Download or read book Berichte Briefe und Dokumente des Botanikers Sinologen und Nakhi Forschers written by Joseph Francis Charles Rock and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2002 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. F. Rock hatte eine vielseitige Karriere: Vom Autodidakten entwickelte er sich zur Autorit�t fuer die Botanik Hawaiis; Forschungsreisen in Suedchina brachten reiche Ausbeute an Specimina botanischer (ca. 80000) und ornithologischer Art (ueber 1000) sowie illustrierte Artikel im National Geographic Magazine. In der Folge wurde Rock zum Experten fuer das kleine Volk der Nakhi, deren piktographische Manuskripte (ca. 5000) er sammelte und deren Rituale, Sprache und Geschichte er in umfangreichen Beitr�gen behandelte. Der vorliegende Band gibt ein Schriftenverzeichnis, T�tigkeitsberichte aus Hawaii, Zeitungsberichte ueber Rocks Forschungen, Briefwechsel mit Botanikern und Institutionen (so dem Gray Herbarium) und die umfangreiche Korrespondenz mit dem Harvard-Yenching-Institut, dessen Forschungsmitarbeiter Rock zeitweise war. Die Briefe und Dokumente geben einen lebendigen Eindruck von Rocks vielseitiger wissenschaftlicher T�tigkeit und seiner unternehmenden, eigenwilligen Pers�nlichkeit. "Unterlagen ueber Joseph Rock sind weit verstreut. Dementsprechend ist es schwierig, einen guten �berblick ueber das vorliegende Material zu gewinnen. Aus diesem Grund ist die von Hartmut Walravens hier vorgelegte Materialsammlung fuer eine seri�se Besch�ftigung mit Rock und seinem Lebenswerk von unsch�tzbarer Bedeutung. [�] Zusammenfassend kann festgestellt werden, dass die hier vorliegende Materialsammlung einzigartige Einblicke in die Person des Joseph Rock, seine Entwicklung sowie sein Lebenswerk darstellt. � Eine genauere Auswertung der hier gesammelten Korrespondenzen und Materialien wird wohl weit ueber die Grenzen der Ostasienwissenschaften hinaus wirken." Asien .
Download or read book Joseph Franz Rock 1884 1962 written by Joseph Francis Rock and published by Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der aus Wien stammende Joseph Franz Rock (1884-1962) ist als Botaniker und als Ethnograph der in Sudwestchina lebenden Na-khi (Naxi), einer nichtchinesischen, einem Schamanenkult anhangenden und tausende von Manuskripten in ihrer eigenen Bilderschrift besitzenden Ethnie, hervorgetreten. Neben zehntausenden von botanischen Belegen (darunter ein groaer Teil der heute kultivierten Rhododendron-Arten) und etwa 2000 Vogelbalgen hat Rock zehntausend Na-hsi-Manuskripte gesammelt, das erste Worterbuch verfaat und eine Anzahl der Rituale ubersetzt. Inzwischen ist Rocks ehemaliges Wohnhaus in Lijiang (Yunnan) Museum, und sein Hauptwerk uber die Na-khi ist ins Chinesische ubersetzt. Rocks vielseitige Tatigkeit wird im vorliegenden Band von mehreren Seiten beleuchtet: Die Zeitungsberichte zeigen ihn im Umgang mit den Medien und die Rezeption seines Werkes in den USA, der Briefwechsel mit den ostasienwissenschaftlichen Gelehrten an der University of Washington erlautert die Genese des Na-hsi-Worterbuchs und seine Forderung der tibetischen Sammlungen, wahrend die Korrespondenz mit C. S. Sargent (Arnold Arboretum) Licht auf die Expedition zum Amnye Machen Bergmassiv wirft. Der Briefwechsel mit dem Leipziger Tibetologen Johannes Schubert liefert den Hintergrund zu Rocks zunehmenden tibetologischen Studien, wahrend die Briefe an seinen Neffen Robert Koc die Personlichkeit des Forschers in den Mittelpunkt stellen und seine Anhanglichkeit an die alte Heimat dokumentieren. Besondere Bedeutung hat das von Rock selbst noch uberarbeitete Tagebuch der Reise 1921-1923 von Chieng-mai (Thailand) nach Lijiang, wobei er teils der Route von Major H. R. Davies folgte, so daa die Berichte sich gewissermaaen erganzen. Der Band liefert umfangreiches Material zum Verstandnis eines bedeutenden Wissenschaftlers und seines Werks. Mit mehreren Registern.
Download or read book Joseph Franz Rock written by Joseph Francis Charles Rock and published by Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock (1884-1962) , originally from Vienna, made his name as an explorer of the flora of his new home, the Hawaiian Islands. After WWI American institutions sent him an a botanical explorer to South China and the Tibetan border are.
Download or read book Diary of Joseph F Rock written by Joseph Francis Charles Rock and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travels of Joseph F Rock as Described in the National Geographic Magazine written by Joseph Francis Charles Rock and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joseph Franz written by Jo F. Humphrey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-07-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "His training has been that of an engineer, and he is a thorough businessman. He is a man of integrity with no axes to grind who assumed his duties toward the town at a personal sacrifice."-Gertrude Robinson Smith, socialite and philanthropist, on Joseph Franz Joseph Franz was a precocious teenager when he arrived in America on October 16, 1897, determined to succeed at any undertaking. As an electrical engineer, Franz defied the most respected electrical names of the time, such as George Westinghouse, to experiment with untested methods of producing and providing electricity. After retiring from the electrical field, he dared to design and build two great cultural buildings in the Berkshires that are still used today. One provides shelter for the renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra. The other is the first theatre built specifically for dance at Jacob's Pillow, an old farm near Becket, Massachusetts that has become the first dance related institution in America to be designated as a National Historic Landmark. Through his European education, Franz learned that to brag about oneself was very unethical. Because of his modesty, few are aware of his tireless contributions and service to his community in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the surrounding area. Franz's children are finally able to help him bring his accomplishments to light in Joseph Franz-A Renaissance Man in the 20th Century.
Download or read book Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland Joseph Franz Rock 1884 1962 Berichte Briefe und Dokumente des Botanikers Sinologen und Nakhi Forschers written by Wolfgang Voigt and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Expedition Zum Amnye Machhen in S dwest China Im Jahre 1926 written by Joseph Francis Charles Rock and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Franz Rock (1884-1962), ein hervorragender Botaniker, verbrachte fast 25 Jahre in Sudwestchina und wurde zum Pionier der Erforschung der Naxi (Nakhi), einer Ethnie mit eigener mythologischer und sozialer Tradition und einer eigenartigen Bilderschrift. Dieser Band bringt bisher unveroffentlichte Materialien zu Rocks Expedition zum Gebirgsmassiv Amnye Machhen, das damals kaum bekannt war. Rocks Tagebuch beschreibt minutios und flussig, ja spannend, den Reiseverlauf, der sich in anderer Facettierung in Rocks Briefwechsel mit C.S. Sargent, dem Direktor des Arnold Arboretum und Sponsors der Expedition, spiegelt. Rock hat spater die Ortsnamen genauer bestimmt und in tibetischer Orthographie beigegeben. Ein Register schliesst den Band ab. Die edierten Texte sind im Original (d.h. in englischer Sprache) wiedergegeben.
Download or read book Manuscript by Joseph F Rock written by Joseph Francis Rock and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: pt. 2: p. 385-804, 805 (incompl.), 2 leaves: "Other mss. belonging to this ceremony ...". For p. 628-633 there are duplications, discrepancies and materials not published. Written primarily on stationery of the Arnold Arboretum.
Download or read book Fruits of Eden written by Amanda Harris and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the nineteenth century—when most food in America was bland and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-exotic foods—David Fairchild convinced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finance overseas explorations to find and bring back foreign cultivars. Fairchild traveled to remote corners of the globe, searching for fruits, vegetables, and grains that could find a new home in American fields and in the American diet. In Fruits of Eden, Amanda Harris vividly recounts the exploits of Fairchild and his small band of adventurers and botanists as they traversed distant lands—Algeria, Baghdad, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Java, and Zanzibar—to return with new and exciting flavors. Their expeditions led to a renaissance not only at the dinner table but also in horticulture, providing diversity of crops for farmers across the country. Not everyone was supportive, however. The scientific community was concerned with invasive species, and World War I fanned the flames of xenophobia in Washington. Adversaries who believed Fairchild’s discoveries would contaminate the purity of native crops eventually shut down his program, but his legacy lives on in today’s modern kitchen, where navel oranges, Meyer lemons, honeydew melons, soybeans, and durum wheat are now standard.
Download or read book Diversionary War written by Amy Oakes and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-03 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very existence of diversionary wars is hotly contested in the press and among political scientists. Yet no book has so far tackled the key questions of whether leaders deliberately provoke conflicts abroad to distract the public from problems at home, or whether such gambles offer a more effective response to domestic discontent than appeasing opposition groups with political or economic concessions. Diversionary War addresses these questions by reinterpreting key historical examples of diversionary war—such as Argentina's 1982 Falklands Islands invasion and U.S. President James Buchanan's decision to send troops to Mormon Utah in 1857. It breaks new ground by demonstrating that the use of diversionary tactics is, at best, an ineffectual strategy for managing civil unrest, and draws important conclusions for policymakers—identifying several new, and sometimes counterintuitive, avenues by which embattled states can be pushed toward adopting alternative political, social, or economic strategies for managing domestic unrest.
Download or read book Unearthing Bon Treasures written by Dan Martin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2001 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unprecedented account of one of the earliest Tibetan treasure revealers also seeks to understand the role social or familial interests and sectarian polemic have played in perpetuating and transforming the textual narratives about him.
Download or read book Emperor Francis Joseph written by John Van der Kiste and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1848, 28-year-old Francis Joseph became King of Hungary and Emperor of Austria. He would reign for almost 68 years, the longest of any modern European monarch. Focusing on the life of Emperor Francis Joseph and his family, this book examines their personal relationships against the turbulent background of the 19th century.
Download or read book The Radetzky March written by Joseph Roth and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2002-08-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author’s masterpiece, an epic saga of a family and an empire in decline, is “full of psychological penetration and tragic force” (The New Yorker). The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth’s classic novel of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, follows three generations of the privileged von Trotta family as Europe advances inexorably toward World War I. With a breadth and richness that draws comparison to Tolstoy, it encompasses the entire social fabric of Austro-Hungarian society. Shot through with dark humor and tragic irony, The Radetzky March is an unparalleled portrait of a civilization in decline, and as such a universal story for our times. “A masterpiece . . . The totality of Joseph Roth’s work is no less than a tragédie humaine achieved in the techniques of modern fiction. No other contemporary writer, not excepting Thomas Mann, has come close to achieving the wholeness . . . that Lukács cites as our impossible aim.” —Nadine Gordimer
Download or read book Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society written by Marie-Paule Hille and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches offers nine case studies from several academic disciplines. The chapters describe the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity within the Muslim communities of Amdo and illustrate complex social interactions with other Amdo communities. While relations between Han Chinese and Tibetans, and between Han Chinese and Muslims in Qinghai and Gansu, have already attracted scholarly attention, this volume has a special focus on Tibetan-Muslim interactions. These are rarely discussed and if so, then mostly in the contexts of trade relations and conflicts. This volume challenges some established stereotypes of Tibetan-Muslim relations and also highlights new facets of cross-cultural contacts and religious and linguistic influences.
Download or read book Tibetan Borderlands written by International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar and published by Brill's Tibetan Studies Librar. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan Borderlands examines modern culture and recent history of the varied lands surrounding the Tibetan plateau. These include Ladakh, Northern India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Northern Burma, and China.
Download or read book Rock Mechanics in Civil and Environmental Engineering written by Jian Zhao and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-05-19 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last two decades rock mechanics in Europe has been undergoing some major transformation. The reduction of mining activities in Europe affects heavily on rock mechanics teaching and research at universities and institutes. At the same time, new emerging activities, notably, underground infrastructure construction, geothermal energy develo
