Bright Paradise
by Peter Raby | Science | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0691048436 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0691048436 Global Overview for this book
Registered by PostMuse of Wellfleet, Massachusetts USA on 10/19/2003
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Bought from closeout sale to release while on vacation. From Amazon:
Were Victorian explorers tools of imperialism? Accomplices in conquest and genocide? Well, perhaps, and even probably. The 19th-century English explorers who sought the origins of the Nile and the heights of the Himalayas saw themselves as agents of excellence, paragons of Victorian values, and they were well aware that they opened the door for compatriots who traveled not for knowledge but for wealth. Peter Raby examines the lives and work of the great Victorian peripatetic scientists, defending them from their modern detractors and highlighting the accomplishments of those who climbed mountains in search of tea and crossed jungles in quest of orangutans and cities of gold. Some were hapless, like the snakebit Henry Walter Bates; others were fearless, like Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, the archetype of adventure. All were interesting, and Raby does a fine job of presenting them to us.
Journal Entry 2 by PostMuse at -- wild-released somewhere in Newburgh (see notes for details) in Newburgh, New York USA on Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Release planned for Friday, November 07, 2003 at Unknown in Newburgh, New York USA.
I will update this as soon as I know where in Newburgh I will release. I will be on the road and this is just one place I will drive through.
I will update this as soon as I know where in Newburgh I will release. I will be on the road and this is just one place I will drive through.
Did not release as planned. Will make new release notes.
Journal Entry 4 by PostMuse at Trident Booksellers, Newbury St., Back Bay in Boston, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Released on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at Back Bay - Newbury Street - Trident Booksellers in Boston, Massachusetts USA.
To be released at MeetUp tonight, unless I find a better place on the way into Boston.
To be released at MeetUp tonight, unless I find a better place on the way into Boston.
I just got this book from the Boston bookcrossing meetup (BTW: I'll post the pictures as soon as I have the film developped). I am looking forward to reading it at some point - most likely during Christmas Break, since I already have SOOO many books to read this semester for my classes.
Journal Entry 6 by hajoui at Harvard Sq. - Tealuxe (counter facing the window) in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, May 27, 2004
Released on Thursday, May 27, 2004 at Harvard Sq. - Tealuxe (counter facing the window) in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA.
Plan on releasing this book in an hour or so
Plan on releasing this book in an hour or so