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  • THE SAGE HANDBOOK OF HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY
    MONA DOMOSH / MICHAEL HEFFERNAN / CHARLES W. J. WITHERS
    Historical geography is an active, theoretically-informed and vibrant field of scholarly work within modern geography, with strong and constantly evolving connections with disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. Across two volumes, The SAGE Handbook of Historical Geography provides you with an an international and cross-disciplinary overview of the field, present...

    $5,336.32

  • GEOGRAPHY, TECHNOLOGY AND INSTRUMENTS OF EXPLORATION
    FRASER MACDONALD / CHARLES W.J. WITHERS
    Focusing on aspects of the functioning of technology, and by looking at instruments and at instrumental performance, this book addresses the epistemological questions arising from examining the technological bases to geographical exploration and knowledge claims. Questions of geography and exploration and technology are addressed in historical and contemporary context and in di...

    $1,360.00

  • GEOGRAPHIES OF THE BOOK
    CHARLES W.J. WITHERS
    The geography of the book is as old as the history of the book, though far less thoroughly explored. Yet research has increasingly pointed to the spatial dimensions of book history, to the transformation of texts as they are made and moved from place to place, from authors to readers and within different communities and cultures of reception. Widespread recognition of the signi...

    $1,460.00

  • GAELIC SCOTLAND
    CHARLES W J WITHERS
    This book, originally published in 1988, examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the processes of anglicisation have largely succeeded. It analyses the many aspects of change including the policies of successive governments, the decline of the Gaelic language, the depres...

    $1,100.00

  • TRAVELS INTO PRINT
    INNES M. KEIGHREN / CHARLES W. J. WITHERS / BILL BELL
    In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, books of travel and exploration were much more than simply the printed experiences of intrepid authors. They were works of both artistry and industry—products of the complex, and often contested, relationships between authors and editors, publishers and printers. These books captivated the reading public and played a vital role in ...

    $859.37

  • PLACING THE ENLIGHTENMENT
    CHARLES W. J. WITHERS
    The Enlightenment was the age in which the world became modern, challenging tradition in favor of reason, freedom, and critical inquiry. While many aspects of the Enlightenment have been rigorously scrutinized—its origins and motivations, its principal characters and defining features, its legacy and modern relevance—the geographical dimensions of the era have until now largely...

    $1,110.07