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The Past Is a Foreign Country - Revisited
Häftad, 2015
552 kr
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The past remains essential - and inescapable. A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account of man's attitudes to his past, David Lowenthal revisits how we celebrate, expunge, contest and domesticate the past to serve present needs. He shows how nostalgia and heritage now pervade …
George Perkins Marsh
Prophet of Conservation
Häftad, 2003
567 kr
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George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. David Lowenthal here offers fresh insights, from new sources, into Marsh’s career and shows his relevance today, in a book which has its roots in but wholly …
Man and Nature
Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
Av George Perkins Marsh, David Lowenthal
Häftad, 2003
534 kr
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In Man and Nature, first published in 1864, polymath scholar and diplomat George Perkins Marsh challenged the general belief that human impact on nature was generally benign or negligible and charged that ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean had brought about their own collapse by their abuse …
George Perkins Marsh
Prophet of Conservation
E-bok, 2009
606 kr
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George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. David Lowenthal here offers fresh insights, from new sources, into Marsh’s career and shows his relevance today, in a book which has its roots in but wholly …
Politics of the Past
Av Peter Gathercole, David Lowenthal
Häftad, 1994
772 kr
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'History is written by the winners' is the received wisdom. This book explains why historical interpretation has to incorporate perspectives from those other than 'winners', and demonstrates archaeology's crucial role in this wide-ranging approach. The book draws more on Africa, Afro-America, …
Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage
Av David Lowenthal, Kenneth Olwig
Inbunden, 2006
2512 kr
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The idea that the heritage of nature is fundamentally cultural is provocative to many, but it is becoming increasingly accepted in the context of heritage preservation. It is argued here that a person’s perspective on natural vs. cultural heritage as a contested patrimony is, to some extent, …
Quest for the Unity of Knowledge
E-bok, 2018
746 kr
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Is unity of knowledge possible? Is it desirable? Two rival visions clash. One seeks a single way of explaining everything known and knowable about ourselves and the universe. The other champions diverse modes of understanding served by disparate kinds of evidence. Contrary views pit science against …
Quest for the Unity of Knowledge
E-bok, 2018
762 kr
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Is unity of knowledge possible? Is it desirable? Two rival visions clash. One seeks a single way of explaining everything known and knowable about ourselves and the universe. The other champions diverse modes of understanding served by disparate kinds of evidence. Contrary views pit science against …
The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History
Häftad, 1998
569 kr
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Heritage has burgeoned over the past quarter of a century from a small élite preoccupation into a major popular crusade. Everything from Disneyland to the Holocaust Museum, from the Balkan wars to the Northern Irish troubles, from Elvis memorabilia to the Elgin Marbles bears the marks of the cult …
The Past Is a Foreign Country - Revisited
Inbunden, 2015
1928 kr
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The past remains essential - and inescapable. A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account of man's attitudes to his past, David Lowenthal revisits how we celebrate, expunge, contest and domesticate the past to serve present needs. He shows how nostalgia and heritage now pervade …
Man and Nature
Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
Av George Marsh, David Lowenthal
Häftad, 1965
524 kr
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George Perkins Marsh's Man and Nature was the first book to attack the American myth of the superabundance and the inexhaustibility of the earth. It was, as Lewis Mumford said, "the fountainhead of the conservation movement," and few books since have had such an influence on the way men view and …
Mind and Art of Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
Texts and Interpretations of Twenty Great Speeches
Inbunden, 2012
1561 kr
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By analyzing many of Lincoln's most important speeches, The Mind and Art of Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman shows him to be a profound and systematic thinker who tries to get at the root of issues, not all of them strictly political. Lowenthal emphasizes Lincoln's manner of writing, which …
Mind and Art of Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman
Texts and Interpretations of Twenty Great Speeches
Häftad, 2012
713 kr
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By analyzing many of Lincoln's most important speeches, The Mind and Art of Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman shows him to be a profound and systematic thinker who tries to get at the root of issues, not all of them strictly political. Lowenthal emphasizes Lincoln's manner of writing, which …
Landscape Meanings and Values
Av David Lowenthal, Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell
E-bok, 2022
593 kr
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First published in 1986, Landscape Meanings and Values presents a major contribution to the debate concerning the relationship between theory and practice in landscape analysis and planning. It brings together a number of the most eminent researchers, commentators and practitioners from both the …
Landscape Meanings and Values
Av David Lowenthal, Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell
E-bok, 2022
607 kr
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First published in 1986, Landscape Meanings and Values presents a major contribution to the debate concerning the relationship between theory and practice in landscape analysis and planning. It brings together a number of the most eminent researchers, commentators and practitioners from both the …
Landscape Meanings and Values
Av Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell, David Lowenthal
Inbunden, 2022
1521 kr
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First published in 1986, Landscape Meanings and Values presents a major contribution to the debate concerning the relationship between theory and practice in landscape analysis and planning. It brings together a number of the most eminent researchers, commentators and practitioners from both the …
Landscape Meanings and Values
Av Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell, David Lowenthal
Häftad, 2023
502 kr
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First published in 1986, Landscape Meanings and Values presents a major contribution to the debate concerning the relationship between theory and practice in landscape analysis and planning. It brings together a number of the most eminent researchers, commentators and practitioners from both the …
Politics of the Past
Av David Lowenthal, Peter Gathercole
E-bok, 2004
890 kr
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''History is written by the winners'' is the received wisdom. This book explains why historical interpretation has to incorporate perspectives from those other than ''winners'', and demonstrates archaeology''s crucial role in this wide-ranging approach. The book draws more on Africa, Afro-America, …
Politics of the Past
Av David Lowenthal, Peter Gathercole
E-bok, 2004
890 kr
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''History is written by the winners'' is the received wisdom. This book explains why historical interpretation has to incorporate perspectives from those other than ''winners'', and demonstrates archaeology''s crucial role in this wide-ranging approach. The book draws more on Africa, Afro-America, …
Quest for the Unity of Knowledge
Inbunden, 2018
2512 kr
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Is unity of knowledge possible? Is it desirable? Two rival visions clash. One seeks a single way of explaining everything known and knowable about ourselves and the universe. The other champions diverse modes of understanding served by disparate kinds of evidence. Contrary views pit science against …
Quest for the Unity of Knowledge
Häftad, 2018
648 kr
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Is unity of knowledge possible? Is it desirable? Two rival visions clash. One seeks a single way of explaining everything known and knowable about ourselves and the universe. The other champions diverse modes of understanding served by disparate kinds of evidence. Contrary views pit science against …
Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage
Av David Lowenthal, Kenneth Olwig
Häftad, 2015
750 kr
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The idea that the heritage of nature is fundamentally cultural is provocative to many, but it is becoming increasingly accepted in the context of heritage preservation. It is argued here that a person’s perspective on natural vs. cultural heritage as a contested patrimony is, to some extent, …
Past Is a Foreign Country - Revisited
E-bok, 2015
526 kr
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The past remains essential - and inescapable. A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account of man''s attitudes to his past, David Lowenthal revisits how we celebrate, expunge, contest and domesticate the past to serve present needs. He shows how nostalgia and heritage now pervade …
Past Is a Foreign Country - Revisited
E-bok, 2015
537 kr
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The past remains essential - and inescapable. A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account of man''s attitudes to his past, David Lowenthal revisits how we celebrate, expunge, contest and domesticate the past to serve present needs. He shows how nostalgia and heritage now pervade …
Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage
Av Kenneth Olwig, David Lowenthal
E-bok, 2013
864 kr
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The idea that the heritage of nature is fundamentally cultural is provocative to many, but it is becoming increasingly accepted in the context of heritage preservation. It is argued here that a person’s perspective on natural vs. cultural heritage as a contested patrimony is, to some extent, …
Nature of Cultural Heritage, and the Culture of Natural Heritage
Av Kenneth Olwig, David Lowenthal
E-bok, 2013
883 kr
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The idea that the heritage of nature is fundamentally cultural is provocative to many, but it is becoming increasingly accepted in the context of heritage preservation. It is argued here that a person’s perspective on natural vs. cultural heritage as a contested patrimony is, to some extent, …
Shakespeare’s Thought
Unobserved Details and Unsuspected Depths in Eleven Plays
Häftad, 2018
823 kr
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Shakespeare’s Thought: Unobserved Details and Unsuspected Depths in Eleven Plays demonstrates that Shakespeare’s plays were conceived and executed as studies of great moral and political issues. After examining the divergent views of critics across the years, this book goes on to analyze eleven of …
Slave State – Rereading Orwell`s 1984
Häftad, 2021
147 kr
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David Lowenthal transposes present society onto that in the novel, 1984, and illustrates “how the quest for a perfect society led instead to the worst––in the course of revolting against which the true ends of life are established.” It is more than suspicion: the year 2021 is 1984. What many …
