polynesian Promises -- 4. Degrees of Savagery -- 5. In Search of a Profitable Pacific -- 6. Conflict, Convicts and the Condominium -- 7. Preserving Health and Race in the Tropics -- Conclusion -- Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography of Australian Travel Writing -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910440650403321 |
Halter Nicholas
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| Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond holy Russia : the life and times of Stephen Graham / / Michael Hughes
| Beyond holy Russia : the life and times of Stephen Graham / / Michael Hughes |
| Autore | Hughes Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Open Book Publishers |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 914.703 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - History and criticism
American literature - History and criticism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
written literature
travel writing Russia |
| ISBN |
1-78374-015-9
2-8218-5406-4 1-78374-014-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents --List of illustrations --Acknowledgements --Introduction --1. Chasing the shadow --2. Searching for the soul of Russia --3. The slow death of Holy Russia --4. The pilgrim in uniform --5. Searching for America --6. A rising or setting sun? --7. New horizons --8. A time of strife --9. The pilgrim reborn? --Final thoughts --Bibliography --Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132225503321 |
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Hughes Michael
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| Open Book Publishers | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Breaking through [[electronic resource] ] : essays, journals, and travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts / / edited by Katharine A. Rodger ; foreword by Susan F. Beegel
| Breaking through [[electronic resource] ] : essays, journals, and travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts / / edited by Katharine A. Rodger ; foreword by Susan F. Beegel |
| Autore | Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina | 578.77/092 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | RodgerKatharine A <1974-> (Katharine Anne) |
| Soggetto topico |
Marine invertebrates - Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Marine invertebrates - Mexico - California, Gulf of Teleology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
a spiritual morphology of poetry
biography california cannery row conservation earth sciences ecology edward ricketts environment environmentalism gulf of california invertebrates log from the sea of cortez marine biology mexican village mexico monterey natural history natural world naturalism naturalist nature nonfiction oceanography science steinbeck the philosophy of breaking through travel writing travel travelogue village wildlife |
| ISBN |
1-282-35899-5
1-4237-8961-X 9786612358999 0-520-93266-8 1-60129-387-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Editor's Note -- Introduction -- 1. Foreword to the 1925 Pacific Biological Laboratories Catalog -- 2. "Zoological Introduction" to Between Pacific Tides -- 3. "The Philosophy of 'Breaking Through'" -- 4. "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry" -- 5. "Essay on Non-teleological Thinking" -- 6. "Verbatim Transcription of Notes of Gulf of California Trip, March-April 1940" -- 7. "Thesis and Materials for a Script on Mexico" -- 8. "Outline and Conspectus" for a Book on the Mandated Islands -- 9. "Transcript of Summer 1945 and 1946 Notes Based on Trips to the Outer Shores, West Coast of Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, and So On" -- 10. "Investigator Blames Industry, Nature for Shortage" -- Epilogue -- Living at the Lab with My Father -- Early Days: Nicknames and Such -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669203321 |
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Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.>
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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Life in Mexico / / Frances Calderón de la Barca ; [introduction by Woodrow Borah]
| Life in Mexico / / Frances Calderón de la Barca ; [introduction by Woodrow Borah] |
| Autore | Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis), <1804?-1882.> |
| Edizione | [1st Calif. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (557 pages) : maps, music |
| Disciplina | 972.08/1 |
| Soggetto topico | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1840s
19th century america authors catholic church catholicism correspondence cuernavaca diplomacy diplomat government change hidalgo history letters marriage mexican history mexican independence mexico city mexico michoacan political change politics poor country rebellion religion and politics religion revolution scottish authors silver mines spain texas travel writing travelogue unstable government upper class war wealth gap women authors women in history womens lives |
| ISBN |
1-282-35520-1
9786612355202 0-520-90701-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Letters 1-8: October to December, 1839 -- Letters 8-23: January to June, 1840 -- Letters 23-30: July to December, 1840 -- Letters 30-41: January to June, 1841 -- Letters 41-51: July to December, 1841 -- Letters 52-54: January to April, 1842 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777939503321 |
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Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis), <1804?-1882.>
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Life in Mexico / / Frances Calderón de la Barca ; [introduction by Woodrow Borah]
| Life in Mexico / / Frances Calderón de la Barca ; [introduction by Woodrow Borah] |
| Autore | Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis), <1804?-1882.> |
| Edizione | [1st Calif. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (557 pages) : maps, music |
| Disciplina | 972.08/1 |
| Soggetto topico | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1840s
19th century america authors catholic church catholicism correspondence cuernavaca diplomacy diplomat government change hidalgo history letters marriage mexican history mexican independence mexico city mexico michoacan political change politics poor country rebellion religion and politics religion revolution scottish authors silver mines spain texas travel writing travelogue unstable government upper class war wealth gap women authors women in history womens lives |
| ISBN |
1-282-35520-1
9786612355202 0-520-90701-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Letters 1-8: October to December, 1839 -- Letters 8-23: January to June, 1840 -- Letters 23-30: July to December, 1840 -- Letters 30-41: January to June, 1841 -- Letters 41-51: July to December, 1841 -- Letters 52-54: January to April, 1842 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808714803321 |
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Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis), <1804?-1882.>
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mapping early modern Japan [[electronic resource] ] : space, place, and culture in the Tokugawa period, 1603-1868 / / Marcia Yonemoto
| Mapping early modern Japan [[electronic resource] ] : space, place, and culture in the Tokugawa period, 1603-1868 / / Marcia Yonemoto |
| Autore | Yonemoto Marcia <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina | 915.204/25 |
| Collana | Asia--local studies/global themes |
| Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, Japanese
Ethnopsychology - Japan |
| Soggetto non controllato |
cartography
commercial publishers early modern japan east asia encyclopedia geographical knowledge geography gesaku government power japan japanese history japanese studies mapmaking maps modern japan national identity nonfiction poetry popular culture popular fiction power of maps realm representation of space samurai satire comics satire sense of space shogunal shogunate social commentary space and place space theory tokugawa edo period tokugawa travel writing travel travelogue |
| ISBN |
9786612356599
1-282-35659-3 0-520-92830-X 1-59734-733-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Notes to the Reader -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Envisioning the Realm: Administrative and Commercial Maps in the Early Modern Period -- Chapter 2. Annotating Japan: The Reinvention of Travel Writing in the Late Seventeenth Century -- Chapter 3. Narrating Japan: Travel and the Writing of Cultural Difference in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries -- Chapter 4. Imagining Japan, Inventing the World: Foreign Knowledge and Fictional Journeys in the Eighteenth Century -- Chapter 5. Remapping Japan: Satire, Pleasure, and Place in Late Tokugawa Fiction -- Conclusion: Famous Places Are Not National Spaces -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783035003321 |
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Yonemoto Marcia <1964->
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| Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics of writing : Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77 / / Eileen Fauset
| The politics of writing : Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77 / / Eileen Fauset |
| Autore | Fauset Eileen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 823.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature
Literature: History & Criticism LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays Literary essays |
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Julia Kavanagh
biography critical studies economic independence fiction mid-nineteenth century sexual politics travel writing women writers women's writing |
| ISBN |
1-84779-526-9
1-78170-222-5 1-84779-295-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 9780719055577; 9780719055577; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Julia Kavanagh; 2 The novel; 3 Woman in France during the Eighteenth Century; 4 French Women of Letters and English Women of Letters; 5 A Summer and Winter in the Two Sicilies; Postscript; Notes; Julia Kavanagh: publications; Select bibliography; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791952703321 |
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Fauset Eileen
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| Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 | ||
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The politics of writing : Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77 / / Eileen Fauset
| The politics of writing : Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77 / / Eileen Fauset |
| Autore | Fauset Eileen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 823.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature
Literature: History & Criticism LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays Literary essays |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Julia Kavanagh
biography critical studies economic independence fiction mid-nineteenth century sexual politics travel writing women writers women's writing |
| ISBN |
1-84779-526-9
1-78170-222-5 1-84779-295-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 9780719055577; 9780719055577; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Julia Kavanagh; 2 The novel; 3 Woman in France during the Eighteenth Century; 4 French Women of Letters and English Women of Letters; 5 A Summer and Winter in the Two Sicilies; Postscript; Notes; Julia Kavanagh: publications; Select bibliography; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819599903321 |
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Fauset Eileen
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| Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Remapping travel narratives, 1000-1700 : to the East and back again / / edited by Montserrat Piera [[electronic resource]]
| Remapping travel narratives, 1000-1700 : to the East and back again / / edited by Montserrat Piera [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 809.93355 |
| Collana | Connected histories in the early modern world |
| Soggetto topico | Travelers' writings - History and criticism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Eastern travels
Muslim-Christian encounters cultural exchange early modern medieval mercantile exchanges renaissance travel writing |
| ISBN |
1-64189-949-2
1-942401-60-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: TRAVEL AS EPISTEME-AN INTRODUCTORY JOURNEY / Piera, Montserrat -- PART I. TRANSFORMING THE RIHLA TRADITION: THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE IN JEWISH, MUSLIM, AND CHRISTIAN TRAVELLERS -- Chapter 1. From Pious Journeys to the Critique of Sovereignty: Khaqani Shirvani's Persianate Poetics of Pilgrimage / Gould, Rebecca -- Chapter 2. Observing Ziyara in Two Medieval Muslim Travel Accounts / Sorrentino, Janet -- Chapter 3. Vulnerable Medieval Iberian Travellers: Benjamin of Tudela's Sefer ha- Massa'ot, Pero Tafur's Andanças e viajes, and Ahmad al- Wazzan's Libro de la Cosmogrophia et Geographia de Africa / Piera, Montserrat -- PART II. IMAGINING THE EAST: EGYPT, PERSIA, AND ISTANBUL IN MY MIND -- Chapter 4. "Tierras de Egipto": Imagined Journeys to the East in the Early Vernacular Literature of Medieval Iberia / Desing, Matthew V. -- Chapter 5. The Petrification of Rostam: Thomas Herbert's Re- vision of Persia in A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile / Mehdizadeh, Nedda -- Chapter 6. Between Word and Image: Representations of Shi'ite Rituals in the Safavid Empire from Early Modern European Travel Accounts / Brancaforte, Elio -- Chapter 7. Visions and Transitions of a Pilgrimage of Curiosity: Pietro Della Valle's Travel to Istanbul (1614-1615) / Darnault, Sezim Sezer / Ağir, Aygül -- PART III. TO THE EAST AND BACK: EXCHANGING OBJECTS, IDEAS, AND TEXTS -- Chapter 8. Gift- giving in the Carpini Expedition to Mongolia (1246- 1248 ce) / Duque, Adriano -- Chapter 9. The East- West Trajectory of Sephardic Sectarianism: From Ibn Daud to Spinoza / Kaplan, Gregory B. -- Chapter 10. Piety and Piracy: The Repatriation of the Arm of St. Francis Xavier / Ryan, Maria Del Pilar -- Chapter 11. The Other Woman: The Geography of Exclusion in The Knight of Malta (1618) / Dadabhoy, Ambereen -- Chapter 12. Experiential Knowledge and the Limits of Merchant Credit / Schleck, Julia -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996419450003316 |
| Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Remapping travel narratives, 1000-1700 : to the East and back again / / edited by Montserrat Piera [[electronic resource]]
| Remapping travel narratives, 1000-1700 : to the East and back again / / edited by Montserrat Piera [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 809.93355 |
| Collana | Connected histories in the early modern world |
| Soggetto topico | Travelers' writings - History and criticism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Eastern travels
Muslim-Christian encounters cultural exchange early modern medieval mercantile exchanges renaissance travel writing |
| ISBN |
1-64189-949-2
1-942401-60-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: TRAVEL AS EPISTEME-AN INTRODUCTORY JOURNEY / Piera, Montserrat -- PART I. TRANSFORMING THE RIHLA TRADITION: THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE IN JEWISH, MUSLIM, AND CHRISTIAN TRAVELLERS -- Chapter 1. From Pious Journeys to the Critique of Sovereignty: Khaqani Shirvani's Persianate Poetics of Pilgrimage / Gould, Rebecca -- Chapter 2. Observing Ziyara in Two Medieval Muslim Travel Accounts / Sorrentino, Janet -- Chapter 3. Vulnerable Medieval Iberian Travellers: Benjamin of Tudela's Sefer ha- Massa'ot, Pero Tafur's Andanças e viajes, and Ahmad al- Wazzan's Libro de la Cosmogrophia et Geographia de Africa / Piera, Montserrat -- PART II. IMAGINING THE EAST: EGYPT, PERSIA, AND ISTANBUL IN MY MIND -- Chapter 4. "Tierras de Egipto": Imagined Journeys to the East in the Early Vernacular Literature of Medieval Iberia / Desing, Matthew V. -- Chapter 5. The Petrification of Rostam: Thomas Herbert's Re- vision of Persia in A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile / Mehdizadeh, Nedda -- Chapter 6. Between Word and Image: Representations of Shi'ite Rituals in the Safavid Empire from Early Modern European Travel Accounts / Brancaforte, Elio -- Chapter 7. Visions and Transitions of a Pilgrimage of Curiosity: Pietro Della Valle's Travel to Istanbul (1614-1615) / Darnault, Sezim Sezer / Ağir, Aygül -- PART III. TO THE EAST AND BACK: EXCHANGING OBJECTS, IDEAS, AND TEXTS -- Chapter 8. Gift- giving in the Carpini Expedition to Mongolia (1246- 1248 ce) / Duque, Adriano -- Chapter 9. The East- West Trajectory of Sephardic Sectarianism: From Ibn Daud to Spinoza / Kaplan, Gregory B. -- Chapter 10. Piety and Piracy: The Repatriation of the Arm of St. Francis Xavier / Ryan, Maria Del Pilar -- Chapter 11. The Other Woman: The Geography of Exclusion in The Knight of Malta (1618) / Dadabhoy, Ambereen -- Chapter 12. Experiential Knowledge and the Limits of Merchant Credit / Schleck, Julia -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910510589903321 |
| Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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