The Resource Reinterpreting exploration : the West in the world, edited by Dane Kennedy
Reinterpreting exploration : the West in the world, edited by Dane Kennedy
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- Summary
- "Exploration was a central and perhaps defining aspect of the West's encounters with other peoples and lands. Rather than reproduce celebratory narratives of individual heroism and national glory, this volume focuses on exploration's instrumental role in shaping a European sense of exceptionalism and its iconic importance in defining the terms of cultural engagement with other peoples. In chapters offering broad geographic range, the contributors address many of the key themes of recent research on exploration, including exploration's contribution to European imperial expansion, Western scientific knowledge, Enlightenment ideas and practices, and metropolitan print culture. They reassess indigenous peoples' responses upon first contacts with European explorers, their involvement as intermediaries in the operations of expeditions, and the complications that their prior knowledge posed for European claims of discovery. Underscoring that exploration must be seen as a process of mediation between representation and reality, this book provides a fresh and accessible introduction to the ongoing reinterpretation of exploration's role in the making of the modern world"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 236 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction Reinterpreting Exploration / Dane Kennedy
- Science and Exploration / Michael F. Robinson
- A Half Century of Shifting Narrative Perspectives on Encounters / Harry Liebersohn
- Exploration and Enlightenment / Philip J. Stern
- Exploration in Print: From the Miscellany to the Newspaper Clare Pettitt
- The Making of British and French Legends of Exploration / Berny Sèbe
- Exploration in Imperial Russia / Willard Sunderland
- Exploring the Pacific World / Jane Samson
- Decentering Exploration in East Africa / Stephen J. Rockel
- The Exploration of Central Asia / Gordon Stewart
- The Historiography of Antarctic Exploration / Stephanie Barczewski
- Isbn
- 9780199755332
- Label
- Reinterpreting exploration : the West in the world
- Title
- Reinterpreting exploration
- Title remainder
- the West in the world
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Dane Kennedy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Exploration was a central and perhaps defining aspect of the West's encounters with other peoples and lands. Rather than reproduce celebratory narratives of individual heroism and national glory, this volume focuses on exploration's instrumental role in shaping a European sense of exceptionalism and its iconic importance in defining the terms of cultural engagement with other peoples. In chapters offering broad geographic range, the contributors address many of the key themes of recent research on exploration, including exploration's contribution to European imperial expansion, Western scientific knowledge, Enlightenment ideas and practices, and metropolitan print culture. They reassess indigenous peoples' responses upon first contacts with European explorers, their involvement as intermediaries in the operations of expeditions, and the complications that their prior knowledge posed for European claims of discovery. Underscoring that exploration must be seen as a process of mediation between representation and reality, this book provides a fresh and accessible introduction to the ongoing reinterpretation of exploration's role in the making of the modern world"--
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kennedy, Dane Keith
- Dewey number
- 910.9
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Reinterpreting history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Discoveries in geography
- Exceptionalism
- Indians
- Europe
- Label
- Reinterpreting exploration : the West in the world, edited by Dane Kennedy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction Reinterpreting Exploration / Dane Kennedy -- Science and Exploration / Michael F. Robinson -- A Half Century of Shifting Narrative Perspectives on Encounters / Harry Liebersohn -- Exploration and Enlightenment / Philip J. Stern -- Exploration in Print: From the Miscellany to the Newspaper Clare Pettitt -- The Making of British and French Legends of Exploration / Berny Sèbe -- Exploration in Imperial Russia / Willard Sunderland -- Exploring the Pacific World / Jane Samson -- Decentering Exploration in East Africa / Stephen J. Rockel -- The Exploration of Central Asia / Gordon Stewart -- The Historiography of Antarctic Exploration / Stephanie Barczewski
- Control code
- FIEb17500096
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 236 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199755332
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)860943998
- Label
- Reinterpreting exploration : the West in the world, edited by Dane Kennedy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction Reinterpreting Exploration / Dane Kennedy -- Science and Exploration / Michael F. Robinson -- A Half Century of Shifting Narrative Perspectives on Encounters / Harry Liebersohn -- Exploration and Enlightenment / Philip J. Stern -- Exploration in Print: From the Miscellany to the Newspaper Clare Pettitt -- The Making of British and French Legends of Exploration / Berny Sèbe -- Exploration in Imperial Russia / Willard Sunderland -- Exploring the Pacific World / Jane Samson -- Decentering Exploration in East Africa / Stephen J. Rockel -- The Exploration of Central Asia / Gordon Stewart -- The Historiography of Antarctic Exploration / Stephanie Barczewski
- Control code
- FIEb17500096
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 236 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199755332
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)860943998
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