British Logic in the Nineteenth Century

Jessop, R. (2008) The logic of Sir William Hamilton: tunnelling through sand to place the keystone in the Aristotelic Arch. In: Gabbay, D.M. and Woods, J. (eds.) British Logic in the Nineteenth Century. Handbook of the History

The Role of the German Researchers in the Formation of Islamic Art Studies

In the beginning of the nineteenth century, with the increasing interest of the Europeans in the culture of the East, the first articles on the Islamic art and culture were appeared in German-speaking countries. In the mid nineteenth century, some entries in German encyclopedias were devoted to Islamic art, and from the end of the century, the first monographs on Islamic architecture and orname...

Postcolonial Reading of Joseph Conrad’s Lingard Trilogy

Conrad’s acclaimed works from his middle period have been thoroughly studied from several perspectives including postcolonialism whereas the novels from his early period were overlooked due to their so-called“uneven” quality. The most notable works among Conrad’s early novels are hisLingard Trilogy- three of his early novels which are based on the recurring presence of the Captain Tom Lingard, ...

Signaling Exhaustion and Perfect Exclusion

You probably think of nineteenth century Great Britain as a place without any substantial social safety net aside from the Church. In fact, England had a well-developed welfare system in the nineteenth century, with local government functionaries dispensing cash. Early in the nineteenth century, low-level British functionaries knew almost all the people who were coming before them to appeal for...

Pharmaceutical history and its sources in the Wellcome Collections. I. The growth of professionalism in nineteenth-century British pharmacy.

WHILE the theme of this article is professionalism in nineteenth-century British pharmacy' its chief purpose is to draw attention to the pharmaceutical and associated collections in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library which are of value for studying this topic2. I will be stressing items other than printed books for it is often forgotten that objects and ephemera are as much hist...