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Physical & Cultural Space in Pre-Industrial Europe
Marko Lamberg (Ed.)
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Description for Physical & Cultural Space in Pre-Industrial Europe
Hardcover. Prior to the Industrial Era, the geography of Europe posed problems, but also offered possibilities for its people. This book intends to answer how early modern Europeans - rulers, officials, aristocrats, scholars, priests, and commoners - perceived, utilised and organised the space around them. Editor(s): Lamberg, Marko; Hakanen, Marko; Haikari, Janne. Num Pages: 393 pages, colour maps & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HDD; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 830.
Prior to the Industrial Era, the geography of Europe posed problems, but also offered possibilities for its people. Distances created obstacles to communication and state formation, but at the same time, inhabitants and officials in peripheral areas gained room to pursue more independent action and allowing unique customs to flourish. In Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-industrial Europe the authors seek to answer how early modern Europeans -- rulers, officials, aristocrats, scholars, priests, and commoners -- perceived, utilised and organised the space around them. The geographic focus is on northern Europe, where distances played a more important role in society ... Read more
Prior to the Industrial Era, the geography of Europe posed problems, but also offered possibilities for its people. Distances created obstacles to communication and state formation, but at the same time, inhabitants and officials in peripheral areas gained room to pursue more independent action and allowing unique customs to flourish. In Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-industrial Europe the authors seek to answer how early modern Europeans -- rulers, officials, aristocrats, scholars, priests, and commoners -- perceived, utilised and organised the space around them. The geographic focus is on northern Europe, where distances played a more important role in society ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nordic Academic Press Sweden
Number of pages
393
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
393
Place of Publication
Lund, Sweden
ISBN
9789185509614
SKU
V9789185509614
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About Marko Lamberg (Ed.)
Marko Lamberg is the author of Shaping Ethnic Identities. He is currently leading a project that visualizes, by means of 3D technology, changes in rural environment ca. 1400–2000. Marko Hakanen and Janne Haikari are history professors at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland.
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