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Travels into Print
Exploration, Writing, and Publishing with John Murray, 1773-1859
Av Bill Bell, Charles W. J. Withers m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
916 kr
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In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, books of travel and exploration were much more than simply the printed experiences of intrepid authors. They were works of both artistry and industry—products of the complex, and often contested, relationships between authors and editors, publishers …
Geography and Enlightenment
Av David N. Livingstone, Charles W. J. Withers
Häftad, 1999
437 kr
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Explores both the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment. From disciplinary and topical perspectives, contributors consider the many ways in which the world of the long 18th century was brought to view and shaped through map and text, exploration …
Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science
Av David N. Livingstone, Charles W. J. Withers
Inbunden, 2011
637 kr
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In "Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science", David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers gather essays that deftly navigate the spaces of science in this significant period and reveal how each is embedded in wider systems of meaning, authority, and identity. Chapters from a distinguished …
Geography and Revolution
Av Charles W. J. Withers, David N. Livingstone
E-bok, 2010
1327 kr
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A term with myriad associations, revolution is commonly understood in its intellectual, historical, and sociopolitical contexts. Until now, almost no attention has been paid to revolution and questions of geography. Geography and Revolution examines the ways that place and space matter in a variety …
Placing the Enlightenment
Thinking Geographically about the Age of Reason
E-bok, 2008
1048 kr
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The Enlightenment was the age in which the world became modern, challenging tradition in favor of reason, freedom, and critical inquiry. While many aspects of the Enlightenment have been rigorously scrutinized—its origins and motivations, its principal characters and defining features, its legacy …
Geography, Science and National Identity
Scotland since 1520
Av Charles W. J. Withers, Alan R. H. Baker
Häftad, 2006
984 kr
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Charles Withers' book brings together work on the history of geography and the history of science with extensive archival analysis to explore how geographical knowledge has been used to shape an understanding of the nation. Using Scotland as an exemplar, the author places geographical knowledge in …
Urbanising Britain
Essays on Class and Community in the Nineteenth Century
Av Gerry Kearns, Charles W. J. Withers
Häftad, 2007
586 kr
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Urbanising Britain brings together the work of some leading British historical geographers of the younger generation to consider nineteenth-century urbanization as a process, emphasizing the dimensions of class and community. The essays in this collection reflect the use of social science concepts …
Urbanising Britain
Essays on Class and Community in the Nineteenth Century
Av Gerry Kearns, Charles W. J. Withers
Inbunden, 1991
1777 kr
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Urbanising Britain brings together the work of some leading British historical geographers of the younger generation to consider nineteenth-century urbanization as a process, emphasizing the dimensions of class and community. The essays in this collection reflect the use of social science concepts …
Geography, Science and National Identity
Scotland since 1520
Inbunden, 2001
1761 kr
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Charles Withers' book brings together work on the history of geography and the history of science with extensive archival analysis to explore how geographical knowledge has been used to shape an understanding of the nation. Using Scotland as an exemplar, the author places geographical knowledge in …
Zero Degrees
Geographies of the Prime Meridian
Inbunden, 2017
419 kr
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Space and time on earth are regulated by the prime meridian, 0°, which is, by convention, based at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. But the meridian’s location in southeast London is not a simple legacy of Britain’s imperial past. Before the nineteenth century, more than twenty-five different …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 28
Av Charles W. J. Withers, Hayden Lorimer
Inbunden, 2009
3191 kr
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This is an annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. "The Geographers Bio-bibliographical Series Volume 28" includes essays on Dick Chorley, the influential geomorphologist, Charles P. Daly, long-serving …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 26
Av Charles W. J. Withers, Hayden Lorimer
Inbunden, 2007
3387 kr
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This twenty-sixth volume of "Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies" brings together essays on leading figures in time geography and regional theory, on GIS, on regional, cultural and political geography, on scriptural geography, historical geography and methodology, and on African exploration. …
The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography, 2v
Av Roger Lee, Noel Castree m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
9338 kr
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Superb! How refreshing to see a Handbook that eschews convention and explores the richness and diversity of the geographical imagination in such stimulating and challenging ways. - Peter Dicken, University of Manchester "Stands out as an innovative and exciting contribution that exceeds the genre." …
Scotland: Mapping the Nation
Av Charles W. J. Withers, Margaret Wilkes m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
315 kr
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Winner of the Saltire Society Research Book of the YearWhilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation''s history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest …
Gaelic Scotland
The Transformation of a Culture Region
Inbunden, 2015
3168 kr
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This book, originally published in 1988, examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the processes of anglicisation have largely succeeded. It analyses the many aspects of change including the …
Gaelic Scotland
The Transformation of a Culture Region
Häftad, 2017
639 kr
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This book, originally published in 1988, examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the processes of anglicisation have largely succeeded. It analyses the many aspects of change including the …
Gaelic Scotland
The Transformation of a Culture Region
E-bok, 2015
749 kr
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This book, originally published in 1988, examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the processes of anglicisation have largely succeeded. It analyses the many aspects of change including the …
Gaelic Scotland
The Transformation of a Culture Region
E-bok, 2015
749 kr
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This book, originally published in 1988, examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the processes of anglicisation have largely succeeded. It analyses the many aspects of change including the …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 35
Av Hayden Lorimer, Charles W. J. Withers
Häftad, 2023
639 kr
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Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 35 includes seven essays discussing the contribution made to geography by eleven geographers. The subjects include: three British figures, Francis Rennell Rodd (1895-1978) expert on the Sahara; David Harris (1930-2013), a geographer with …
Geographies of Knowledge
Science, Scale, and Spatiality in the Nineteenth Century
Av Robert J. Mayhew, Charles W. J. Withers
Inbunden, 2020
664 kr
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A path-breaking exploration of how space, place, and scale influenced the production and circulation of scientific knowledge in the nineteenth century.Over the past twenty years, scholars have increasingly questioned not just historical presumptions about the putative rise of modern science during …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 29
Av Hayden Lorimer, Charles W. J. Withers
E-bok, 2015
3611 kr
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Volume twenty-nine of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies has as its subject matter seven essays covering British and French regionalists, one of the world's leading cultural geographers, a quantitative geographer turned historical geographer and student of geopolitics, a pioneering medical …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 27
Av Charles W. J. Withers, Hayden Lorimer
E-bok, 2015
578 kr
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The twenty-seventh volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies includes essays covering the geographical work and lasting significance of eight individuals between the late sixteenth century and the early twentieth century. The essays cover early modern geography, cartography and astronomy, …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 31
Av Hayden Lorimer, Charles W. J. Withers
E-bok, 2015
3210 kr
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Volume thirty-one of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies brings together nine essays on leading geographers and their work. With its publication, the cumulative record of geographers' lives and works in GBS exceeds 460 essays. Here, the editors bring forward critical appraisals of six French …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 27
Av Charles W. J. Withers, Hayden Lorimer
E-bok, 2015
561 kr
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The twenty-seventh volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies includes essays covering the geographical work and lasting significance of eight individuals between the late sixteenth century and the early twentieth century. The essays cover early modern geography, cartography and astronomy, …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 30
Av Hayden Lorimer, Charles W. J. Withers
E-bok, 2015
3130 kr
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The thirtieth volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies adds significantly to the corpus of scholarship on geography's multiple histories and biographies with nine essays on figures from Britain, France, the USA and Spain. Each was distinguished in his or her own scholarship and made …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 31
Av Hayden Lorimer, Charles W. J. Withers
E-bok, 2015
3210 kr
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Volume thirty-one of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies brings together nine essays on leading geographers and their work. With its publication, the cumulative record of geographers' lives and works in GBS exceeds 460 essays. Here, the editors bring forward critical appraisals of six French …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 30
Av Hayden Lorimer, Charles W. J. Withers
Inbunden, 2011
2855 kr
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This is an annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. The thirtieth volume of "Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies" takes as its subject the contributions of nine individuals to the advancement and …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 28
Av Charles W. J. Withers, Hayden Lorimer
E-bok, 2015
3611 kr
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The Geographers Bio-bibliographical Series Volume 28 includes essays on Dick Chorley, the influential geomorphologist, Charles P. Daly, long-serving president of the American Geographical Society, Marion Newbigin, one of the leading women geographers of the early twentieth century and Peter …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 30
Av Hayden Lorimer, Charles W. J. Withers
E-bok, 2015
3130 kr
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The thirtieth volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies adds significantly to the corpus of scholarship on geography's multiple histories and biographies with nine essays on figures from Britain, France, the USA and Spain. Each was distinguished in his or her own scholarship and made …
Geographers
Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 29
Av Hayden Lorimer, Charles W. J. Withers
Inbunden, 2010
3293 kr
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Volume twenty-nine of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies has as its subject matter seven essays covering British and French regionalists, one of the world's leading cultural geographers, a quantitative geographer turned historical geographer and student of geopolitics, a pioneering medical …
