Geography, Science and National Identity

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-521-64202-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 33, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 691 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Withers, Charles W. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Withers, Charles W. J.
Charles W. J. Withers is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh. Recent publications include Geography and Enlightenment (1999), co-edited with David Livingstone.