Place, Culture, and Identity: Essays in Historical Geography in Honour of Alan R.H. Baker
- ISBN-10
- 2763778070
- ISBN-13
- 9782763778075
- Category
- Historical geography
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Presses Université Laval
- Author
- Alan R. H. Baker
Description
Alan R.H. Baker, of the Geography Department of the University of Cambridge, has played a leading role in the development of historical geography. This book, which features twelve specially commissioned essays, recognizes his highly influential and innovative contributions. The contributors address the following topics: methodology and ideology in historical geography; historical geographies of state regulation and political discourse; the social and cultural use of public and private space; and the interpretation of images of place in relation to cultural and national identity.
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