This book provides a fresh and accessible introduction to recent debates about European exploration's role in the making of the modern world. It challenges celebratory narratives of exploration, concentrating instead on its contribution to imperial and scientific agendas and its dependence on indigenous agents.
This book provides a fresh and accessible introduction to recent debates about European exploration's role in the making of the modern world. It challenges celebratory narratives of exploration, concentrating instead on its contribution to imperial and scientific agendas and its dependence on indigenous agents.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dane Kennedy is the Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Last Blank Spaces: Exploring Africa and Australia.
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Contents Contributors Introduction Reinterpreting Exploration Dane Kennedy Part One Themes Chapter 1 Science and Exploration Michael F. Robinson Chapter 2 A Half Century of Shifting Narrative Perspectives on Encounters Harry Liebersohn Chapter 3 Exploration and Enlightenment Philip J. Stern Chapter 4 Exploration in Print: From the Miscellany to the Newspaper Clare Pettitt Chapter 5 The Making of British and French Legends of Exploration Berny Sèbe Part Two Territories Chapter 6 Exploration in Imperial Russia Willard Sunderland Chapter 7 Exploring the Pacific World Jane Samson Chapter 8 Decentering Exploration in East Africa Stephen J. Rockel Chapter 9 The Exploration of Central Asia Gordon Stewart Chapter 10 The Historiography of Antarctic Exploration Stephanie Barczewski
Contents Contributors Introduction Reinterpreting Exploration Dane Kennedy Part One Themes Chapter 1 Science and Exploration Michael F. Robinson Chapter 2 A Half Century of Shifting Narrative Perspectives on Encounters Harry Liebersohn Chapter 3 Exploration and Enlightenment Philip J. Stern Chapter 4 Exploration in Print: From the Miscellany to the Newspaper Clare Pettitt Chapter 5 The Making of British and French Legends of Exploration Berny Sèbe Part Two Territories Chapter 6 Exploration in Imperial Russia Willard Sunderland Chapter 7 Exploring the Pacific World Jane Samson Chapter 8 Decentering Exploration in East Africa Stephen J. Rockel Chapter 9 The Exploration of Central Asia Gordon Stewart Chapter 10 The Historiography of Antarctic Exploration Stephanie Barczewski
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