The Boxer Codex

Author : George Bryan Souza
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004301542
Total Pages : 747 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boxer Codex written by George Bryan Souza and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Boxer Codex, two scholars have transcribed, translated and annotated a unique and illustrated late-16th century Spanish manuscript that deals with the early-modern geography, history and ethnography of the western Pacific and maritime and continental South-east Asia and East Asia.

Author : Isaac Donoso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789719706922
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boxer Codex written by Isaac Donoso and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maria Cruz Berrocal
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813052963
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Colonialism in Asia-Pacific written by Maria Cruz Berrocal and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The essential source for scholarly reassessment of the Asia-Pacific region's diverse and significant archaeology and history."--James P. Delgado, coauthor of The Maritime Landscape of the Isthmus of Panama "Underpins a nuanced picture of Asia-Pacific that shows how the activities of the Chinese and Japanese in East Asia, the spread of Islam from South Asia, and the efforts of the Iberians and especially the Spanish from southern Europe ushered in a world of complex interaction and rapid and often profound change in local, regional, and wider cultural patterns."--Ian Lilley, editor of Archaeology of Oceania: Australia and the Pacific Islands The history of Asia-Pacific since 1500 has traditionally been told with Europe as the main player ushering in a globalized, capitalist world. But these volumes help decentralize that global history, revealing that preexisting trade networks and local authorities influenced the region before and long after Europeans arrived. In the volume The Southwest Pacific and Oceanian Regions, case studies from Alofi, Vanuatu, the Marianas, Hawaii, Guam, and Taiwan compare the development of colonialism across different islands. Contributors discuss human settlement before the arrival of Dutch, French, British, and Spanish explorers, tracing major exchange routes that were active as early as the tenth century. They highlight rarely examined sixteenth- and seventeenth-century encounters between indigenous populations and Europeans and draw attention to how cross-cultural interaction impacted the local peoples of Oceania. The volume The Asia-Pacific Region looks at colonialism in the Philippines, China, Japan, and Vietnam, emphasizing the robust trans-regional networks that existed before European contact. Southeast Asia had long been influenced by Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim traders in ways that helped build the region's ethnic and political divisions. Essays show the complexity and significance of maritime trade during European colonization by investigating galleon wrecks in Manila, Japan's porcelain exports, and Spanish coins discovered off China's coast. Packed with archaeological and historical evidence from both land and underwater sites, impressive in geographical scope, and featuring perspectives of scholars from many different countries and traditions, these volumes illuminate the often misunderstood nature of early colonialism in Asia-Pacific.

Author : William Henry Scott
Publisher : Ateneo University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789715501354
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barangay written by William Henry Scott and published by Ateneo University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barangay presents a sixteenth-century Philippine ethnography. Part One describes Visayan culture in eight chapters on physical appearance, food and farming, trades and commerce, religion, literature and entertainment, natural science, social organization, and warfare. Part Two surveys the rest of the archipelago from south to north.

Author : Darlene J. Sadlier
Publisher : Well House Books
ISBN 13 : 0253042682
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lilly Library from A to Z written by Darlene J. Sadlier and published by Well House Books. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do locks of Edgar Allan Poe’s hair, Sylvia Plath’s attractive handmade paper dolls, John Ford’s Oscars, and Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007 cigars have in common? They are just a few of the fascinating objects found in the world-famous Lilly Library, located on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington. In this beautifully illustrated A-to-Z volume, Darlene J. Sadlier journeys through the library’s wide-ranging collections to highlight dozens of intriguing items and the archives of which they are a part. Read about life and death masks of John Keats, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Dreiser; Walt Whitman’s last pencil; and vintage board games, mechanical puzzles, and even comic books. Among the more peculiar items are a pair of elk teeth and an eerily realistic wall-mount bust of Boris Karloff. Sadlier writes engagingly about the Lilly Library’s major historical collections, which include Civil War diaries and a panopticon of the war called the Myriopticon; War of 1812 payment receipts to spies; and the World War II letters and V-mail of journalist Ernie Pyle. This copiously illustrated, entertaining, and educational book will inspire you to take your own journey and discover for yourself the wonders of the Lilly Library.

Author : Florina H. Capistrano-Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692504970
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philippine Gold written by Florina H. Capistrano-Baker and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dandi Daley Mackall
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1496414292
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Larger-Than-Life Lara written by Dandi Daley Mackall and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2016 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unforgettable story, a new girl in school transforms an entire class.192 pp.

Author : Sjón
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374717745
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CoDex 1962 written by Sjón and published by MCD. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning eras, continents, and genres, CoDex 1962—twenty years in the making—is Sjón’s epic three-part masterpiece Over the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sjón has earned a global reputation as one of the world’s most interesting writers. But what the world has never been able to read is his great trilogy of novels, known collectively as CoDex 1962—now finally complete. Josef Löwe, the narrator, was born in 1962—the same year, the same moment even, as Sjón. Josef’s story, however, stretches back decades in the form of Leo Löwe—a Jewish fugitive during World War II who has an affair with a maid in a German inn; together, they form a baby from a piece of clay. If the first volume is a love story, the second is a crime story: Löwe arrives in Iceland with the clay-baby inside a hatbox, only to be embroiled in a murder mystery—but by the end of the volume, his clay son has come to life. And in the final volume, set in present-day Reykjavík, Josef’s story becomes science fiction as he crosses paths with the outlandish CEO of a biotech company (based closely on reality) who brings the story of genetics and genesis full circle. But the future, according to Sjón, is not so dark as it seems. In CoDex 1962, Sjón has woven ancient and modern material and folklore and cosmic myths into a singular masterpiece—encompassing genre fiction, theology, expressionist film, comic strips, fortean studies, genetics, and, of course, the rich tradition of Icelandic storytelling.

Author : Tony Mendoza
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292788150
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuba—Going Back written by Tony Mendoza and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A subtle yet striking collection of sepia-like photographs depicting life in Cuba, coupled with the perceptive observations of a Cuban exile returning home.” —Miami Herald Imagine being unable to return to your homeland for thirty-six years. What would you do if you finally got a chance to go back? In 1996, after travel restrictions between the United States and Cuba were relaxed, Cuban exile Tony Mendoza answered that question. Taking his cameras, notebooks, and an unquenchable curiosity, he returned for his first visit to Cuba since the summer of 1960, when he emigrated with his family at age eighteen. In this book he presents over eighty evocative photographs accompanied by a beautifully written text that mingles the voices of many Cubans with his own to offer a compelling portrait of a resilient people awaiting the inevitable passing of the socialist system that has failed them. His photographs and interviews bear striking witness to the hardships and inequalities that exist in this workers’ “paradise,” where the daily struggle to make ends meet on an average income of eight dollars a month has created a longing for change even in formerly ardent revolutionaries. At the same time, Cuba—Going Back is an eloquent record of a personal journey back in time and memory that will resonate with viewers and readers both within and beyond the Cuban American community. It belongs on the shelves of anyone who values excellent photography and well-crafted prose. “This book, based on the photos and interviews he conducted on his trip, is a remarkable first-hand account of today’s Cuba.” —Library Journal

Author : Jos J. L. Gommans
Publisher : Leiden University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789087283391
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philippine Confluence written by Jos J. L. Gommans and published by Leiden University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated at the crossroads of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the Spanish Philippines offer historians an intriguing middle ground of connected histories that raises fundamental new questions about conventional ethnic, regional and religious identities. This volume adds a new global perspective to the history of the Philippines by juxtaposing Iberian, Chinese and Islamic perspectives. By navigating various underexplored archival resources, senior and junior scholars from Asia, Europe and the Americas explore the diverse cultural, religious, and economic flows that shaped the early modern Philippine milieu. By zooming in from the global to the local, this book offers eleven fascinating Philippine case studies of early modern globalization.