Geography and Science in Britain, 18311939 - A Study of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

Informationen zum Autor Charles W. J. Withers is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh Klappentext Using as its central example the British Association for the Advancement of Science this is the first book-length treatment of this leading body for the promotion of science for more than 25 years and the first ever of British geography's civic history. Zusammenfassung Using as its central example the British Association for the Advancement of Science this is the first book-length treatment of this leading body for the promotion of science for more than 25 years and the first ever of British geography’s civic history. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Histories and geographies of science2. Geographies of civic science: the British Association at work 3. The science of geography in the British Association4. The dominion of science and geographies of empire: the BAAS overseas 1884-1929 5. Hierarchy, distribution, connection: geography as a science of the physicalworld6. Measurement, exploration and ethnology: geography and the human sciences 7. Science, education and the 'crisis' in geography, 1910- c .19398. Conclusion: the British Association, geographies of science and the science of geographyBibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Charles Withers, Charles W J Withers, Charles W. J. Withers
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2017
• EAN: 9781526116710
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1671-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)