Geography, science and national identity : Scotland since 1520

Charles W.J. Withers

Charles Withers' book brings together work on the history of geography and the history of science with extensive archival analysis to explore how geographical knowledge has been used to shape an understanding of the nation. Using Scotland as an exemplar, the author places geographical knowledge in its wider intellectual context to afford insights into perspectives of empire, national identity and the geographies of science. In so doing, he advances a new area of geographical enquiry, the historical geography of geographical knowledge, and demonstrates how and why different forms of geographical knowledge have been used in the past to constitute national identity, and where those forms were constructed and received. The book will make an important contribution to the study of nationhood and empire and will therefore interest historians, as well as students of historical geography and historians of science. It is theoretically engaging, empirically rich and beautifully illustrated.

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[目次]

  • 1. Introduction: geography, science and historical geographies of knowledge
  • 2. Geography, identity and the making of the nation, 1520-1682
  • 3. Geography, credibility and national knowledge, 1682-1707
  • 4. Geography, enlightenment and the public sphere, 1707-c.1830
  • 5. National identity, geographical knowledge and civic enterprise, c.1830-1884
  • 6. Geography and national identity in an age of High Empire, 1884-1930
  • 7. Conclusion: a historical geography of geographical knowledge
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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書名 Geography, science and national identity : Scotland since 1520
著作者等 Withers, Charles W. J.
シリーズ名 Cambridge studies in historical geography
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2001
ページ数 xvii, 310 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0521642027
NCID BA55781266
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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