Geographers - Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 40

The 40th volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies focuses exclusively on geographers from the Global South. For the first time in the serial's history, the entire volume is devoted to geographers who were born or who lived in South America and is combined with an editorial which roots their lives and careers in the context of the Global South more generally. These geographers' biobibliographies, which consider their personal and professional trajectories and encounters, deepen our understanding of geography as a whole, and raise important wider questions of the scope and place of Southern scholarship. This volume includes meticulously detailed volumes on five of the most prominent and ground-breaking geographers in the Global South, including:

· The Argentinian geographer Elina González Acha de Correa Morales, who was the first woman to apply for membership of the Argentinean Geographical Institute in 1888 and who played an important role in developing geographical science in Argentina
· The Brazilian geographer Bernardino de Souza, active in Brazil in the late nineteenth century as a secretary of the Geographical and Historical Institute of Bahia
· The Portuguese scholar Jaime Zuzarte Cortesão, Director of the National Library of Portugal, who was exiled in Brazil between 1940 and 1957 and greatly influenced research into the exploration and mapping of South America.
· The Brazilian geographer Josué Apolônio de Castro who was a member of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation's international advisory group on nutrition during the 1940s and the 1950s
· The late twentieth-century Brazilian geographer Antônio Carlos Robert Moraes, who was a key figure in the circulation of critical approaches in Brazilian geography

Together these biobibliographies allow the reader to focus on the Global South as a place of geographical knowledge production, translation and reception, enlarging our discipline's histories. The volume also links the serial firmly to wider debates on decolonisation and post colonialism and is the latest manifestation of the editorial drive to broaden the serial's reach and impact and to consolidate its place as an important vehicle in narrating geography's international story.

List of contents

List of Contributors
List of Illustrations

Preface: On Southern Traditions and Geographic Trajectories. Elizabeth Baigent and André Reyes Novaes, (University of Oxford, UK, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

1.Elina González Acha de Correa Morales 1861-1942 Marcelo Ezequiel Lascano Kezic and Susana Isabel Curto, (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, CONICET, Argentina)

2. Bernardino de Souza 1884 - 1949, André Nunes de Sousa (Instituto Federal da Bahia, Brazil)

3. Jaime Cortesão 1884-1960, Francisco Roque de Oliveira(Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
4. Josué Apolônio de Castro 1908-1973, Archie Davis and Federico Ferretti (University of Sheffield, UK, University College Dublin, Ireland)

5. Antônio Carlos Robert de Moraes 1954-2015, Carlos Eugenio Nogueira (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil)

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Elizabeth Baigent is University Reader in the History of Geography at the University of Oxford, UK. She is Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Higher Education Academy.André Reyes Novaes is an Associate Professor at the Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil. He is currently an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the Royal Holloway University of London and a member of the commission on the history of geography at the International Geographical Union.

Summary

The 40th volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies focuses exclusively on geographers from the Global South. For the first time in the serial's history, the entire volume is devoted to geographers who were born or who lived in South America and is combined with an editorial which roots their lives and careers in the context of the Global South more generally. These geographers' biobibliographies, which consider their personal and professional trajectories and encounters, deepen our understanding of geography as a whole, and raise important wider questions of the scope and place of Southern scholarship. This volume includes meticulously detailed volumes on five of the most prominent and ground-breaking geographers in the Global South, including:

· The Argentinian geographer Elina González Acha de Correa Morales, who was the first woman to apply for membership of the Argentinean Geographical Institute in 1888 and who played an important role in developing geographical science in Argentina
· The Brazilian geographer Bernardino de Souza, active in Brazil in the late nineteenth century as a secretary of the Geographical and Historical Institute of Bahia
· The Portuguese scholar Jaime Zuzarte Cortesão, Director of the National Library of Portugal, who was exiled in Brazil between 1940 and 1957 and greatly influenced research into the exploration and mapping of South America.
· The Brazilian geographer Josué Apolônio de Castro who was a member of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation's international advisory group on nutrition during the 1940s and the 1950s
· The late twentieth-century Brazilian geographer Antônio Carlos Robert Moraes, who was a key figure in the circulation of critical approaches in Brazilian geography

Together these biobibliographies allow the reader to focus on the Global South as a place of geographical knowledge production, translation and reception, enlarging our discipline's histories. The volume also links the serial firmly to wider debates on decolonisation and post colonialism and is the latest manifestation of the editorial drive to broaden the serial's reach and impact and to consolidate its place as an important vehicle in narrating geography's international story.

Additional text

By focusing on geographers from the Global South, GBS volume 40 contribute to a better understanding of the history of geography, enlarging and enriching its perspectives. The biographical memoirs presented cover five relevant authors that now may become known for an international audience.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Baigent, Andre Reyes Novaes
• Assisted by: Dr Elizabeth (University of Oxford Baigent (Editor), Elizabeth Baigent (Editor), André Reyes Novaes (Editor), Dr Andre Reyes (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Novaes (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2022
• EAN: 9781350276864
• ISBN: 978-1-350-27686-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Geographers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / General, Historical Geography