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Exploration: A Very Short Introduction [#412]
Exploration: A Very Short Introduction [#412]
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文明が誕生して以来、人は外の新しい世界を見てみたいという欲求を持ち続けてきました。古代ポリネシア人の航海や、コロンブスによるアメリカ大陸の発見はもとより、近代地理学の成立へと導いた探検や、北極・南極の観測など、テーマ別にあらゆる時代、世界各地で行われた探検を繙きます。探検に対する飽くなき探求心は、私たちが生きるグローバル化社会の礎であり、自然や地球の歴史の探求にもつながると著者は指摘します。
  

  • Places the explorer and the act of exploration in the context of the natural history of the earth itself
  • Makes an original argument that exploration happens at the intersection of nature and power
  • Surveys the history of exploration from the ancient to the modern periods

  
For as long as there have been civilizations, there has been the urge to venture outside of them, either in search of other civilizations or in search of novelty. Exploration: A Very Short Introduction surveys this quintessential human impulse, tracing it from pre-history to the present, from east to west around the globe, and from the depths of volcanoes to the expanses of space. 
 
Stewart Weaver arranges the history of world explorations into thematic chapters, each of which isolates the distinctive qualities and characteristics of exploration in a particular era, period, or place. He introduces the reader to the definition of exploration; to the Polynesians crossing vast seas on their canoes and other early explorers; through Columbus and the European discovery of the Americas. James Cook and the place of exploration in the Enlightenment form the subject of a chapter. So too do the natural histories and explorations of Alexander von Humboldt in South America and Lewis and Clark in North America. The book's final chapters chart exploration through imperial expansion and into new frontiers, guiding the reader through exploration in Africa and Central Asia, the race to the North and South Poles, and today's efforts in space and deep sea exploration.
 
But what accounts for this urge? Through this unique survey of the history of exploration, Weaver clearly shows how the impulse to explore is also the foundation of the globalized world we inhabit today. Exploration combines a narration of explorers' daring feats with a wide-lens examination of what it fundamentally means to explore. As Weaver shows us, the act of exploration in the largest possible global context is the natural history of the earth itself.
 
 
REVIEWS:
"In 35,000 words (130 pages) is it possible to give appropriate scope to the subject as a whole and still say something meaningful about he explorer, the subaltern, the contact zone or the encounter? In Stewart Weaver's hands, yes. Written with a deft touch, his account of exploration gives scope while still finding room for subjects that require special detail and analysis." - Studies in Travel Writing

目次: 

Preface
List of illustrations

1 What is (and is not) Exploration?
2 The Peopling of the Earth
3 First Forays
4 The Age of Exploration
5 Exploration and the Enlightenment
6 Exploration and Empire
7 The Ends of the Earth
Epilogue: Final Frontiers?
References
Further Reading
Index

著者について: 

Stewart A. Weaver is a Professor of History, University of Rochester. He is the co-author (with Maurice Isserman) of Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, which won the National Outdoor Book Award for History and Biography and the Banff Mountain Festival Award for mountaineering history.

商品情報

ISBN : 9780199946952

著者: 
Stewart A. Weaver
ページ
152 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
111 x 174 mm
刊行日
2015年01月
シリーズ
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Exploration: A Very Short Introduction [#412]

Exploration: A Very Short Introduction [#412]

Exploration: A Very Short Introduction [#412]