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Women's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970

von Avril Maddrell

432 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field. - A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970 - Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II - Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field - Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography

• ISBN: 9781405145558
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2009
• Größe: 225 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Wiley