Authors:Charles Withers, Hayden Lorimer,
Publisher: Continuum
Keywords: volume, geographers
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 2008-09-21
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 1847061567
ISBN-13: 9781847061560

This is an annual collection of studies of individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought.This twenty-seventh volume of "Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies" brings together essays on leading figures in time geography and regional theory, on GIS, on regional, cultural and political geography, on scriptural geography, historical geography and methodology, and on African exploration. Each essay engages with the individual’s contribution to geography, their works and their lives and the intellectual and social contexts in which the

Authors:Ben A. Smith, James W. Vining,
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: guide, bibliographical, bio, geographers, american
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2003-07-30
List price: $98.95
ISBN-10: 0313323364
ISBN-13: 9780313323362

This is the first major work to identify the first generation of American geographers--teachers, writers, surveyors, cartographers, engravers, and others--who made significant contributions to the field of geography during the early years of the republic. As such, it represents a powerful research tool for scholars interested in learning about these people and the products of their labors.

Authors:James E. Burt, Gerald M. Barber, David L. Rigby,
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: third, geographers, statistics, elementary
Number of Pages: 653
Published: 2009-03-19
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 1572304847
ISBN-13: 9781572304840

Widely adopted, this uniquely comprehensive text introduces the techniques and concepts of statistics in human and physical geography. Unlike other texts that gloss over the conceptual foundations and focus solely on method, the book explains not only how to apply quantitative tools but also why and how they work. Students gain important skills for utilizing both conventional and spatial statistics in their own research, as well as for critically evaluating the work of others. Most chapters are self-contained in order to provide maximum flexibility in course design. Requiring no math beyond al

Authors:Mona Domosh, Joni Seager,
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: sense, world, geographers, feminist, women, place, putting
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2001-05-30
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 1572306688
ISBN-13: 9781572306684

Why do women and men tend to work in different jobs, in different ways, and in different spaces? Which is more "masculine"--the city or the suburbs? Why is nature often represented in feminine form? This thought-provoking book uses the lens of gender to provide an illuminating new perspective on the geography of everyday life. Domosh and Seager show how notions of maleness and femaleness have influenced our built environment, the locations in which we invest meaning, and the ways we live, work, travel, and explore. From the arrangement of furniture in Victorian homes to the movements of refuge

Author: J.C. Holt
Publisher: Boydell Press
Keywords: institute, societry, british, geographers, winchester, historical, royal, papers, studies, read, novocentenary, conference, domesday
Number of Pages: 375
Published: 1995-11-02
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0851152635
ISBN-13: 9780851152639

`A scholarly feast... a milestone in the history and historiography of medieval England. Its essays are without exception authoritative and well-written and it indicates not only the progress made in Domesday studies in the last hundred years but also the continuing significance of the pioneer work of the great Domesday scholars such as Maitland and Galbraith.’ PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY `An enduring contribution to historical scholarship.’ AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW name studies, palaeography and topography.

Authors:R. J. Johnston, J. D. Sidaway,
Publisher: A Hodder Arnold Publication
Keywords: geography, human, american, geographers, amp, anglo
Number of Pages: 542
Published: 2004-08-12
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0340808608
ISBN-13: 9780340808603

This book provides a survey of the major debates, key thinkers and schools of thought in human geography in the English-speaking world, setting them within the context of economic, social cultural and political as well as intellectual changes. It focuses on the debates among geographers regarding what their discipline should study and how that should be done, and draws on a wide reading of the geographical literature.

Authors:Hugh M. French, Olav Slaymaker,
Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press
Keywords: canadian, series, geography, geographers, association, environments, canada, cold
Number of Pages: 340
Published: 1997-05
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0773516360
ISBN-13: 9780773516366

A collection of scientific essays about the physical nature of Canada’s coldness. They focus on the distinctive attributes of Canada’s cold environments, their temporal and spatial variability, and the constraints that coldness places on human activity. This text is aimed at environmental scientists at all levels who need informed overviews of the substantive findings on a range of cold-related topics.