Cutting power lines within the palace? Countering paternity and Eurocentrism in the 'geographical tradition'

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 371-384

  McEwan, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(West); Africa; Feminism; Historical geography; Nineteenth century; Post colonialism

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POST-COLONIALISM;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0032457578     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1998.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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