Geography Militant: Cultures of Exploration and Empire
Felix Driver
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Description for Geography Militant: Cultures of Exploration and Empire
Paperback. * New perspective on the history of geographical exploration (concerned with the relationships between culture, science and empire). * Brings together a wealth of unpublished and published material in an engaging, well--illustrated and accessible book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Geography Militant is a compelling account of the relations between geographical knowledge, exploration and empire.
Geography Militant is a compelling account of the relations between geographical knowledge, exploration and empire.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631201120
SKU
V9780631201120
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Felix Driver
Felix Driver is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Power and Pauperism (1993) and the co-editor of Imperial Cities: Landscape, Display and Identity (1999) and Nature and Science: Essays in the History of Geographical Knowledge (1992). He is an editor of History Workshop Journal.
Reviews for Geography Militant: Cultures of Exploration and Empire
"A valuable contribution to the 'culture of exploration'. Geography militant lives on in advertising, photography, guide books, magazines and- virtually- in our imaginations." Traveller Magazine "Expoliting the divide 'twixt' science and the sensational and pointing to differing geographies of various periods , this well wrought, closely knit book of nine illustrated chapters dwells on the age of exploration, ... Read more