Download or read book An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of Its Inhabitants written by John Davy and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of Its Inhabitants written by John Davy and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of Its Inhabitants written by John Davy and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of Its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of Its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island written by John Davy and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Furniture from British India and Ceylon written by Amin Jaffer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference for collectors, dealers, and scholars discusses colonial Indian furniture and the material culture of British India, in which local craftsmen used their skills to adapt to Western styles, producing a hybrid form which is in some ways typically English but unmistakably Indian. The four chapters by Jaffer (research fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum) provide a contextual background and discuss life in early British India, furnishings and the domestic interior, the availability and acquisition of furniture, and the Indian consumption of Western furniture and decorative articles. The catalogue contains color and b & w illustrations of 200 pieces from the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum, accompanied by descriptions, historical details, and notes on provenance, literature, exhibitions, and other relevant facts. Oversize: 9.5x11.25". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of Its Inhabitants written by John Davy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and of Its Inhabitants: With Travels in That Island The substance of the three first chapters, on the physical state of the Island in general, and on some particular branches of natural history, is the result Of my own enquiries, enriched by the contributions of some medical friends. The information contained in the fourth, fifth, and sixth chap ters, on the Political Condition Of the Interior, and on its Old Form of Government, was obtained from native sources; principally from Kandyan chiefs high in office, and conversant with business, and who were constantly in attendance at the court Of the dethroned monarch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The History of Ceylon from the Earliest Period to the Year MDCCCXV written by A. M. Philalethes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 799 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1817 book traces the history of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from the classical period to 1815.
Download or read book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon written by Robert Knox and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wanderlust written by Michelle Nussbaumer and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book from designer Michelle Nussbaumer features her dramatically lush interiors and shows readers how spaces can be inspired by travel and filled with treasures from around the world. As a curator who discovers exquisite treasures all over the world for her projects and her Dallas-based design store Ceylon et Cie, Michelle Nussbaumer has a signature style, in multilayered rooms that mix periods with antique textiles, embroideries and weavings, unconventional furniture, and global art. The result is unique interiors that might recall 1940s glamour or nineteenth-century England. Her first book, organized by mood and style, showcases interiors that range from calm to bold, and from rustic to exotic. These include Nussbaumer’s own stunning residences in Switzerland and Texas, as well as her work for clients around the country. Her sumptuous interiors—eclectic in style and influenced by the designer’s travels from Paris and Rome to Africa, Mexico, and China—provide alluring inspiration for design aficionados.
Download or read book Ceylon and the Portuguese 1505 1658 written by Paulus Edward Pieris and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1999 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story Of The Portuguese In Ceylon Is Of More Than Local Interest, For It Depicts For Us A Characteristic Phase Of The Beginning Of European Expansion In The East. A Hundred And Fifty Three Years After The Portuguese First Landed In Ceylon They Were Expelled From The Country, Leaving The Gloomy Word Failure Writ Large Over All Their Actions. That However Was Not All, For They Left The Sinhalese A Broken Race, With Their Ancient Civilization Brought Ot The Verge Of Ruin, And Their Scheme Of Life Well-Nigh Destroyed.
Download or read book About Ceylon and Borneo written by Walter J. Clutterbuck and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art in Theory written by Paul Wood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 1368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking new anthology in the Art in Theory series, offering an examination of the changing relationships between the West and the wider world in the field of art and material culture Art in Theory: The West in the World is a ground-breaking anthology that comprehensively examines the relationship of Western art to the art and material culture of the wider world. Editors Paul Wood and Leon Wainwright have included 370 texts, some of which appear in English for the first time. The anthologized texts are presented in eight chronological parts, which are then subdivided into key themes appropriate to each historical era. The majority of the texts are representations of changing ideas about the cultures of the world by European artists and intellectuals, but increasingly, as the modern period develops, and especially as colonialism is challenged, a variety of dissenting voices begin to claim their space, and a counter narrative to western hegemony develops. Over half the book is devoted to 20th and 21st century materials, though the book’s unique selling point is the way it relates the modern globalization of art to much longer cultural histories. As well as the anthologized material, Art in Theory: The West in the World contains: A general introduction discussing the scope of the collection Introductory essays to each of the eight parts, outlining the main themes in their historical contexts Individual introductions to each text, explaining how they relate to the wider theoretical and political currents of their time Intended for a wide audience, the book is essential reading for students on courses in art and art history. It will also be useful to specialists in the field of art history and readers with a general interest in the culture and politics of the modern world.
Download or read book Catalogues of Books for Sale by E W Stibbs written by E. W. Stibbs and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Banished potentates written by Robert Aldrich and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the overthrow and exile of Napoleon in 1815 is a familiar episode in modern history, it is not well known that just a few months later, British colonisers toppled and banished the last king in Ceylon. Beginning with that case, this volume examines the deposition and exile of indigenous monarchs by the British and French – with examples in India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam, Madagascar, Tunisia and Morocco – from the early nineteenth century down to the eve of decolonisation. It argues that removal of native sovereigns, and sometimes abolition of dynasties, provided a powerful strategy used by colonisers, though European overlords were seldom capable of quelling resistance in the conquered countries, or of effacing the memory of local monarchies and the legacies they left behind.
Download or read book Britain s Empire written by Richard Gott and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magisterial history of resistance to the rising of the British empire As the call for a new understanding of our national history grows louder, Britain’s Empire turns the received imperial story on its head. Richard Gott recounts the long-overlooked narrative of resisters, revolutionaries and revolters who stood up to the might of the Empire. In a story of almost continuous colonialist violence, Britain’s crimes unspool from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the Indian Mutiny, spanning the globe from Ireland to Australia. Capturing events from the perspective of the colonised, Gott unearths the all-but-forgotten stories excluded from mainstream histories.
Download or read book The Colonial Administrations of Sir Thomas Maitland written by C. Willis Dixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1939, this volume describes many of the more colourful episodes in the career of Sir Thomas Maitland, while, in its account of his role as governor, it makes a valuable contribution to the study of early colonial history. Maitland was one of the most important figures in the formative period of the colonial administrative service during and immediately after the Napoleonic Wars. After a distinguished military career, he had two long periods of office in Ceylon, from 1805 to 1811, and from 1813 until his death in 1824 he acted as Governor of Malta and then of the Ionian Islands, where he made a lasting reputation for his vigour and honesty, as well as for his autocratic methods of administration which brought him to be popularly regarded as a tyrant.
