Author: Tony Stankus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000757927
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This book, first published in 2002, gathers some of America's top subject expert librarians to determine the most influential journals in their respective fields. 32 contributing authors reviewed journals from over twenty countries that have successfully shaped the evolution of their individual specialties worldwide. Their choices reflect the history of each discipline or profession, taking into account rivalries between universities, professional societies, for-profit and not-for-profit publishers, and even nation-states and international ideologies, in each journal's quest for reputational dominance. Each journal was judged using criteria such as longevity of publication, foresight in carving out its niche, ability to attract & sustain professional or academic affiliations, opinion leadership or agenda-setting power, and ongoing criticality to the study or practice of their field. The book presents wholly independent reviewers; none are in the employ of any publisher, but each is fully credentialed and well published, and many are award-winners. The authors guide college and professional school librarians on limited budgets via an exposition of their analytical and critical winnowing process in determining the classic resources for their faculty, students, and working professional clientele.
Journals of the Century
Author: Tony Stankus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000757927
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This book, first published in 2002, gathers some of America's top subject expert librarians to determine the most influential journals in their respective fields. 32 contributing authors reviewed journals from over twenty countries that have successfully shaped the evolution of their individual specialties worldwide. Their choices reflect the history of each discipline or profession, taking into account rivalries between universities, professional societies, for-profit and not-for-profit publishers, and even nation-states and international ideologies, in each journal's quest for reputational dominance. Each journal was judged using criteria such as longevity of publication, foresight in carving out its niche, ability to attract & sustain professional or academic affiliations, opinion leadership or agenda-setting power, and ongoing criticality to the study or practice of their field. The book presents wholly independent reviewers; none are in the employ of any publisher, but each is fully credentialed and well published, and many are award-winners. The authors guide college and professional school librarians on limited budgets via an exposition of their analytical and critical winnowing process in determining the classic resources for their faculty, students, and working professional clientele.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000757927
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This book, first published in 2002, gathers some of America's top subject expert librarians to determine the most influential journals in their respective fields. 32 contributing authors reviewed journals from over twenty countries that have successfully shaped the evolution of their individual specialties worldwide. Their choices reflect the history of each discipline or profession, taking into account rivalries between universities, professional societies, for-profit and not-for-profit publishers, and even nation-states and international ideologies, in each journal's quest for reputational dominance. Each journal was judged using criteria such as longevity of publication, foresight in carving out its niche, ability to attract & sustain professional or academic affiliations, opinion leadership or agenda-setting power, and ongoing criticality to the study or practice of their field. The book presents wholly independent reviewers; none are in the employ of any publisher, but each is fully credentialed and well published, and many are award-winners. The authors guide college and professional school librarians on limited budgets via an exposition of their analytical and critical winnowing process in determining the classic resources for their faculty, students, and working professional clientele.
The Journal of the Century
Author: Bryan Holme
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A compilation of nearly 100 years of Ladies' Home Journal.
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A compilation of nearly 100 years of Ladies' Home Journal.
The 18th Century Climate of Jamaica Derived from the Journals of Thomas Thistlewood, 1750-1786
Author: Michael Chenoweth
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871699329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Thomas Thistlewood is known for his daily records of life on a slave plantation in eighteenth-century Jamaica. Thistlewood's previously unexamined weather journal is shown here to be the most important written record from the Earth's tropical regions available. His observation methods are superior to most of his contemporaries & provide a high-quality daily record of more than 35 years. Comparison of his records with modern weather records indicates that Thistlewood's Jamaica was a much cooler & moister place than in modern times. A 252-year record of tropical storm & hurricane frequency in Jamaica reveals that the late 20th-century minimum in storm frequency is unprecedented.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871699329
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Thomas Thistlewood is known for his daily records of life on a slave plantation in eighteenth-century Jamaica. Thistlewood's previously unexamined weather journal is shown here to be the most important written record from the Earth's tropical regions available. His observation methods are superior to most of his contemporaries & provide a high-quality daily record of more than 35 years. Comparison of his records with modern weather records indicates that Thistlewood's Jamaica was a much cooler & moister place than in modern times. A 252-year record of tropical storm & hurricane frequency in Jamaica reveals that the late 20th-century minimum in storm frequency is unprecedented.
Scottish and Irish Diaries from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century with an Introduction
Author: Arthur Ponsonby Baron Ponsonby
Publisher: London : Methuen
ISBN:
Category : Diaries
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher: London : Methuen
ISBN:
Category : Diaries
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Our History of the 20th Century
Author: Travis Elborough
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1782437363
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
What better way to understand Britain during the twentieth century than through the eyes of those who experienced it at first hand? Travis Elborough's compilation offers brilliantly candid and intimate insights not only into the headline-grabbing events but also the domestic and personal moments of those who lived through it. The book draws on over one hundred diarists. They include the great and the good - from Beatrice Webb to Tony Benn, from A. C. Benson to Alan Bennett, from Virginia Ironside to Hanif Kureishi - as well as many less-well-known individuals such as Gladys Langford and Kathleen Tipper, whose writings for the Mass Observation Project offer brilliant glimpses into what the man or woman on the street really made of the stuff of history at the time. From the Easter Rising to the arrival of email, from the Boer War to New Labour, here are responses to the death of Princess Diana, the resignation of Margaret Thatcher, the Moon landing, the Beatles and much more. Guardian Best Books of 2017, selected by David Kynaston Praise for Travis Elborough: 'One of Britain's finest pop culture historians.' Guardian 'Elborough is an English nostalgist in the mode of John Betjeman . as a cultural commentator he is a terrific companion.' Sunday Times 'Travis Elborough is becoming a latter-day Alan Bennett.' Spectator 'Elborough has the passion of a true enthusiast.' Mail on Sunday 'Elborough is a charming, funny and frequently fascinating guide.' Telegraph
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1782437363
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
What better way to understand Britain during the twentieth century than through the eyes of those who experienced it at first hand? Travis Elborough's compilation offers brilliantly candid and intimate insights not only into the headline-grabbing events but also the domestic and personal moments of those who lived through it. The book draws on over one hundred diarists. They include the great and the good - from Beatrice Webb to Tony Benn, from A. C. Benson to Alan Bennett, from Virginia Ironside to Hanif Kureishi - as well as many less-well-known individuals such as Gladys Langford and Kathleen Tipper, whose writings for the Mass Observation Project offer brilliant glimpses into what the man or woman on the street really made of the stuff of history at the time. From the Easter Rising to the arrival of email, from the Boer War to New Labour, here are responses to the death of Princess Diana, the resignation of Margaret Thatcher, the Moon landing, the Beatles and much more. Guardian Best Books of 2017, selected by David Kynaston Praise for Travis Elborough: 'One of Britain's finest pop culture historians.' Guardian 'Elborough is an English nostalgist in the mode of John Betjeman . as a cultural commentator he is a terrific companion.' Sunday Times 'Travis Elborough is becoming a latter-day Alan Bennett.' Spectator 'Elborough has the passion of a true enthusiast.' Mail on Sunday 'Elborough is a charming, funny and frequently fascinating guide.' Telegraph
The Twentieth Century
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
Book Description
The Nineteenth Century
Science Progress in the Twentieth Century
Nineteenth Century
Early Nineteenth-century American Diary Literature
Author: Steven E. Kagle
Publisher: Boston : Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Discusses diarists such as Samuel Cole Davis, Charles Osborn, Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, John Charles Fremont, Margaret Van Horn Dwight Bell, Francis Parkman, Washington Irving, John J. Audubon, James Gallatin, James K. Polk, Philip Hone, John Quincy Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Amos Bronson Alcott.
Publisher: Boston : Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Discusses diarists such as Samuel Cole Davis, Charles Osborn, Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, John Charles Fremont, Margaret Van Horn Dwight Bell, Francis Parkman, Washington Irving, John J. Audubon, James Gallatin, James K. Polk, Philip Hone, John Quincy Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Amos Bronson Alcott.