Eighteenth-century geography: Texts, practices, sites

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 711-729

  Withers, Charles W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eighteenth century; History of geography; Practice; Revisionist historiography; Situated Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL HISTORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846151030     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132506071515     Document Type: Article

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