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Indonesia As An Archipelago: Managing Islands, Managing The Seas, Robert Cribb, Michele Ford Dec 2008

Indonesia As An Archipelago: Managing Islands, Managing The Seas, Robert Cribb, Michele Ford

Robert Cribb

Indonesia's archipelagic character shapes its identity.

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Co-Editor, With Maria-Pia Di Bella, Brian Yothers Dec 2007

Co-Editor, With Maria-Pia Di Bella, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

I have been a co-editor of Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing since 2008. This interdisciplinary journal appears twice a year and is published by Berghahn Books (New York and Oxford).

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Moose Crossing: Portland To Portland On The Theodore Roosevelt International Highway, Max Skidmore Dec 2006

Moose Crossing: Portland To Portland On The Theodore Roosevelt International Highway, Max Skidmore

Max J. Skidmore

A history of the northernmost transcontinental road in the US in the1920s and 1930s, including a discussion of the development of ground transportation in the early 20th century, and an account of a modern journey over the old route, a distance of more than 4000 miles; a discussion of Theodore Roosevelt and a brief biography is included.

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The Familiar And The Strange: Western Travelers' Maps Of Europe And Asia, Ca. 1600-1800, Jordana Dym Dec 2003

The Familiar And The Strange: Western Travelers' Maps Of Europe And Asia, Ca. 1600-1800, Jordana Dym

Jordana Dym

Early Modern European travelers sought to gather and disseminate knowledge through narratives written for avid publishers and public. Yet not all travelers used the same tools to inform their readers. Despite a shared interest in conveying new knowledge based on eyewitness authority, Grand Tour accounts differed in an important respect from travelogues about Asia: they were less likely to include maps until the late eighteenth century. This paper examines why, using travel accounts published between 1600 and 1800 about Italy and (...) France (Europe) and India and Japan (Asia). It argues that maps of different types--coastlines, city plans, country topographies--appeared …

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“Behind Folding Shutters In Whittingehame House”: Alice Blanche Balfour (1850–1936) And Amateur Natural History, Donald L. Opitz Phd Dec 2003

“Behind Folding Shutters In Whittingehame House”: Alice Blanche Balfour (1850–1936) And Amateur Natural History, Donald L. Opitz Phd

Donald L. Opitz

During the rise of professional biology in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, individual naturalists continued to develop private collections by modest means and often within their own homes. Despite the increasing opportunities for women to participate in the sciences, the number of women entomologists remained relatively few. The amateur entomological career of Alice Blanche Balfour, the younger sister of Arthur James Balfour, first Earl of Balfour, reveals how a confluence of personal and social factors shaped a gentlewoman's capacity to pursue her interests in natural history. This paper revises earlier images of Alice Balfour by presenting her as …

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Blurring The Borders Of Nation And Gender: Mary Wollstonecraft's Character (R)Evolution, Jan Wellington Dec 2000

Blurring The Borders Of Nation And Gender: Mary Wollstonecraft's Character (R)Evolution, Jan Wellington

Jan Wellington

No abstract provided.

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Mystery Lives Even In New Jersey (Prose Poem), Jan Wellington Dec 1991

Mystery Lives Even In New Jersey (Prose Poem), Jan Wellington

Jan Wellington

No abstract provided.

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