Complex Locations
Women's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography
| Author: | Avril Maddrell | ISBN: | 9781444399585 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | June 20, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Avril Maddrell |
| ISBN: | 9781444399585 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | June 20, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field.
- A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970
- Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II
- Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field
- Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography
This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field.
- A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970
- Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II
- Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field
- Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography
