‘This ambitious volume reviews the best recent work in historical geography… It demonstrates how a dual sense of history and geography is necessary to understand such key areas of contemporary debate as the inter-relationship between class, race and gender; the character of nations and nationalism; the nature and challenges of urban life; the legacies of colonialism; and the meaning and values attributed to places, landscapes and environments.’
– Mike Heffernan, University of Nottingham
Key Concepts in Historical Geography forms part of an innovative set of companion texts for the Human Geography sub-disciplines. Organized around 24 short essays, it provides a cutting edge introduction to the central concepts that define contemporary research in Historical Geography. Involving detailed and expansive discussions, the book includes:
- An introductory chapter providing a succinct overview of the recent developments in the field
- 24 key concepts entries with comprehensive explanations, definitions and evolutions of the subject
- Pedagogic features that enhance understanding including a glossary, figures, diagrams and further reading
Key Concepts in Historical Geography is an ideal companion text for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students and covers the expected staples from the discipline – from people, space and place to colonialism and geopolitics – in an accessible style. Written by an internationally recognized set of authors, it is is an essential addition to any human geography student′s library.
Table of Content
IntroductionHistorical Geographies in the Present
Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies
Imperialism and Empire
Colonialism and Anti-Colonialism
Development
Nation-Building and Geopolitics
Territory and Place
Identity and the Nation
Imaginative Geographies and Geopolitics
Historical Hierarchies
Class, Hegemony and Resistance
Race
Gender
The Built Environment
Nature and the Environment
Making Sense of Urban Settlement
Geographies of Urban Morphology
Place and Meaning
Landscape and Iconography
Conceptualising Heritage
Performance, Spectacle and Power
Modernity and Modernisation
Capitalism and Industrialisation
Cultures of Science and Technology
Modernity and Democracy
Beyond the Border
Globalisation
Governmentality
Nature-Culture
The Production of Historical Geographical Knowledge
Historical Geographical Traditions
Illustrative Geographies
Evidence and Representation
About the author
Yvonne Whelan is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Bristol. She has published widely on the cultural landscapes of Ireland and is the author of Reinventing Modern Dublin (2003) and the co-editor of Ireland: Space, text, Time (2005), Heritage, Memory and the Politics of Identity (2006) and Ireland Beyond Boundaries (2007).More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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