The geographical tradition : episodes in the history of a contested enterprise
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The geographical tradition : episodes in the history of a contested enterprise
Blackwell Publishers, 1992
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"First published in USA 1993."--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [359]-410
Includes index
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ISBN 9780631185352
Description
This is the first intellectual history of a subject which over the last five centuries has played a significant role in the development of Western civilization. The author describes the activities of the explorers and map-makers of Renaissance and early modern Europe; the role of geography during the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment and the Darwinian Revolution; and the interactions between geography and empire building in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Throughout the book the development of geographical thought and practice is portrayed against the broader social and intellectual context of the times. Since 1945 activity in the subject has been intense: David Livingstone provides a critical account of the trends, developments and occasional revolutions by which geography has emerged as a multi-faceted discipline offering unique and revealing perspectives on a wide range of pressing social and environmental issues.
Table of Contents
Preface 1. Should the History of Geography be X-Rated? 2. Of Myths and Maps 3. Revolution, Celestial and Terrestrial 4. Naturalists and Navigators 5. Of Design and Dining Clubs 6. The Geographical Experiment 7. A 'Sternly Practical' Pursuit 8. The Regionalising Ritual 9. Statistics Don't Bleed 10. The Geographical Tradition Bibliography.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631185864
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The Geographical Tradition presents the history of an essentially contested tradition. By examining a series of key episodes in geography's history since 1400, Livingstone argues that the messy contingencies of history are to be preferred to the manufactured idealizations of the standard chronicles. Throughout, the development of geographical thought and practice is portrayed against the background of the broader social and intellectual contexts of the times. Among the topics investigated are geography during the Age of Reconnaissance, the Scientific Revolution and The Englightenment; subsequently geography's relationships with Darwinism, imperialism, regionalism, and quantification are elaborated.
Table of Contents
Preface. 1. Should the History of Geography be X-Rated? Telling Geography's Story.
2. Of Myths and Maps: Geography in the Age of Reconnaissance.
3. Revolution, Celestial and Terrestrial: Geography nad the Scientific Revolution.
4. Naturalists and Navigators: Geography in the Enlightenment.
5. Of Design and Dining Clubs: Pre-Darwinian Geography.
6. The Geographical Experiment: Evolution and the Founding of a Discipline.
7. A 'Sternly Practical' Pursuit: Geography, Race and Empire.
8. The Regionalising Ritual: Geography, Place and Particularity.
9. Statistics Don't Bleed: Quantification and its Detractors.
10. The Geographical Tradition: A Conversational Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.
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