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Charting an Empire
Lesley B. Cormack
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Description for Charting an Empire
Paperback. Examines how early modern England transformed itself into the centre of a worldwide empire. This work argues that the new study of geography played a crucial role in fuelling England's imperial ambitions, and that it helped create an ideology of empire which made imperialism possible. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTQ; JNM; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
How did early modern England - an island nation on the periphery of world affairs - transform itself into the centre of a worldwide empire? The author of this work argues that the newly institutionalized study of geography played a crucial role in fuelling England's imperial ambitions. Cormack demonstrates that geography was part of the arts curriculum between 1580 and 1620, read at university by a broad range of emerging political, economic, and religious leaders. By teaching these young Englishmen to view their country in a global context, and to see England playing a major role on that stage, geography ... Read more
How did early modern England - an island nation on the periphery of world affairs - transform itself into the centre of a worldwide empire? The author of this work argues that the newly institutionalized study of geography played a crucial role in fuelling England's imperial ambitions. Cormack demonstrates that geography was part of the arts curriculum between 1580 and 1620, read at university by a broad range of emerging political, economic, and religious leaders. By teaching these young Englishmen to view their country in a global context, and to see England playing a major role on that stage, geography ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226116075
SKU
V9780226116075
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