Period and Place

Research Methods in Historical Geography
Herausgeber: Baker, Alan R. H.; Billinge, Mark

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Produktbeschreibung

In the years before the publication of this book, there had been a marked interest in the methodology of historical geography as well as in its underlying philosophies and analytical techniques. Originally published in 1982, this volume of essays comprises the revised version of most of the papers read and discussed during the symposium held in Cambridge in 1979, and sponsored the International Geographical Union's Working Group on Historical Changes in Spatial Organization. Some of the essays review developments within particular schools of historical geography, whilst others consider the difficulties of identifying and interpreting geographical change. These essays attempt to promote discussion about the purpose and practice of historical geography, and they will be of interest not only to geographers, but also to historians, historical sociologists, anthropologists and demographers, and to all concerned with the methodology of historical enquiry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780521180160
• ISBN-10: 0521180163
• Artikelnr.: 32306400

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Part I. Developments in Historical Geography: 1. Historical
geography in Israel: retrospect and prospect Y. Ben-Arieh; 2. Developments
in historical geography in Britain in the 1970s R. A. Butlin; Part II.
Reconstructing Past Geographies:3. Reconstructing societies in the past:
the collective biography of local communities M. Billinge; 4.
Modernization, restoration, preservation: changes in tastes for antique
landscapes H. C. Prince; 5. Reconstructing Old Prussian landscapes, with
special reference to spatial organization H. Jaeger; 6. Soldier settlement
in British Columbia, 1915-1930: a synchronic analysis P. M. Koroscil; Part
III. The Identification and Interpretation of Geographical Change: 7.
Geographical analysis of imperial expansion D. W. Meinig; 8. Agricultural
improvement in late-colonial tropical America: sources and issues H.
Galloway; 9. Relating structure to process in historical population
analysis: case studies from eighteenth-century Spanish America D. J.
Robinson; 10. Questions of scale in the study of population in
nineteenth-century Britain R. Lawton; 11. Geographical changes in cities
following disaster M. J. Bowden; 12. Applied historical geography and
geographies of the past: historico-geographical change and regional
processes in history D. Deneke; 13. The interface of physical and
historical geography: the analysis of farming decisions in response to
drought hazards on the margins of the Great Plains D. A. McQuillan; 14.
Individualistic features in a communal landscape: some comments on the
spatial organization of a rural society U. Sporrong; 15. Land use and
settlement patterns in the Mälar area of Sweden before the foundation of
villages U. Göranson; 16. The significance of time for rural settlement
patterns I. Egerbladh; 17. Cotton production in Japan before
industrialization T. Ukita; Part IV. Behavioural Approaches to the Study of
Geographical Change: 18. Historical geography and Collingwood's theory of
historical knowing L. Guelke; 19. Images, acts and consequences: a critical
review of historical geosophy R. W. Chambers; 20. The images of France and
Paris in modern times: a historico-geographical problem P. Claval; 21.
Perceived space in ancient Japan M. Senda; 22. Problems of interpreting the
symbolism of past landscapes D. E. Cosgrove; Part V. Theoretical Approaches
in Historical Geography: 23. On ideology and historical geography A. R. H.
Baker; 24. Action and structure in historical geography D. J. Gregory; 25.
Historical geography as the evolution of spatial form W. Norton; Part VI.
Historical Sources and Techniques: 26. Historical geography and its
evidence: reflections on modelling sources J. B. Harley; 27. Private
archives as sources for historical geography C. Hall; 28. A Danish land
survey from the seventeenth century V. Hansen; 29. Cartographic
representation of diachronic analysis: the example of the origin of towns
A. Simms; 30. A note on some documentary sources for studying the
historical geography of Japan T. Tanioka; 31. Field evidence in historical
geography: a negative sample? A source critical study of an area with
fossil forms in Östergötland, Sweden M. Widgren; Notes to the text; Select
bibliography; Index.