The Annual American Catalogue 1886-1900
Title | The Annual American Catalogue 1886-1900 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 372 |
Release | 1887 |
Genre | American literature |
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Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
Title | Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society PDF eBook |
Author | Illinois State Historical Society |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1080 |
Release | 1954 |
Genre | Illinois |
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The Annual American Catalogue
Title | The Annual American Catalogue PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 362 |
Release | 1887 |
Genre | American literature |
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Space, Politics, and Cultural Representation in Modern China
Title | Space, Politics, and Cultural Representation in Modern China PDF eBook |
Author | Enhua Zhang |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 249 |
Release | 2016-12-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317326113 |
Regarding revolution as a spatial practice, this book explores modes of spatial construction in modern China through a panoramic overview of major Chinese revolutionary events and nuanced analysis of cultural representations. Examining the relationship between revolution, space, and culture in modern China the author takes five spatially significant revolutionary events as case studies - the territorial dispute between Russia and the Qing dynasty in 1892, the Land Reform in the 1920s, the Long March (1934-36), the mainland-Taiwan split in 1949, and the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) - and analyses how revolution constructs, conceives, and transforms space. Using materials associated with these events, including primarily literature, as well as maps, political treatises, historiography, plays, film, and art, the book argues that in addition to redirecting the flow of Chinese history, revolutionary movements operate in and on space in three main ways: maintaining territorial sovereignty, redefining social relations, and governing an imaginary realm. Arguing for reconsideration of revolution as a reorganization of space as much as time, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese culture, society, history and literature.
A Brief History of Chinese Fiction
Title | A Brief History of Chinese Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Lu Hsun |
Publisher | Olympia Press |
Total Pages | 622 |
Release | 2012-02-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1608725944 |
A Brief History of Chinese Fiction grew out of the lecture notes Lu Hsun used when teaching a course on Chinese fiction at Peking University between 1920 and 1924. In December 1923 a first volume was printed and in June 1924 a second volume. In September 1925 these were reprinted as one book. In 1930 the author made certain changes, but all subsequent editions have remained the same.
The Leopard's Spots
Title | The Leopard's Spots PDF eBook |
Author | Gerrit Dimmendaal |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 237 |
Release | 2015-01-27 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9004224149 |
In The Leopard’s Spots, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal discusses the interaction between language, cognition, and culture in an African context with special focus on the cultural construction of meaning through language. Such constructions are constrained by our cognitive system, but leave lots of space for culture-specific interpretations and thereby for tremendous typological diversity between languages. This variation reflects the adaptive nature of human language in the same way that the spots of the leopard reflect selective advantages for its natural habitat. But whereas science has essentially one explanation for the rosettes of the leopard, the non-scientific mind may attach meaning to his or her cultural environment by way of language through a plethora of strategies.
An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa ...
Title | An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa ... PDF eBook |
Author | George Psalmanazar |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 380 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Apologetics |
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