Global Perspectives in Modern Italian Culture

Global Perspectives in Modern Italian Culture
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9781000423259
ISBN-13 : 1000423255
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Global Perspectives in Modern Italian Culture by : Guido Abbattista

Global Perspectives in Modern Italian Culture presents a series of unexplored case studies from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, each demonstrating how travellers, scientists, Catholic missionaries, scholars and diplomats coming from the Italian peninsula contributed to understandings of various global issues during the age of early globalization. It also examines how these individuals represented different parts of the world to an Italian audience, and how deeply Italian culture drew inspiration from the increasing knowledge of world ‘Otherness’. The first part of the book focuses on the production of knowledge, drawing on texts written by philosophers, scientists, historians and numerous other first-hand eyewitnesses. The second part analyses the dissemination and popularization of knowledge by focussing on previously understudied published works and initiatives aimed at learned Italian readers and the general public. Written in a lively and engaging manner, this book will appeal to scholars and students of early modern and modern European history, as well as those interested in global history.

CRC World Dictionary of Palms

CRC World Dictionary of Palms
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 3591
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ISBN-10 : 9781351651493
ISBN-13 : 1351651498
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis CRC World Dictionary of Palms by : Umberto Quattrocchi

From the Foreword Umberto Quattrocchi has brought us some amazing and useful works through the various dictionaries that he has compiled. This time it is for two very important plant families the palms and the cycads that are synthesized here in these two volumes. Each entry is fascinating not just for the botany and full nomenclature of the plant species but for all the associated uses, folklore and interactions with other organisms. ...These entries are fascinating glimpses of natural history. ... Botanists, conservationists, ethnobotanists, anthropologists, geographers, bird watchers, naturalists, historians and those of many other disciplines will find these volumes a most valuable and useful resource. It is the sort of book that will be in frequent use in my library. ----- Professor Sir Ghillean Prance FRS, VMH, Former Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Following the same format as Umberto Quattrocchi’s highly praised and well-used previous works, The CRC World Dictionary of Palms: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology brings together the vast and scattered literature on palms and cycads to provide better access to information on these economically important plants. Each genus and species has a detailed morphological description and includes a list of synonyms and vernacular names in many languages. Bibliographies accompany each entry which are comprehensive, up-to-date and multi-lingual. The detailed information for every entry on habitats, economic uses, historical and biographical data, botanical exploration, and linguistics will be useful for any library involved with botany, herbal medicine, pharmacognosy, medicinal and natural product chemistry, ecology, ethnobotany, systematics, general plant science, agriculture or horticulture. Umberto Quattrocchi is the author of the bestselling CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, winner of the prestigious Hanbury Botanical Garden Award. His most recent multi-volume work, CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants, received strong praise as being "... an unparalleled starting place—a tool of first resort for any thoughtful researcher. Quattrocchi and CRC have delivered a dictionary like no other, a learned finger pointing in the right direction." —John de la Parra, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from Economic Botany, Vol. 68, 2014

Anthropos

Anthropos
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000070592286
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Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

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Butterflies of the Indian Region

Butterflies of the Indian Region
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Publisher : Today and Tomorrow Publisher
Total Pages : 644
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ISBN-10 : 8170192323
ISBN-13 : 9788170192329
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Butterflies of the Indian Region by : M. A. Wynter-Blyth

CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION KEY TO FIELD IDENTIFICATION OF THE COMMONEST BUTTERFLIES A KEY TO THE FAMILIES OF BUTTERFLIES 2. COLLECTING AND PRESERVING 3. EARLY STAGES 4. PROTECTION FROM ENEMIES 5. BUTTERFLY MIGRATION 6. THE DANAIDS (Danaidae) 7. THE SATYRIDS (Satyridae) 8. THE AMATHUSIIDS (AMATHUSIIDAE) 9. THE NYMPHALIDS (Nymphalidae) 10. THE ACRAEIDS (Acraeidae) 11. THE ERYCINIDS (Erycinidae) 12. THE LYCAENIDS, OR THE BLUES (Lycaenidae) 13. THE PAPILIOS, OR THE SWALOWTAILS (Papilionidae) 14. THE PIERIDS, OR THE WHITES AND YELLOW (Pieridae) 15. THE SKIPPERS (Hesperiidae)

The Todas

The Todas
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 820
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015013505618
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The Todas by : William Halse Rivers Rivers

Ancient Hindu Refugees

Ancient Hindu Refugees
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 317
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ISBN-10 : 9783110807943
ISBN-13 : 3110807947
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Ancient Hindu Refugees by : Paul Hockings

A Badaga-English Dictionary

A Badaga-English Dictionary
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 888
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ISBN-10 : 9783110846058
ISBN-13 : 3110846055
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis A Badaga-English Dictionary by : Paul Hockings

Volumes in the Trends in Linguistics. Documentation series focus on the presentation of linguistic data. The series addresses the sustained interest in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, grammars and editions of under-described and hitherto undocumented languages. All world-regions and time periods are represented.

So Long a Saga

So Long a Saga
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Publisher : Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9350980185
ISBN-13 : 9789350980187
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis So Long a Saga by : Paul Hockings

Thus began one of the most successful community transplants that South India ever witnessed.