Impure and worldly geography:1 The africanist discourse of the royal geographical society, 1831-73

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-251

  Barnett, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Colonial discourse; Deconstruction discipline; Royal geographical society writing

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

EID: 0032417874     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1998.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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