Maps And History In South-West England

Erscheinungsjahr 1991
ISBN: 978-0-85989-373-2
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 219 g

This volume of essays considers the practical and political purposes for which maps were used, the symbolic and ideological roles of maps in the history of South-Western England and the ways in which map evidence can be used to recover facts about the past for use in the writing of history. The text is accompanied by 43 pages of maps and illustrations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kain, Roger, Prof.

Barker, Katherine

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bake, Jennifer

Barker, Katherine

Chapman, John

Haslam, Graham

Kain, Roger, Prof.

Oliver, Richard

Ravenhill, William

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geodäsie, Kartographie, Fernerkundung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geodäsie, Kartographie, GIS, Fernerkundung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Roger Kain is Montefiore Professor of Geography in the University of Exeter, a Fellow of the British Academy and one of its Vice-Presidents. He has been honoured with medals and prizes from The Royal Geographical Society, The Newberry Library Chicago, the Library Association.