Geographers - Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 26

Informationen zum Autor Charles W.J. Withers is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh. Hayden Lorimer is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow. Klappentext This twenty-sixth volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies brings together essays on leading figures in time geography and regional theory, on GIS, on regional, cultural and political geography, on scriptural geography, historical geography and methodology, and on African exploration. Each essay engages with the individual's contribution to geography, their works and their lives and the intellectual and social contexts in which they worked and which helped shape them. In addition - and to mark the new co-editorial pairing leading the series - the volume has an essay on the history of GBS, on the importance of biographical work in the history of geography and on issues to be addressed by the scholarly communities engaged in promoting this vital area of geographical research. Zusammenfassung Brings together essays on figures in time geography and regional theory, on GIS, on regional, cultural and political geography, on scriptural geography, historical geography and methodology, and on African exploration. These essays engage with the individual's contribution to geography, their works and their lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on outgoing Editors The Contributors Introduction                                                                           Hayden Lorimer and                                                                                                Charles W. J. Withers Geographers : Lives, Works, Possibilities                              Hayden Lorimer and                                                                                                Charles W. J. Withers       John Terence (Terry) Coppock (1921-2000)                         Guy M. Robinson George F. Carter (1912-2004)                                                Stephen C. Jett Henri Hauser (1866-1946)                                                      Paul Claval Rev. Professor Josias Leslie Porter (1823-1889)                    Edwin James Aiken Henry Clifford Darby (1909-1992)                                         Hugh D. Clout Alexander Keith Johnston (1844-1879)                                  James McCarthy Michitoshi Odauchi (1875-1954)                                            Toshihiro Okada Torsten Hägerstrand (1916-2004)                                            Anne Buttimer Index ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hayden Lorimer, Hayden (EDT)/ Withers Lorimer, Charles W J Withers
• Collaboration: Hayden Lorimer (Editeur), Andre Reyes Novaes (Editeur), Charles Withers (Editeur), Charles W. J. Withers (Editeur)
• Edition: Bloomsbury Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9780826499134
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9913-4
• Pages: 184
• Thèmes: Geographers; Geographers
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Littérature spécialisée > Nature, technique > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Bibliographies, catalogues