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BL
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957067
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b711437
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| Main Entry
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Cannon, Garland Hampton,1924-
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| Title & Author
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The life and mind of Oriental Jones : : Sir William Jones, the father of modern linguistics /\ Garland Cannon.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1990.
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| Page. NO
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xix, 409 pages :: portrait ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521391490
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: 9780521391498
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-390) and index.
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| Contents
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A barbaric Oriental conqueror (to 1770) -- Delicate Arab maidens and liquid ruby (1770-1772) -- Persian Jones and constitutional law (1772-1777) -- The Athenian and Eleutherion (1778-1780) -- An ass laden with gold (1780) -- Politics: writings and activism (1780-1782) -- James River property (1782-1783) -- A vision in the Indian Ocean (1783-1785) -- A sacred Oriental language (1785) -- A genetic explanation: Indo-European (1786-1787) -- Sanskrit literary treasures (1787-1788) -- An Indian renaissance (1789) -- A burning tropical sun (1790-1791) -- Scholar-martyr (1791-1794) -- Jones today.
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Jones, William,1746-1794.
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Jones, William,1746-1794.
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Jones, William,1746-1794.
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Jones, William,(1746-1794)
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Jones, William,1746-1794
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Jones, William,1746-1794.
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Asianists-- Great Britain, Biography.
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Oriental languages-- Study and teaching-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
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Philologists-- Great Britain, Biography.
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Sanskritists-- Great Britain, Biography.
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Linguistics.
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Spécialistes en études asiatiques-- Grande-Bretagne, Biographies.
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Asianists.
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Middle East specialists-- Great Britain-- 18th century, Biography.
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Oriental languages-- Study and teaching.
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Orientalisme.
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Orientalistes-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Philologists.
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Sanskritists.
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Oriëntalisten.
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Vergelijkende taalwetenschap.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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950/.07202B
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| LC Classification
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PK109.J6C28 1990
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| NLM classification
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17.01bcl
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17.02bcl
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18.66bcl
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