Richard Burton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3754017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Burton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Burton |
| SIGNATURE | BURTON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1856 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Século XIX
De Ferdinand Denis a Olavo Bilac
The Sitting-Height Index of Build, (Body Mass)/(Sitting Height)3, as an Improvement on the Body Mass Index for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
The body mass index (BMI) is unsatisfactory in being affected by both relative leg length and height, and, for use with children and adolescents, therefore needs to be interpreted in relation to age. The sitting-height index of build (body mass)/(sitting height)3, is largely free of these disadvantages. Furthermore, because that index is independent of relative leg length, the latter can be treated as a separate indicator of nutritional history a…
Body fat and skinfold thicknesses: A dimensional analytic approach
Names and naming in Afro-Caribbean cultures
Compares naming practices in the Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean and in Afro-American culture. Author asks how one is to interpret multiple identities and the parallel practice of taking over the names of the powerful as is common in both Afro-creole and Afro-American culture. He argues that Afro-creole culture is not a culture of resistance but an oppositional culture. It is a subaltern culture in part derived from a dominant culture which …
From Scapegoat to Martyr: The Image of Marie-Antoinette in Nineteenth-Century Catholic-Monarchist Thought
Ki moun nou ye?' The idea of difference in contemporary French West Indian thought
Central to this article are the attempts by different 'schools' of French Caribbean thinkers to conceptualize the phenomenon of difference. Author discusses 3 principal theories of difference: Négritude, Antillanité, and Créolité. The main focus is on Martinique
A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
First Footsteps in East Africa
Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel, and Exploration
Ethnological Notes on M. du Chaillu's "Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa"
First Footsteps in East Africa Or, An Exploration of Harar: Or, An Exploration of Harar
Sir Richard Burton (1821–1890), the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. In this book, first published in 1856, Burton recounts his travels to Harar, a c…
A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
First Footsteps in East Africa Or, An Exploration of Harar: Or, An Exploration of Harar
Sir Richard Burton (1821–1890), the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. In this book, first published in 1856, Burton recounts his travels to Harar, a c…
Names and naming in Afro-Caribbean cultures
Compares naming practices in the Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean and in Afro-American culture. Author asks how one is to interpret multiple identities and the parallel practice of taking over the names of the powerful as is common in both Afro-creole and Afro-American culture. He argues that Afro-creole culture is not a culture of resistance but an oppositional culture. It is a subaltern culture in part derived from a dominant culture which …
Ki moun nou ye?' The idea of difference in contemporary French West Indian thought
Central to this article are the attempts by different 'schools' of French Caribbean thinkers to conceptualize the phenomenon of difference. Author discusses 3 principal theories of difference: Négritude, Antillanité, and Créolité. The main focus is on Martinique
First Footsteps in East Africa
Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel, and Exploration
First Footsteps in East Africa Or, An Exploration of Harar: Or, An Exploration of Harar
Sir Richard Burton (1821–1890), the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. In this book, first published in 1856, Burton recounts his travels to Harar, a c…
Ethnological Notes on M. du Chaillu's "Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa"
Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel, and Exploration
A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
First Footsteps in East Africa
Ki moun nou ye?' The idea of difference in contemporary French West Indian thought
Central to this article are the attempts by different 'schools' of French Caribbean thinkers to conceptualize the phenomenon of difference. Author discusses 3 principal theories of difference: Négritude, Antillanité, and Créolité. The main focus is on Martinique
From Scapegoat to Martyr: The Image of Marie-Antoinette in Nineteenth-Century Catholic-Monarchist Thought
Names and naming in Afro-Caribbean cultures
Compares naming practices in the Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean and in Afro-American culture. Author asks how one is to interpret multiple identities and the parallel practice of taking over the names of the powerful as is common in both Afro-creole and Afro-American culture. He argues that Afro-creole culture is not a culture of resistance but an oppositional culture. It is a subaltern culture in part derived from a dominant culture which …
Body fat and skinfold thicknesses: A dimensional analytic approach
The Sitting-Height Index of Build, (Body Mass)/(Sitting Height)3, as an Improvement on the Body Mass Index for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
The body mass index (BMI) is unsatisfactory in being affected by both relative leg length and height, and, for use with children and adolescents, therefore needs to be interpreted in relation to age. The sitting-height index of build (body mass)/(sitting height)3, is largely free of these disadvantages. Furthermore, because that index is independent of relative leg length, the latter can be treated as a separate indicator of nutritional history a…
Século XIX
De Ferdinand Denis a Olavo Bilac
History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 works) · History (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works)