Geography Militant

Cultures of Exploration and Empire
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-631-20112-0
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

Geography Militant is a compelling account of the relations between geographical knowledge, exploration and empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Driver, Felix

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.