Mapping the contours of race: Griffith Taylor's zones and strata theory

Geographical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 390-407

  Winlow, Heather ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Critical cartography; Evolution; Metaphor; Power of maps; Race; Social construction; Zones and strata theory

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CARTOGRAPHY; CONTOUR MAP; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; MAPPING METHOD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RACE; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 73449112618     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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