Geography and imperialism, 1820-1940

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Geography and imperialism, 1820-1940

edited by Morag Bell, Robin Butlin and Michael Heffernan

（Studies in imperialism / general editor, John M. MacKenzie）

Manchester University Press , Distributed in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1995

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This work examines the ways in which European imperialism was facilitated and challenged during the period 1820 to 1920. It adds to current multi-disciplinary debates on the complex cultural, ideological and intellectual bases of European imperial conquests and colonizations by reference to geographical science. The authors examine maps and surveys, exploration and travel, the activities and debates of metropolitan and provincial geographical societies and a range of written and visual representations. The use of geographical knowledge as a tool of imperial propaganda is evaluated, together with its contribution to imperial debates on race, environmental perception and management. The book explores imperial photography, the cartography of decolonization and environmental management and conservation in the British Empire. The work of societies such as the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Dutch Geographical Society and the Societe de Geographie de Paris is evaluated.

Table of Contents

  • List of figures and tables
  • general editor's introduction
  • notes on contributors
  • introduction, Morag Bell et al
  • agents and agencies in geography and empire - the case of George Grey, James M.R. Cameron
  • imperialism and the discourse of desiccation
  • the institutionalisation of global environmental concerns and the role of the Royal Geographical Society, 1860-1880, Richard Grove
  • imperial landscapes - photography, geography and British exploration, 1858-1872, James R. Ryan
  • the Royal Dutch Geographical Society and the Dutch East Indies, 1873-1914, Paul van der Velde
  • the provincial geographical societies in Britain, 1884-1914, John M. MacKenzie
  • "The Mother of all the Peoples" - geographical knowledge and the empowering of Mary Slessor, Cheryl McEwan
  • historical geographies of empire, Robin A. Butlin
  • "Citizenship not charity" - Violet Markham on nature, society and the state in Britain and South Africa, Morag Bell
  • the spoils of war - the societe de geographie de Paris and the French empire, 1916-1919, Michael J. Heffernan
  • geopolitics, cartography and geographical knowledge - envisioning Africa from Italy, David Atkinson
  • the cartography of colonialism and decolonialism - the case of Swaziland, Jeffrey C. Stone.

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