GEOGRAPHY MILITANT
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780631201113
ISBN-10: 0631201114
Pagini: 268
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0631201114
Pagini: 268
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom
Public țintă
students and researchers in Geography, imperial History, Literature, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Victorian Studies and the History of Science; informed general readersNotă biografică
Felix Driver is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of Power and Pauperism (1993) and the co-editor of Imperial Cities: Landscape, Display and Identity (1999) and Nature and Science: Essays in the History of Geographical Knowledge (1992). He is an editor of History Workshop Journal.
Cuprins
Acknowledgements. 1. Geographical Knowledge, Exploration and Empire.
2. The Royal Geographical Society and the Empire of Science.
3. Hints to Travellers: Observation in the Field.
4. Missionary of Science: David Livingstone and the Exploration of Africa.
5. Becoming an Explorer: The Martyrdom of Winwood Reade.
6. Exploration by Warfare: Henry Morton Stanley and his Critics.
7. Making Representations: From an African Exhibition to the High Court of Justice.
8. Exploring Darkest England: Mapping the Heart of Empire.
9. Geography Militant and its After-life.
Index.
2. The Royal Geographical Society and the Empire of Science.
3. Hints to Travellers: Observation in the Field.
4. Missionary of Science: David Livingstone and the Exploration of Africa.
5. Becoming an Explorer: The Martyrdom of Winwood Reade.
6. Exploration by Warfare: Henry Morton Stanley and his Critics.
7. Making Representations: From an African Exhibition to the High Court of Justice.
8. Exploring Darkest England: Mapping the Heart of Empire.
9. Geography Militant and its After-life.
Index.
Descriere
Taking into account the relationship between geographical knowledge, exploration and empire, this book examines the actors, agencies, and cultural factors that underpinned nineteenth century British exploration.