Imperial Ecology: Environmental Order in the British Empire, 1895-1945 Tapa dura - 2002
de Peder Anker
Descripción de contraportada
Aelian's Historical Miscellany is a pleasurable example of light reading for Romans of the early third century. Offering engaging anecdotes about historical figures, retellings of legendary events, and descriptive pieces - in sum: amusement, information, and variety - Aelian's collection of nuggets and narratives could be enjoyed by a wide reading public. A rather similar book had been published in Latin in the previous century by Aulus Gellius; Aelian is a late, perhaps the last, representative of what had been a very popular genre. Here then are anecdotes about the famous Greek philosophers, poets, historians, and playwrights; myths instructively retold; moralizing tales about heroes and rulers, athletes and wise men; reports about styles in dress, foods and drink, lovers, gift-giving practices, entertainments, religious beliefs and death customs; and comments on Greek painting. Some of the information is not preserved in any other source. Underlying it all are Aelian's Stoic ideals as well as this Roman's great admiration for the culture of the Greeks (whose language he borrowed for his writings).
Detalles
- Título Imperial Ecology: Environmental Order in the British Empire, 1895-1945
- Autor Peder Anker
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Páginas 352
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Harvard University Press
- Fecha de publicación 2002-01-25
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780674005952 / 0674005953
- Peso 1.55 libras (0.70 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.59 x 6.61 x 1.37 pulgadas (24.36 x 16.79 x 3.48 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Library of Congress subjects Human ecology - Great Britain - History, Natural resources - Great Britain - History
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2001039407
- Dewey Decimal Code 304.209
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