The aim of this article is to show how the military rhetoric related to infection manifested itself in works of science and popular fiction of the late 18th century and early 19th century; how human bodies were perceived as battlefields on which the forces of infection and resistance fought; and finally, how similes taken from literary texts were used to show and explain the strategies infective agents employed to infiltrate and terrorise their unsuspecting victims. This paper focuses on scientific and literary texts which contain two examples of uses of bodies in this ideological war: similes of bodies as peculiar territories under external threat, and bodies as sources of contagion, smuggled across the borders of actual territories.
Broadside describing a proposed newspaper publication in Norwich, Vermont, dated 30 January 1846. ; THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY REFORMER Devoted to the support of truly Republican Principles- of a well disciplined Militia -of an American System of Education, and of sound Literature and Science. The Public is respectfully informed that it is proposed to publish a paper at Norwich, State of Vermont, under the above name, to be conducted by an association of gentlemen, on the following general plan, tovvit; 1st. THE POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. This Department will be devoted to advocating and sustaining all such measures as in their practical operations will promote the interest and welfare of the great body of the people-and oppose all those of a contrary character. It , will be open for the free and decorous discussion of all subjects involving the interest of the people, and the welfare of our republican institutions. 2nd. THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT. This Department will be under the control of Capt. ALDEN PARTRIDGE, and will be devoted to sustaining a well organized, and well disciplined militia, as the Constitutional defence of the country, and to the general dissemination of correct military information amongst the great body of the people. It will also contain original dissertations on all the branches pf Military Science and practical.military duty-whether in garrison, camp or active service, illustrated by descriptions of the most celebrated battles, sieges and other military operations, both of ancient and modern times* It will, in fine, embrace all the information necessary to enable officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, to dia-eharge their respective duties correctly in time of war as well as in time of peace. 3d. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Will be devoted to the general dissemination of useful knowledge, and to the advocating of such systems of Education as are most practically useful, and at the same time, most in accordance with the civil and political institutions of the country. 4th. IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE AND SCIENCE, Selections will be made from the most approved authors, whilst a due proportion of original articles will alsa appear. The latest foreign news will also find a place in the Reformer. The great object will be to make the proposed paper useful and interesting to the great body of our citizens, with-out distinction of party names. The paper will be published weekly, and handsomely printed on good paper, super-royal size, at the moderate price of One Dollar and twenty-five cents IN ADVANCE-or One Dollar and fifty cents at the expiration of six months ; and One Dollar seventy-five cents at the end of the year. Should there be sufficient encouragement, the first number will be issued the latter part of April next-or the early part of May. All who have been educated at Norwich or Middletown, or at any other similar Institutions, and all officers of the .volunteers and militia, are requested to act as agents in procuring subscribers. NOTE.-All agents are requested to make a return of a list of their subscribers to Capt. A. PARTRIDGE.,, at Nor-wich, Vermont, by the2Oth of April. January 30, 1846.
Greg Garrard, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies Professor in the Department of English at UBC Okanagan, explores cultural reactions to science through literature and the ramifications of politicizing science. This podcast was created by the UBC Okanagan Library in contribution to Science Literacy Week - http://scienceliteracy.ca/ ; Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of (Okanagan) ; Library, UBC ; Critical Studies, Department of (Okanagan) ; Unreviewed ; Faculty ; Other
There has been little success with exporting Chinese culture abroad, despite considerable eff orts made by the Chinese government. Chinese science fiction (sci-fi) has attracted increasing global attention and may be an important cultural tool to express a Chinese narrative abroad. Previous research has focused on Chinese sci-fi as a national literary product to be consumed within Chinese borders, but little has been written on Chinese sci-fi as a transnational product to be consumed globally. In this paper I examine the role of Chinese sci-fi literature as a transnational cultural tool from a bottom-up perspective. I attempt to understand the current role and function of Chinese sci-fi in the Sinosphere by looking into cultural flows within the sci-fi community and examining the routes of this transnational and transcultural voyage. The findings show that Chinese sci-fi is becoming globalised reaching consumers all over the world yet still maintaining its regional context. Thus, this paper contributes to an enhanced understanding of how Chinese sci-fi literature can create a positive and powerful image of China from the bottom-up.
Seemingly, science and literature don't have anything in common. Actually, fields such as medicine and ecology have maintained a close relationship with literature, this perhaps because they share the same humanistic values. This article examines this relationship, and relies on Chateaubriand's works as a writer and his deeds as a politician to explain how the ecology of forests inherited from a long aristocratic tradition which continued to exist during the French Revolution, and allowed the reforestation of France from 1827 on.
Early modern Germany saw the dissemination of vast quantities of information at unprecedented speed. Popular knowledge, scientific inquiry, and scholarship influenced the political order, poetic expression, public opinion, and mechanisms of social control. This collection presents twelve essays by distinguished scholars regarding the transcendent nature of the Divine, the natural world, the body, sexuality, intellectual property, aesthetics, demons, and witches. The contributors are Thomas Cramer, Walter Haug, C. Stephen Jaeger, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Jan-Dirk Måller, James A. Parente, Jr., Stephan K. Schindler, Gerhard F. Strasser, Lynne Tatlock, Elaine Tennant, Horst Wenzel, and Gerhild Scholz Williams.
V. 2, 1851. ; "Text . is based upon the well-known 'Bilder atlas zum conversations lexicon' . The second volume . has been entirely rewritten."--Pref. ; Atlas in ten "divisions," each of which, except the 4th, has special t.-p. ; I. Mathematics and astronomy, physics and meteorology, chemistry, mineralogy, geognosy and geology.--II. Botany, zoology, anthropology, and surgery.--III. Geography and planography, history and ethnology, military sciences, naval sciences.--IV. Architecture, mythology, the fine arts, technology.--Plates. 2v. ; Mode of access: Internet.
"Text . is based upon the well-known 'Bilder atlas zum conversations lexicon' . The second volume . has been entirely rewritten."--Pref. ; Atlas in ten "divisions," each of which, except the 4th, has special t.-p. ; I. Mathematics and astronomy, physics and meteorology, chemistry, mineralogy, geognosy and geology.--II. Botany, zoology, anthropology, and surgery.--III. Geography and planography, history and ethnology, military sciences, naval sciences.--IV. Architecture, mythology, the fine arts, technology.--Plates. 2v. ; Mode of access: Internet.
"Text . is based upon the well-known 'Bilder atlas zum conversations lexicon' . The second volume . has been entirely rewritten."--Pref. ; Atlas in ten "divisions," each of which, except the 4th, has special t.-p. ; I. Mathematics and astronomy, physics and meteorology, chemistry, mineralogy, geognosy and geology.--II. Botany, zoology, anthropology, and surgery.--III. Geography and planography, history and ethnology, military sciences, naval sciences.--IV. Architecture, mythology, the fine arts, technology.--Plates. 2v. ; Mode of access: Internet.
International audience ; The European research policy is to foster open science. The Open Science Monitor has been created as one particular source among others before the European Commission will make proposals for policy in cooperation with the member states of the EU and stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to assess the real and potential place of grey literature in the EC Open Science Monitor, in their data sources, in the methodology and indicators, in published surveys and case studies etc. Additionally, as among the objectives of the new French National Plan for Open Science is the creation of a monitoring system, the paper provides comparative information about the French approach to open science monitoring.
International audience ; The European research policy is to foster open science. The Open Science Monitor has been created as one particular source among others before the European Commission will make proposals for policy in cooperation with the member states of the EU and stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to assess the real and potential place of grey literature in the EC Open Science Monitor, in their data sources, in the methodology and indicators, in published surveys and case studies etc. Additionally, as among the objectives of the new French National Plan for Open Science is the creation of a monitoring system, the paper provides comparative information about the French approach to open science monitoring.
Title from caption. ; Issues for Jan. 2-9, 1937 are called v. 163; Jan. 16, 1937-July 16, 1938 are published without volume numbering. ; Some numbers include supplements. ; Mode of access: Internet.
Government innovation has become a common concept in many countries for influencing public sector reform. Government policy has also attracted attention from academia as a modern concept of governance. This study aims to understand issue innovation in government perspective. This study reviewed the literature of an article published in the social sciences through the NVivo analysis tool. This study indicates that the main issues in government innovation are public, actors, politics, policies, and institutions. This study also finds that government innovation can be used for decision-making and increasing organizational capacity. In addition, it can also be used to improve democratic institutions and increase organizational. This article contributions is provide new topic concerning government innovation in the future.
Issues for Jan. 2-9, 1937 called v. 163; Jan. 16, 1937-July 16, 1938 lack vol. numbering. ; Some numbers include supplements. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; G. Millard, ; Clark Library has vol. 63, no 1,645 (May 7, 1887) and vol. 64, no. 1,660 (August 20, 1887) only. Housed together in modern green cloth-covered case.
