The Present Past

Author : Richard Terdiman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 150171760X
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Present Past written by Richard Terdiman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about memory—about how the past persists into the present, and about how this persistence has been understood over the past two centuries. Since the French Revolution, memory has been the source of an intense disquiet. Fundamental cultural theories have sought to understand it, and have striven to represent its stresses.

Author : Ian Hodder
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473819547
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Present Past written by Ian Hodder and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated edition of Professor Ian Hodders original and classic work on the role which anthropology must play in the interpretation of the archaeological record.There has long been a need for archaeologists and anthropologists to correlate their ideas and methods for interpreting the material culture of past civilisations. Archaeological interpretation of the past is inevitably based on the ideas and experiences of the present and the use of such ethnographic analogy has been widely adapted and criticised, not least in Britain.In this challenging study, Ian Hodder questions the assumptions, values and methods which have been too readily accepted. At the same time, he shows how anthropology can be applied to archaeology. He examines the criteria for the proper use of analogy and, in particular, emphasises the need to consider the meaning and interpretation of material cultures within the total social and cultural contexts. He discusses anthropological models of refuse deposits, technology and production, subsistence, settlement, burial, trade exchange, art form and ritual; he then considers their application to comparable archaeological data.Throughout, Professor Hodder emphasises the need for a truly scientific approach and a critical self-awareness by archaeologists, who should be prepared to study their own social and cultural context, not least their own attitudes to the present-day material world.

Author : Eugène Ionesco
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780306808036
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Present Past, Past Present written by Eugène Ionesco and published by . This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pam Scheunemann
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1617862843
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time to Learn about Past, Present & Future written by Pam Scheunemann and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title includes full-color photographs and facts on how time relates to the past, present and future as well as what people have done, are doing and will do.

Author : Edith Hamilton
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780393004250
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ever-present Past written by Edith Hamilton and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1967 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on philosophy and literature, both ancient and modern, by the author of The Greek Way.

Author : Traci Harding
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1460708105
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Present Past written by Traci Harding and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited prequel to Traci Harding's much-loved Ancient Future series In Ancient Wales, Gwion Bach, a simple woodsman, becomes enchanted by the fey beauty Creirwy during a brush with the Sons of the Long Knives. He earns Creirwy's trust, and tthat of her mother, the goddess Keridwen, and is offered an apprenticeship at their castell in Llyn Tegid. As Gwion discovers an enchanting new world of magic, the goddess is busy brewing a potion of prophetic insight and esoteric wisdom, destined for her monstrous son. However, an ill-timed accident provides an unexpected result. What transpires is an unforgettable shapeshifting battle that will spark rebellion and threaten to bring the downfall of all the kingdoms of Cymru. In this thrilling and epic adventure spanning generations, Traci Harding finally reveals the origins of the Ancient Future series and how Gwion Bach rose from humble beginnings to become Taliesin, grand merlin and magician. PRAISE FOR THE ANCIENT FUTURE 'A stunning achievement of world-class fantasy' KYLIE CHAN

Author : Justine Tjallinks
Publisher : Nhp Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789187815454
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Past Present written by Justine Tjallinks and published by Nhp Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justine Tjallinks is a rapidly rising photographer, who uses less conventional models to capture scenes that are often other-worldly and full of mystique.

Author : Charles Van Doren
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345373162
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Knowledge written by Charles Van Doren and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1992-03-17 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-voume reference to the history of ideas that is a compendium of everything that humankind has thought, invented, created, considered, and perfected from the beginning of civilization into the twenty-first century. Massive in its scope, and yet totally accessible, A HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE covers not only all the great theories and discoveries of the human race, but also explores the social conditions, political climates, and individual men and women of genius that brought ideas to fruition throughout history. "Crystal clear and concise...Explains how humankind got to know what it knows." Clifton Fadiman Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club

Author : Eric Conan
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9780874517958
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vichy written by Eric Conan and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1998 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plea for a more moderate, balanced, and accurate view of the Vichy regime.

Author : Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 1524748927
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Names of New York written by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A casually wondrous experience; it made me feel like the city was unfolding beneath my feet.” —Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror In place-names lie stories. That’s the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York City’s streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods. Exploring the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants have left their marks on the city’s map. He excavates the roots of many names, from Brooklyn to Harlem, that have gained iconic meaning worldwide. He interviews the last living speakers of Lenape, visits the harbor’s forgotten islands, lingers on street corners named for ballplayers and saints, and meets linguists who study the estimated eight hundred languages now spoken in New York. As recent arrivals continue to find new ways to make New York’s neighborhoods their own, the names that stick to the city’s streets function not only as portals to explore the past but also as a means to reimagine what is possible now.