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Frontier Road
Author | : Simón Uribe |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2017-07-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781119100171 |
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Frontier Road uses the history of one road in southern Colombia—known locally as “the trampoline of death”—to demonstrate how state-building processes and practices have depended on the production and maintenance of frontiers as inclusive-exclusive zones, often through violent means. Considers the topic from multiple perspectives, including ethnography of the state, the dynamics of frontiers, and the nature of postcolonial power, space, and violence Draws attention to the political, environmental, and racial dynamics involved in the history and development of transport infrastructure in the Amazon region Examines the violence that has sustained the state through time and space, as well as the ways in which ordinary people have made sense of and contested that violence in everyday life Incorporates a broad range of engaging sources, such as missionary and government archives, travel writing, and oral histories
Frontier Road
Author | : Simón Uribe |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2017-07-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781119100188 |
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Frontier Road uses the history of one road in southern Colombia—known locally as “the trampoline of death”—to demonstrate how state-building processes and practices have depended on the production and maintenance of frontiers as inclusive-exclusive zones, often through violent means. Considers the topic from multiple perspectives, including ethnography of the state, the dynamics of frontiers, and the nature of postcolonial power, space, and violence Draws attention to the political, environmental, and racial dynamics involved in the history and development of transport infrastructure in the Amazon region Examines the violence that has sustained the state through time and space, as well as the ways in which ordinary people have made sense of and contested that violence in everyday life Incorporates a broad range of engaging sources, such as missionary and government archives, travel writing, and oral histories
Discovering Rome s Eastern Frontier
Author | : Timothy Bruce Mitford |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2021-11-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780192655349 |
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The eastern frontier of the Roman Empire extended from northern Syria to the western Caucasus, across a remote and desolate region 800 miles from the Aegean. It followed the great Euphrates valley to penetrate the harsh mountains of Armenia Minor and south of the Black Sea, along the Pontic coast to the finally reach the foothills of the Caucasus. Though vast, this terrain has long remained one of the great gaps in our knowledge of the ancient world, barely visited and effectively unknown — until now. Here, Timothy Bruce Mitford offers an account of half a century of research and exploration over sensitive territory, in challenging conditions, to discover the material remains of Rome's last unexplored frontier. The geographical framework introduces frontier installations as they occur: fortresses and forts, roads, bridges, signalling stations, and navigation of the Euphrates. The journey is enriched with observations of consuls and travellers, memories of Turkish and Kurdish villagers, and notes and photographs of a way of life little changed since antiquity. The process of discovery was mainly on foot; staying in villages with local guides, following ancient tracks, and conversing with great numbers of people - provincial and district governors, village elders and teachers, police and jandarma, farmers and shepherds, and everyone in between. This came with its perils and pleasures; encounters with treasure hunters and apparent bandits, tales of saints and caravans, arrests and death threats, bears and wild boars, rafts and fishing, earthquakes, all amid the tumultuous events of the second half of the twentieth century. Richly illustrated with large-scale maps, photographs, and sketches, this is an account of travel and discovery, set against a background of a disappearing world encountered in the long process of academic exploration.
The Explorer s Guide to Death Valley National Park Second Edition
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : University Press of Colorado |
Total Pages | : 473 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.) |
ISBN | : 9781607320357 |
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Originally published in 1995, soon after Death Valley National Park became the fifty-third park in the U.S. park system, The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park was the first complete guidebook available for this spectacular area. Now in its second edition, this is still the only book that includes all aspects of the park. Much more than just a guidebook, it covers the park's cultural history, botany and zoology, hiking and biking opportunities, and more.
The Provinces of the Roman Empire from Caesar to Diocletian
Author | : Theodor Mommsen,William Purdie Dickson |
Publsiher | : London : R. Bentley & Son |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1886 |
Genre | : Roman provinces |
ISBN | : UOM:39015068395535 |
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The Katy Railroad and the Last Frontier
Author | : V. V. Masterson |
Publsiher | : University of Missouri |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0826206689 |
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History of the first railroad built across Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Eastern Turkey
Author | : T.A. Sinclair |
Publsiher | : Pindar Press |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 1990-12-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780907132523 |
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The initial section here covers the monuments of the important Hellenistic kingdom of Commagene, and includes Edessa (Urfa), the capital of a Crusader state, where there are also significant Islamic buildings. The final section, on the Hatay, focuses on the city of Antioch, with Seleucid, Roman and Byzantine remains, and the castles of the Crusader period in its vicinity. The neo-Hittite site of Karatepe and the Georgian and Syrian monasteries in the Hatay region are also dealt with. A comprehensive bibliography and index to all four volumes comes at the end.
The Panjab North West Frontier Provincce and Kashmir
Author | : James Douie |
Publsiher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2020-07-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9783752318074 |
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Reproduction of the original: The Panjab, North-West Frontier Provincce and Kashmir by James Douie