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The Geographical Tradition
Episodes in the History of a Contested Enterprise
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Recommended for students and scholars of geography, history of science, and intellectual history, as well as readers interested in the evolution of Western civilisation through the lens of geographical knowledge and practice.
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.
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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 civilisation. 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.
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Praised as a "major piece of work" and "a real winner," the book is lauded for its ambition, erudition, and readability. John A. Agnew describes it as bold and well-supported, while David Hooson notes its engaging style and comprehensive coverage of five centuries of geographical thought. Peter R. Gould predicts it will become central to history and philosophy of geography courses, and Peter Haggett calls it a "tour-de-force" and a major achievement.
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ISBN: 9780631185864
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 November 1992
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 644g
Pages: 444
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About the Author
David Livingstone is the author of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science (1987), Darwin's Forgotten Defenders (1987) and The Preadamite Theory (1992), and of many articles on the history of goegraphy and the history of science. He is Reader in the School of Geosciences, at the Queen's University of Belfast.
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