{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-exploration-volumes-1-6-cultural-histories","title":"A Cultural History of Exploration: Volumes 1-6 (Cultural Histories)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"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 43 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\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the Canada Research Chair in Intercultural Encounter and Professor of Hispanic Studies at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada. Her books include \n\u003ci\u003eFirsting in the Early Modern Transatlantic World \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and \n\u003ci\u003eVisualizing the Text: From Manuscript Culture to Caricature\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 1: A Cultural History of Exploration in Antiquity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by \u003ci\u003eDaniela Dueck, Bar Ilan University, Israel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Preface, \u003ci\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \u003ci\u003eDaniela Dueck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Technologies of Exploration, \u003ci\u003ePascal Arnaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, \u003ci\u003eColin Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, \u003ci\u003eSerena Bianchetti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The Explored and their Explorations, \u003ci\u003eJoseph Skinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Verbalizing Exploration, \u003ci\u003eChiara Maria Mauro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Visualizing Exploration, \u003ci\u003eJohannes Wietzke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, \u003ci\u003ePaul Kosmin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume 2: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Middle Ages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eEdited by \n\u003ci\u003eWilliam D. Phillips, Jr., University of Minnesota, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eSeries Preface, \n\u003ci\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \n\u003ci\u003eWilliam D. Phillips, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e1. Technologies of Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eRichard W. Unger\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eWilliam D. Phillips, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, \n\u003ci\u003eMarguerite Ragnow\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e4. The Explored and their Explorations, \n\u003ci\u003eMagdalena Naum\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e5. Verbalizing Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eKim M. Phillips\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e6. Visualizing Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eChristoph Mauntel\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eIvana Elbl\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \n\u003cbr\u003eNotes on contributors \n\u003cbr\u003eIndex \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume 3: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Early Modern Age\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eEdited by \n\u003ci\u003eLauren Beck, Mount Allison University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eSeries Preface, \n\u003ci\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \n\u003ci\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e1. Technologies of Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eLydia Towns\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, \n\u003ci\u003eCarla Rahn Phillips\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e4. The Explored and their Explorations, \n\u003ci\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e5. Verbalizing Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eGayle K. Brunelle\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e6. Visualizing Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eDavid Buisseret\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003e Dennis Reinhartz\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \n\u003cbr\u003eNotes on contributors \n\u003cbr\u003eIndex \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume 4: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Age of Expansion and Enlightenment\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eEdited by \n\u003ci\u003eGayle K. Brunelle, University of California, Fullerton, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eSeries Preface, \n\u003ci\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \n\u003ci\u003eGayle K. Brunelle\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e1. Technologies of Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eKatherine Parker\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eSandra Rebok\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, Carla Rahn Phillips \n\u003cbr\u003e4. The Explored and their Explorations, \n\u003ci\u003eRainer F. Buschmann\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e5. Verbalizing Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eDouglas Catterall\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e6. Visualizing Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eImogen Wegman\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eJohn Gascoigne\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \n\u003cbr\u003eNotes on contributors \n\u003cbr\u003eIndex \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume 5: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Industrial Age\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eEdited by \n\u003ci\u003eJane Samson, University of Alberta, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eSeries Preface, \n\u003ci\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \n\u003ci\u003eJane Sansom\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e1. Technologies of Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003ePaul D'Arcy\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eEd Armston-Sheret\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, \n\u003ci\u003eMylynka Kilgore Cardona\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e4. The Explored and their Explorations, \n\u003ci\u003eDane Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e5. Verbalizing Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eRichard Weiner\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e6. Visualizing Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eSteffen Woell\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e7. Authority, Finance, and Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eRainer F. Buschmann\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBibliography \n\u003cbr\u003eNotes on contributors \n\u003cbr\u003eIndex \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolume 6: A Cultural History of Exploration in the Modern Age\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eEdited by \n\u003ci\u003eMartin Thomas, Australian National University, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSeries Preface, \n\u003ci\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, \n\u003ci\u003eMartin Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e1. Technologies of Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eVanessa Heggie\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e2. Motivations and Methodologies for Exploration, \n\u003ci\u003eAlessandro Antonello\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e3. Ideal and Idealized Explorer Typologies, \n\u003ci\u003eElena Glasberg\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e4. The Explored and their Explorations, \n\u003ci\u003eMichael F. Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e5. 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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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThemes (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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe page extent for the set is approximately 1,500 pp. Each volume opens with notes on contributors and an extensive editorial introduction to the period and concludes with notes, bibliography and an index. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Cultural Histories Series\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Exploration\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eBeck, Lauren\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLauren Beck\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Canada Research Chair in Intercultural Encounter and is Professor of Visual and Material Culture Studies at Mount Allison University, Canada where she teaches courses about maps, decolonization, empire, and food. 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