Автор: Sills Adam Название: Against the Map: The Politics of Geography in Eighteenth-Century Britain ISBN: 0813945984 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813945989 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 96140.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the increasing accuracy and legibility of cartographic projections, the proliferation of empirically based chorographies, and the popular vogue for travel narratives served to order, package, and commodify space in a manner that was critical to the formation of a unified Britain. In tandem with such developments, however, a trenchant anti-cartographic skepticism also emerged. This critique of the map can be seen in many literary works of the period that satirize the efficacy and value of maps and highlight their ideological purposes. Against the Map argues that our understanding of the production of national space during this time must also account for these sites of resistance and opposition to hegemonic forms of geographical representation, such as the map.This study utilizes the methodologies of critical geography, as well as literary criticism and theory, to detail the conflicted and often adversarial relationship between cartographic and literary representations of the nation and its geography. While examining atlases, almanacs, itineraries, and other materials, Adam Sills focuses particularly on the construction of heterotopias in the works of John Bunyan, Aphra Behn, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Johnson, and Jane Austen. These "other" spaces, such as neighborhood, home, and country, are not reducible to the map but have played an equally important role in the shaping of British national identity. Ultimately, Against the Map suggests that nation is forged not only in concert with the map but, just as important, against it.
Автор: Green Emanuel Название: The Preparations in Somerset Against the Spanish Armada, A.D. 1558-1588. with a Map. - Scholar`s Choice Edition ISBN: 1297026705 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781297026706 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 26670.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
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Автор: Brian Vale Название: A War Betwixt Englishmen: Brazil Against Argentina on the River Plate ISBN: 1350181153 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350181151 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 33780.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In 1825 the Empire of Brazil went to war with the Republic of Argentina; the pretext was control of the north bank of the Plate, and consequently of the river itself. The conflict lasted for three years, the Argentinians dominating on land, the Brazilians at sea. As a compromise, the state of Uruguay was created as a buffer between the two.
Providing a study of the naval war and its international repercussions, this book describes the struggle between Brazil, a maritime power with a huge navy and an extensive sea-borne commerce, and Argentina, which had tiny naval forces but a huge international trade carried mostly in British and American ships. It is the story of cat and mouse amid the shallows and fogs of the River Plate, as the Brazilian navy slowly strangled Argentinian trade in the face of audacious attacks by a small squadron led by the legendary William Brown; and of daring single-ship actions in the blue rollers of the Atlantic as swarms of Argentinian privateers took on both neutral vessels and Brazilian men-of-war.
British and American trade were the major casualties of these tactics, and the book provides an account of the international diplomatic and naval actions which followed.
Автор: Lambert Andrew Название: The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853-56 ISBN: 1409410110 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409410119 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 153120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Deals with the grand strategy, the development and implementation of British national policy and strategy.
Автор: Baets Название: Crimes against History ISBN: 113857421X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138574212 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Crimes against History takes a global approach to the extreme forms of censorship to which history and historians have been subjected through the ages. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in how deeply history and politics influence each other, as well as for anyone wanting a fuller view of the history of history.
Автор: Mccormick Название: Believing Against the Evidence ISBN: 1138208949 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138208940 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 45930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
The question of whether it is ever permissible to believe on insufficient evidence has once again become a live question. Greater attention is now being paid to practical dimensions of belief, namely issues related to epistemic virtue, doxastic responsibility, and voluntarism.
In this book, McCormick argues that the standards used to evaluate beliefs are not isolated from other evaluative domains. The ultimate criteria for assessing beliefs are the same as those for assessing action because beliefs and actions are both products of agency. Two important implications of this thesis, both of which deviate from the dominant view in contemporary philosophy, are 1) it can be permissible (and possible) to believe for non-evidential reasons, and 2) we have a robust control over many of our beliefs, a control sufficient to ground attributions of responsibility for belief.
Автор: Bond Название: Britain`s Two World Wars against Germany ISBN: 1107659132 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107659131 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 27450.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Leading military historian Brian Bond challenges popular views of the First World War as catastrophic and futile and the Second World War as a well-conducted and victorious moral crusade. He shows that in a number of important respects Britain was more successful in the First World War than in the Second.
Автор: Jensen Название: The Battle against Anarchist Terrorism ISBN: 1107595533 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107595538 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 40130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This is the first global history of the secret international diplomatic and police campaign waged against anarchist terrorism from 1880 to the 1920s. Placing anarchist terrorism in the context of economic and social globalization, this book considers why some nations dealt with this global phenomenon more effectively than others.
Автор: Thomas Leahy Название: The Intelligence War against the IRA ISBN: 1108720404 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108720403 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Thomas Leahy investigates whether British intelligence and their informers forced the IRA into peace by 1998. The book is ideal for those who want to know more about the IRA, explore why peace emerged in Northern Ireland, and understand British intelligence`s role against the IRA.
Автор: Michael John Bennett Название: War Against Smallpox: Edward Jenner and the Global Spread of Vaccination ISBN: 0521147883 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521147880 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 36960.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Michael Bennett offers the first global history of the spread of vaccination during the Napoleonic Wars, focusing on the experience of smallpox, the hopes invested in vaccination by doctors and parents in the early nineteenth century, and the children put arm-to-arm in the war against smallpox.
Автор: Margaret Thomas Название: Cornelius Collett and the Suffolk Yeomanry, 1794-1820: Defending Suffolk against the French ISBN: 178327493X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783274932 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 36960.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Documents pertaining to the activities of the Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry at a time when England was under threat of invasion.
Автор: Glover Richard Название: Britain at Bay: Defence Against Bonaparte, 1803-14 ISBN: 1032037466 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032037462 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 112290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book, originally published in 1973 shows why Bonaparte`s flotilla was no Bluff but something the British were right to take seriously. The book covers the background of the war, Britain`s defence organisation, the Royal Navy`s tasks, Bonaparte`s preparations and how the British made ready to meet him.
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