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"Enlightenment Geography is the first detailed study of the politics of British geography books and of related forms of geographical knowledge in the period from 1650 to 1850. It is a contribution to the intellectual history of geographical knowledge in particular and of Britain more generally. The definition and role of geography in a humanist structure of knowledge are examined, as is the print culture geography before its formalization as a discipline in the late nineteenth century. In all these respects, geography is shown to have been tied to political discourse. Enlightenment Geography…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2000St. Martin's Press · 324 pages · 9780312234751
- Other · English · 2000Macmillan · 324 pages · 9780333791868
EnlightenmentGeographyHistorical geographyHistoryIntellectual lifePolitical geographyPolitics and governmentGeography, history