Reinterpreting Exploration The West in the World

Name: Reinterpreting Exploration The West in the World
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ISBN: 9780199755332

ISBN-10: 0199755337

ISBN-13: 9780199755332

Edition: 2014

Authors: Dane Kennedy

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Exploration was a central and perhaps defining aspect of the West's encounters with other peoples and lands. Rather than reproduce celebratory narratives of individual heroism and national glory, this volume focuses on exploration's instrumental role in shaping a European sense of exceptionalism and its iconic importance in defining the terms of cultural engagement with other peoples. In chapters offering broad geographic range, the contributors address many of the key themes of recent research on exploration, including exploration's contribution to European imperial expansion, Western scientific knowledge, Enlightenment ideas and practices, and metropolitan print culture. They reassess…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/9/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Dane Kennedy is Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History and International Affairs at The George Washington University.