The Geographical Tradition: Episodes in the History of a Contested Enterprise [First Edition] 9780631185864

The Geographical Tradition presents the history of an essentially contested tradition. By examining a series of key epis

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The Geographical Tradition: Episodes in the History of a Contested Enterprise [First Edition] 9780631185864

Table of contents :
Preface.

1. Should the History of Geography be X-Rated? Telling Geography's Story.

2. Of Myths and Maps: Geography in the Age of Reconnaissance.

3. Revolution, Celestial and Terrestrial: Geography nad the Scientific Revolution.

4. Naturalists and Navigators: Geography in the Enlightenment.

5. Of Design and Dining Clubs: Pre-Darwinian Geography.

6. The Geographical Experiment: Evolution and the Founding of a Discipline.

7. A 'Sternly Practical' Pursuit: Geography, Race and Empire.

8. The Regionalising Ritual: Geography, Place and Particularity.

9. Statistics Don't Bleed: Quantification and its Detractors.

10. The Geographical Tradition: A Conversational Conclusion.

Bibliography.

Index.

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