Jane Mork Gibson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3945763 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Mork Gibson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane Mork |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibson |
| SIGNATURE | GIBSON J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A critical paradigm for the histories of anthropology
The article presents a discussion focused on Regna Darnell's concepts of critical paradigm and transportable knowledge in relation to contemporary studies in history of anthropology, put forward in her essay based on the text written for the keynote address at EASA's History of Anthropology Network and reproduced in BEROSE International Encyclopaedia of the Histories of Anthropology. Assessing the changing disciplinary scene of humanities and soc…
Ships for the Seven Seas
Reviewed by: Ships for the Seven Seas: Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism * Jane Mork Gibson (bio) Ships for the Seven Seas: Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism. By Thomas R. Heinrich. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Pp. x+290; illustrations, figures, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95. This book undertakes to show how American shipbuilding illustrates the interaction of busine…
The First Industrial Revolutions
The industrial revolution - concept or reality, P.Mathias the new economic history, N.F.R.Crafts industrialization in Britain and Europe before 1850: new perspective and old problems, J.A.Davis financing the industrial revolution, P.Mathias transport the survival of the old besides the new, T.C.Barker agricultural and industrialization, P.Mathias population and economic change in the 18th and 19th centuries, R.Woods the transformation of work in …
Survivals
Survivals
414 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE I am not quite sure what to make of a book in which the descriptions that accompany the figures are nearly as long as the text itself. This is certainly not a criticism of the overall work—it just seems it might be easier on the reader if the bulk of the material could be worked into the text. A good deal of moving back and forth was needed to keep things straight. Nelson’s figures are well executed, quite …
The International Electrical Exhibition of 1884
The International Electrical Exhibition of 1884, sponsored by the Franklin Institute, was held in Philadelphia fromn September 2 to October 11, 1884. It recorded the past in a historical exhibit and bibliogaphical collection, displayed the present in exhibits of machinery and equipment for the production and use of electricity, and presaged the future in the first public display of a vacuum tube. In competitive tests, Edison's lamps burned for 10…
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The International Electrical Exhibition of 1884
The International Electrical Exhibition of 1884, sponsored by the Franklin Institute, was held in Philadelphia fromn September 2 to October 11, 1884. It recorded the past in a historical exhibit and bibliogaphical collection, displayed the present in exhibits of machinery and equipment for the production and use of electricity, and presaged the future in the first public display of a vacuum tube. In competitive tests, Edison's lamps burned for 10…
Survivals
Survivals
414 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE I am not quite sure what to make of a book in which the descriptions that accompany the figures are nearly as long as the text itself. This is certainly not a criticism of the overall work—it just seems it might be easier on the reader if the bulk of the material could be worked into the text. A good deal of moving back and forth was needed to keep things straight. Nelson’s figures are well executed, quite …
The First Industrial Revolutions
The industrial revolution - concept or reality, P.Mathias the new economic history, N.F.R.Crafts industrialization in Britain and Europe before 1850: new perspective and old problems, J.A.Davis financing the industrial revolution, P.Mathias transport the survival of the old besides the new, T.C.Barker agricultural and industrialization, P.Mathias population and economic change in the 18th and 19th centuries, R.Woods the transformation of work in …
Ships for the Seven Seas
Reviewed by: Ships for the Seven Seas: Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism * Jane Mork Gibson (bio) Ships for the Seven Seas: Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism. By Thomas R. Heinrich. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. Pp. x+290; illustrations, figures, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95. This book undertakes to show how American shipbuilding illustrates the interaction of busine…
A critical paradigm for the histories of anthropology
The article presents a discussion focused on Regna Darnell's concepts of critical paradigm and transportable knowledge in relation to contemporary studies in history of anthropology, put forward in her essay based on the text written for the keynote address at EASA's History of Anthropology Network and reproduced in BEROSE International Encyclopaedia of the Histories of Anthropology. Assessing the changing disciplinary scene of humanities and soc…
History (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Management (2 works)