"We tend to think of early medieval people as unsophisticated about geography because their understandings of space and place often differed from ours, yet theirs were no less complex. Anglo-Saxons conceived of themselves as living at the centre of a cosmos that combined order a…
"This unique and compelling analysis of Manchuria's environmental history demonstrates how the region's geography shaped China's past. Since the seventeenth century, the call of the Manchurian wilderness, with its abundant wildlife, timber, and mining deposits, has led some of t…
Examines the major trends, debates, research and conceptual evolution of human geography during the twentieth century.
''Examines the major trends, debates, research and conceptual evolution of human geography during the twentieth century.''--
This work examines the major trends, debates, research and conceptual evolution of human geography during the 20th century. Considering each of the subject's primary subfields in turn, it addresses developments in both continental European and Anglo-American geography, providing…