Geography as the eye of enlightenment historiography

Modern Intellectual History

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 611-627

  Mayhew, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78049386946     PISSN: 14792443     EISSN: 14792451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479244310000259     Document Type: Review

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