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The geographical tradition: episodes in the history of a contested enterprise/ David N. Livingstone

By: Livingstone, David N Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge: Blackwell, 1993Description: viii, 434 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780631185352Subject(s): Geography -- HistoryDDC classification: 910

Contents:

Should the history of geography be X-rated? : telling geography's story -- Of myths and maps : geography in the Age of Reconnaissance -- Revolution, celestial and terrestrial : geography and the Scientific Revolution -- Naturalists and navigators : geography in the Enlightenment -- Of design and dining clubs : pre-Darwinian geography -- The geographical experiment : revolution and the founding of a discipline -- A 'sternly practical' pursuit : geography, race and empire -- The regionalizing ritual : geography, place and particularity -- Statistics don't bleed : quantification and its detractors -- The geographical tradition : a conversational conclusion.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	910 LIV/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P08205

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-410) and index.

Should the history of geography be X-rated? : telling geography's story --
Of myths and maps : geography in the Age of Reconnaissance --
Revolution, celestial and terrestrial : geography and the Scientific Revolution --
Naturalists and navigators : geography in the Enlightenment --
Of design and dining clubs : pre-Darwinian geography --
The geographical experiment : revolution and the founding of a discipline --
A 'sternly practical' pursuit : geography, race and empire --
The regionalizing ritual : geography, place and particularity --
Statistics don't bleed : quantification and its detractors --
The geographical tradition : a conversational conclusion.

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