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  • 1870-1879  (5)
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  • 1
    ISBN: 9780511695223
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (lxxii, 484 pages)
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe 2011
    Series Statement: Cambridge library collection. Linguistics
    DDC: 305.899150945
    Keywords: Aboriginal Australians
    Abstract: Robert Brough Smyth was a successful Melbourne-based mining engineer & civil servant whose international contacts included the geologist Adam Sedgwick. He also spent 16 years as Secretary of the Board for the Protection of the Aborigines. In this study of the society & customs of indigenous Australians in the Victoria region, first published in 1878, he combines his own observations with those of others who lived or worked closely with the Aboriginal population. Volume 1 discusses the Aborigines' physical & mental characteristics, demographics, social interaction, rituals, daily life & mythology. Comparisons are made throughout with other indigenous populations, particularly those of nearby Pacific & Indonesian islands. Illustrated throughout, the book takes into account the changes forced on the native population by the arrival of European settlers in the late eighteenth century.
    Note: Also issued in print: 2009 , Originally published: Melbourne: George Robertson, 1878 , Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 22, 2020) , Online-Ausgabe:
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  • 2
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511910517
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 406 pages)
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe 2011
    Series Statement: Cambridge library collection. Spiritualism and esoteric knowledge
    DDC: 306.0942109034
    Keywords: London (England) Social conditions 19th century ; London (England) Social life and customs 19th century
    Abstract: The Anglican clergyman and founding member of the Society of the Holy Cross, Charles Maurice Davies, published Mystic London in 1875. The work is a collection of Davies' observations & researches into urban spiritualism. It includes descriptions of London mesmerists, mediums & séances, & discussions of Darwinism, secularism & the non-religious. Davies, who discovered spiritualism in Paris in the mid-1850s, & became a committed spiritualist after the death of his son in 1865, argued in this work that the principles & practices of spiritualism did not pose any threat to Christianity & that the two movements had much in common & could peacefully coexist. The work is an indispensable source on the presence of alternative religion in London & for the beliefs and practices of 19th century spiritualists. It offers a fascinating insight into Victorian experiences & attitudes towards the occult & the supernatural.
    Note: Also issued in print: 2011 , Originally published: London: Tinsley Brothers, 1875 , Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 23, 2020) , Online-Ausgabe:
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  • 3
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781139507387
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 269 pages)
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe 2014
    Series Statement: Cambridge library collection. Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
    DDC: 306.095496
    Keywords: Nepal Languages ; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Languages ; Nepal Literatures ; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Literatures ; Nepal Religion ; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Religion
    Abstract: An English civil servant who worked in British India and Nepal, Brian Houghton Hodgson (c.1801-94) was also a specialist in Tibetan Buddhism. First published in 1874, this is a collection of his essays on nineteenth-century Nepal and Tibet, earlier versions of which had appeared in the Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society and two books of Hodgson's own, later updated for the Phoenix, a monthly magazine for China, Japan and eastern Asia. Diverse in coverage, the essays represent over thirty years' research. Those in Part 1 focus on Buddhism, covering religious practices, writing, literature, attitudes to Buddhism and the differences between Buddhism and Shaivism. The pieces in Part 2 explore other aspects of Nepal and the Himalayas, such as tribal culture, colonisation and commerce. Discussing a range of linguistic, cultural, sociological and economic topics, this collection remains relevant.
    Note: Also issued in print: 2013 , Originally published: London: Trübner & Co., 1874 , Includes index , Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 19, 2019) , Online-Ausgabe:
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  • 4
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    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9780511701351
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 181 pages)
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe 2011
    Series Statement: Cambridge library collection. Women's writing
    DDC: 306.740941
    Keywords: Prostitution Law and legislation ; Prostitution Sources History 19th century
    Abstract: Josephine Elizabeth Butler (1828-1906) was a prominent English feminist who was best known for her controversial campaigns concerning the welfare and civil rights of prostitutes. In 1869 she became the leader of the campaign to limit the extension of the Contagious Diseases Acts. These Acts aimed to control the spread of venereal diseases in the armed forces through mandatory internal examinations and imprisonment for women accused of prostitution. Butler's campaign was instrumental in having the Acts repealed in 1886. In this volume of 1871, Butler denounces the Acts for denying accused women their civil rights, and discusses how repeal, together with universal suffrage and constitutional reform, would prevent this situation from recurring. Butler was one of the first feminists to frame her arguments explicitly through female experiences, and this volume illustrates her approach.
    Note: Also issued in print: 2010 , Originally published: Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1871 , Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 27, 2020) , Online-Ausgabe:
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  • 5
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    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] | Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781107109933
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 388 pages)
    Series Statement: Cambridge library collection
    DDC: 301.2
    Abstract: Though professionally a banker and politician, John Lubbock (1834–1913) is best remembered for his scientific writings. As a boy, he was tutored by his father's friend, Charles Darwin, in natural history. He went on to make contributions to archaeology, anthropology and entomology. In this illustrated anthropological treatise, Lubbock applies evolutionary theory to the development of human civilisations, outlining the progression from ancient forms of art, relationships, religion, ethics, language and law to their counterparts in the present day. He argues that the social structures of ancient cultures can be interpreted through interaction with contemporary primitive cultures. Published in book form in 1870, the material for this work was first delivered as a lecture series at the Royal Institution. Lubbock's Pre-historic Times as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages (1865), in which he coined the terms Palaeolithic and Neolithic, is also reissued in this series.
    Note: "This edition first published 1870"--Title page verso
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