Author : Robert A. Rosenstone
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 31,28 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674940987
Rosenstone investigates how a visual medium, subject to conventions of drama and fiction, might be used as a serious vehicle for thinking about our relationship with the past. Employing such films as Reds, JFK, and Sans Soleil, he considers issues like the rapport between fact and film and the documentary as visionary truth.
Author : M. J. Morwood
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 2002-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781741150049
Visions from the Past is a clear and comprehensive examination of Aboriginal rock art. It also provides a practical overview of precisely how and why archaeologist study prehistoric art.
Author : Edward Palmer Thompson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 34,98 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 9780719010675
Author : Richard J. Hathaway
Publisher :
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN :
Throughout Michigan's varied and fascinating history, its people have been leaders. They have led the nation in the production of automobiles, iron and copper, lumber, and many agricultural products. Of even grater importance, Michigan citizens have been leaders in the movement for equitable working condicitons, civil rights, and a clean environment.
Author : Jennifer D. Keene
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 40,47 MB
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780205764051
Author : Zoë Lescaze
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,43 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783836555111
Presents the history of paleoart from 1830-1990. These are not cave paintings produced thousands of years ago, but modern visions of prehistory: stunning paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, mosaics, and murals that mingle scientific fact with unbridled fantasy
Author : A. Roberts
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 2005-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0230554652
The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.
Author : Jaś Elsner
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 30,63 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9781861890207
A much-needed contribution to the expanding interest in the history of travel and travel writing, Voyages and Visions is the first attempt to sketch a cultural history of travel from the sixteenth century to the present day. The essays address the theme of travel as a historical, literary and imaginative process, focusing on significant episodes and encounters in world history. The contributors to this collection include historians of art and of science, anthropologists, literary critics and mainstream cultural historians. Their essays encompass a challenging range of subjects, including the explorations of South America, India and Mexico; mountaineering in the Himalayas; space travel; science fiction; and American post-war travel fiction. Voyages and Visions is truly interdisciplinary, and essential reading for anyone interested in travel writing. With essays by Kasia Boddy, Michael Bravo, Peter Burke, Melissa Calaresu, Jesus Maria Carillo Castillo, Peter Hansen, Edward James, Nigel Leask, Joan-Pau Rubies and Wes Williams.
Author : Jim Cullen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 24,17 MB
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0199323887
How do perceptions of the past--not just of particular events, but of the trajectory of history as a whole--shape our experience of the world? Sensing the Past tackles this question with an unlikely source of historical insight--the work of six major Hollywood stars: Clint Eastwood, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Jodie Foster. By focusing on the career choices made by these iconic actors, Cullen uncovers a discrete set of historical narratives, revealing the surprising ways historical forces shape our understanding of the world.
Author : Joseph J. Corn
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 1996-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801853999
From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.
