A Cultural History of Exploration
Published on 19. September 2024
Book
978-1-350-10107-4 (ISBN)
Description
What has driven humanity to expand across the globe? How was it achieved? And what has it meant to be on the receiving end - not the explorer but the explored?
In a work that spans more than 5,000 years, these questions are addressed by 40 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. Aided by a wide range of case material, they illustrate the meaning of exploration in a global context from antiquity to the present day. Individual volume editors ensure of the cohesion of the whole and, to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in a single volume, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity; 2. The Middle Ages; 3. The Early Modern Age; 4. The Age of Expansion and Enlightenment; 5. The Industrial Age; 6. The Modern Age.
Themes (and chapter titles) are: technologies of exploration; motivations and methodologies for exploration; ideal and idealized explorer typologies; the explored and their explorations; verbalizing exploration; visualizing exploration; and authority, finance, and exploration.
The page extent for the set is approximately 1,500 pp.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): GBP395 / $550 (full price: GBP440 / $610)
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Exploration is part of the Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library, updated twice a year and available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access. See www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com for further information or to access content.
In a work that spans more than 5,000 years, these questions are addressed by 40 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. Aided by a wide range of case material, they illustrate the meaning of exploration in a global context from antiquity to the present day. Individual volume editors ensure of the cohesion of the whole and, to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in a single volume, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1. Antiquity; 2. The Middle Ages; 3. The Early Modern Age; 4. The Age of Expansion and Enlightenment; 5. The Industrial Age; 6. The Modern Age.
Themes (and chapter titles) are: technologies of exploration; motivations and methodologies for exploration; ideal and idealized explorer typologies; the explored and their explorations; verbalizing exploration; visualizing exploration; and authority, finance, and exploration.
The page extent for the set is approximately 1,500 pp.
Special introductory offer (valid up to 3 months after publication): GBP395 / $550 (full price: GBP440 / $610)
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Exploration is part of the Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library, updated twice a year and available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access. See www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com for further information or to access content.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
222 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 176 mm
Thickness: 102 mm
Weight
3720 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-10107-4 (9781350101074)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Lauren Beck is the Canada Research Chair in Intercultural Encounter and Professor of Hispanic Studies at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada. Her books include Firsting in the Early Modern Transatlantic World (2019) and Visualizing the Text: From Manuscript Culture to Caricature (2017).
Content
Volume 1: A Cultural History of Exploration in Antiquity
Edited by Daniela Dueck, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Daniela Dueck
1. Technologies of Exploration, Pascal Arnaud
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Colin Adams
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Serena Bianchetti
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Joseph Skinner
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Chiara Maria Mauro
6. Visualizing Exploration, Johannes Wietzke
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Paul Kosmin
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Middle Ages
Edited by William D. Phillips, Jr., University of Minnesota, USA
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, William D. Phillips, Jr.
1. Technologies of Exploration, Richard W. Unger
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, William D. Phillips, Jr.
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Marguerite Ragnow
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Magdalena Naum
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Kim M. Phillips
6. Visualizing Exploration, Christoph Mauntel
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Ivana Elbl
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Early Modern Age
Edited by Lauren Beck, Mount Allison University, Canada
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Lauren Beck
1. Technologies of Exploration, Lauren Beck
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Lydia Towns
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Carla Rahn Phillips
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Lauren Beck
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Gayle K. Brunelle
6. Visualizing Exploration, David Buisseret
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Dennis Reinhartz
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Age of Expansion and Enlightenment
Edited by Gayle K. Brunelle, University of California, Fullerton, USA
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Gayle K. Brunelle
1. Technologies of Exploration, Katherine Parker
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Sandra Rebok
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Carla Rahn Phillips
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Rainer F. Buschmann
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Douglas Catterall
6. Visualizing Exploration, Imogen Wegman
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, John Gascoigne
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Industrial Age
Edited by Jane Samson, University of Alberta, Canada
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Jane Samson
1. Technologies of Exploration, Paul D'Arcy
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Ed Armston-Sheret
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Mylynka Kilgore Cardona
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Dane Kennedy
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Richard Weiner
6. Visualizing Exploration, Steffen Woell
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Rainer F. Buschmann
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Modern Age
Edited by Martin Thomas, Australian National University, Australia
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Martin Thomas
1. Technologies of Exploration, Vanessa Heggie
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Alessandro Antonello
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Elena Glasberg
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Michael F. Robinson
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Martin Thomas
6. Visualizing Exploration, Jeffrey Geiger
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Lauren Beck
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Edited by Daniela Dueck, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Daniela Dueck
1. Technologies of Exploration, Pascal Arnaud
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Colin Adams
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Serena Bianchetti
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Joseph Skinner
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Chiara Maria Mauro
6. Visualizing Exploration, Johannes Wietzke
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Paul Kosmin
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Middle Ages
Edited by William D. Phillips, Jr., University of Minnesota, USA
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, William D. Phillips, Jr.
1. Technologies of Exploration, Richard W. Unger
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, William D. Phillips, Jr.
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Marguerite Ragnow
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Magdalena Naum
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Kim M. Phillips
6. Visualizing Exploration, Christoph Mauntel
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Ivana Elbl
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Early Modern Age
Edited by Lauren Beck, Mount Allison University, Canada
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Lauren Beck
1. Technologies of Exploration, Lauren Beck
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Lydia Towns
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Carla Rahn Phillips
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Lauren Beck
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Gayle K. Brunelle
6. Visualizing Exploration, David Buisseret
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Dennis Reinhartz
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Age of Expansion and Enlightenment
Edited by Gayle K. Brunelle, University of California, Fullerton, USA
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Gayle K. Brunelle
1. Technologies of Exploration, Katherine Parker
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Sandra Rebok
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Carla Rahn Phillips
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Rainer F. Buschmann
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Douglas Catterall
6. Visualizing Exploration, Imogen Wegman
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, John Gascoigne
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Industrial Age
Edited by Jane Samson, University of Alberta, Canada
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Jane Samson
1. Technologies of Exploration, Paul D'Arcy
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Ed Armston-Sheret
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Mylynka Kilgore Cardona
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Dane Kennedy
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Richard Weiner
6. Visualizing Exploration, Steffen Woell
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Rainer F. Buschmann
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Modern Age
Edited by Martin Thomas, Australian National University, Australia
Series Preface, Lauren Beck
Introduction, Martin Thomas
1. Technologies of Exploration, Vanessa Heggie
2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, Alessandro Antonello
3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Elena Glasberg
4. The Explored and their Explorations, Michael F. Robinson
5. Verbalizing Exploration, Martin Thomas
6. Visualizing Exploration, Jeffrey Geiger
7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, Lauren Beck
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index