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This is the first intellectual history of a subject which over the last five centuries has played a significant role in the development of Western civilization. The author describes the activities of the explorers and map-makers of Renaissance and early modern Europe; the role of geography during the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment and the Darwinian Revolution; and the interactions between geography and empire building in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Since 1945, activity in the subject has been intense. David Livingstone provides a critical account of the trends, developments and occasional revolutions by which geography has emerged as a multi-faceted discipline offering unique and revealing perspectives on a wide range of pressing social and environmental issues. This is a book which all geographers will wish to have and to read.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues History of science

• Full title: Geographical Tradition - Episodes in the History of a Contested Enterprise
• Author: David Livingstone
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444
• EAN: 9780631185864
• ISBN: 0631185860
• ID: 04897786
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Weight: 614 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 154 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. November 1992

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