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Roger Kain & Katherine Barker
Maps And History In South-West England [PDF ebook]

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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.

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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.

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Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 159 ● ISBN 9780859899314 ● Mărime fișier 22.2 MB ● Editor Roger Kain & Katherine Barker ● Editura University of Exeter Press ● Oraș Exeter ● Țară GB ● Publicat 2015 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 5513923 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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