Enlightenment Geography - The Political Languages of British Geography, 1650-1850 (Hardcover)

Enlightenment Geography is the first detailed study of the politics of British geography books and of related forms of geographical knowledge in the period from 1650 to 1850. The definition and role of geography in a humanist structure of knowledge are examined and shown to tie it to political discourse. Geographical works are shown to have developed Whig and Tory defences of the English church and state, consonant with the conservatism of the English Enlightenment. These politicizations were questioned by those indebted to the Scottish Enlightenment. Enlightenment Geography questions broad assumptions about British intellectual history through a revisionist history of geography.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Modern History
Release date:	August 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	R Mayhew
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-79186-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-333-79186-X
Barcode:	9780333791868

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