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Author | : Derek Waller |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2014-07-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813149045 |
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On a September day in 1863, Abdul Hamid entered the Central Asian city of Yarkand. Disguised as a merchant, Hamid was actually an employee of the Survey of India, carrying concealed instruments to enable him to map the geography of the area. Hamid did not live to provide a first-hand count of his travels. Nevertheless, he was the advance guard of an elite group of Indian trans-Himalayan explorers—recruited, trained, and directed by the officers of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India—who were to traverse much of Tibet and Central Asia during the next thirty years. Derek Waller presents the history of these explorers, who came to be called "native explorers" or "pundits" in the public documents of the Survey of India. In the closed files of the government of British India, however, they were given their true designation as spies. As they moved northward within the Indian subcontinent, the British demanded precise frontiers and sought orderly political and economic relationships with their neighbors. They were also becoming increasingly aware of and concerned with their ignorance of the geographical, political, and military complexion of the territories beyond the mountain frontiers of the Indian empire. This was particularly true of Tibet. Though use of pundits was phased out in the 1890s in favor of purely British expeditions, they gathered an immense amount of information on the topography of the region, the customs of its inhabitants, and the nature of its government and military resources. They were able to travel to places where virtually no European count venture, and did so under conditions of extreme deprivation and great danger. They are responsible for documenting an area of over one million square miles, most of it completely unknown territory to the West. Now, thanks to Waller's efforts, their contributions to history will no longer remain forgotten.
Author | : Nathaniel Brassey Halhed |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1776 |
Genre | : Customary law |
ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1776 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nathaniel Brassey Halhed |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 1776 |
Genre | : Customary law |
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Author | : Lloyd Tataryn |
Publisher | : Deneau & Greenberg |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Author | : Anna M. Young |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2014-02-21 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0809332957 |
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In Prophets, Gurus, and Pundits, author Anna M. Young proposes that the difficulty of bridging the gap between intellectuals and the public is not a failure of ideas; rather, it is an issue of rhetorical strategy. By laying a rhetorical foundation and presenting analytical case studies of contemporary “public intellectuals,” Young creates a training manual for intellectuals who seek to connect with a public audience and effect change writ large. Young begins by defining key aspects of rhetorical style before moving on to discuss the specific ways in which intellectuals may present ideas to a general audience in order to tackle large-scale social problems. Next, she defines the ways in which five crucial turning points in our nation—the rise of religious fundamentalism, a growing lack of trust in our institutions, the continued destruction of the environment, the ubiquity of media and information in our daily lives, and the decline of evidence-based reasoning—have set the stage for opportunities in the current public-intellectual dialogue. Via case studies of such well-known personalities as Deepak Chopra and Professor Cornel West, Young goes on to reveal the six types of public intellectuals who achieve success in presenting scholarly ideas to audiences at large: The Prophet presents the public’s sins for contemplation, then offers a path to redemption. The Guru shepherds his or her flock to enlightenment and a higher power. The Sustainer draws upon our natural and human resources to proffer solutions for social, political, and ecological systems. The Pundit utilizes wit and brevity to bring crucial issues to the attention of the public. The Narrator combines a variety of perspectives to create a story the average person can connect with and understand. The Scientist taps into the dreams of the public to offer ideas from above and beyond the typical scope of public discourse. At once a rallying cry and roadmap, The Politics of Thinking Out Loud draws upon rhetorical expertise and analysis of contemporary public intellectuals to offer a model for scholars to effectively engage the public—and in doing so, perhaps forever change the world in which we live.
Author | : Jeff Cohen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Great Britain. Privy Council |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1506 |
Release | : 1910 |
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Author | : Scott B. Noegel |
Publisher | : Eisenbrauns |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
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Essays on the use of word play in the literature of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, and Israel, and Medieval Hebrew and Arabic literature; includes such topics as: alliterative allusions, rebus writing, ominous homophony, portentous puns, and paronomasia.
Author | : David Sutherland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 722 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : India |
ISBN | : |
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With v. 26 is bound: A general digest of criminal cases reported in the Weekly reporter. By D. E. Cranenburgh. Calcutta, 1893.