Expedition into empire : exploratory journeys and the making of the modern world / edited by Martin...
Expedition into empire : exploratory journeys and the making of the modern world / edited by Martin...
Expedition into empire : exploratory journeys and the making of the modern world / edited by Martin Thomas.
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Publisher
New York Routledge, 2015.
Call Numbers
H 2015/452
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.What Is an Expedition? An Introduction / Martin Thomas -- 2.What Is an Explorer? / Adriana Craciun -- 3.Settler Colonial Expeditions / Lorenzo Veracini -- 4.The Expedition as a Cultural Form: On the Structure of Exploratory Journeys as Revealed by the Australian Ex...
Contents note continued: 11.The Expedition's Afterlives: Echoes of Empire in Travel to Asia / Agnieszka Sobocinska.
Publication information
Publisher
New York Routledge, 2015.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries
- HISTORY / Modern / General
- HISTORY / Social History
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Expeditionary journeys have shaped our world, but the expedition as a cultural form is rarely scrutinized. This book is the first major investigation of the conventions and social practices embedded in team-based exploration. In probing the politics of expedition making, this volume is itself a pioneering journey through the cultures of empire. Wi...
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Expedition into empire : exploratory journeys and the making of the modern world / edited by Martin Thomas.
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General note
Routledge studies in cultural history ; 31.
"Most chapters in this volume were first workshopped in 2012 as papers at 'What is an Expedition?' This conference at the Kioloa Coastal Campus of the Australian National University was generously funded by the university's College of Arts and Social Sciences."--Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references and index....
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H 2015/452
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74VKORKdqOQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKORKdqOQX
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ISBN
9781138790681 (hardback)
DDC
910.9
MMS ID
991022475409702626
