Historical geography

Not your run-of-the-mill world history tome, this book takes readers on a fascinating journey through time to examine world history through the closely related discipline of geography.

This accessible chapter book, ideal for students and general readers alike, examines the political, social, and cultural history of Chile.

Winner, 2022 RUSA Outstanding Reference SourceThis encyclopedia provides readers with a comprehensive look at the Galapagos Islands, from the wildlife and scientists that made them famous to the challenges and issues the islands face today.

The presence of water, mainly rivers, contributed to the locations of early pioneer settlements in the Nebraska Territory from 1855 to 1866.

Packed with surprising and fascinating information, London's Lost Rivers uncovers a very different side to London - showing how waterways shaped our principal city and exploring the legacy they leave today.

On the afternoon of 8 April 1802, in the remote southern ocean, two explorers had a remarkable chance encounter.

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A global history of the geography of war from antiquity to modern and contemporary conflict illustrated and brought to life by histories of inter-state war, geopolitical rivalry, 'hot' and 'cold' war and terrorism.

A global history of the geography of war from antiquity to today featuring accounts of inter-state war, geopolitical rivalry, hot & cold war and terrorism.

Barbara Hurd's Listening to the Savage weaves rich explorations of science, history, mythology, literature, and music.

Study of malaria in literature and culture illuminates the legacies of nineteenth-century colonial medicine within narratives of illness.

A journey in the history of science across the shifting religious, epistemic, and technical practices on a remarkable sixteenth-century voyage.

A journey in the history of science across the shifting religious, epistemic, and technical practices on a remarkable sixteenth-century voyage.

A rigourous analysis of context in transitional justice, examining the successes and failures of truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict settings.

The first English commentary on Strabo''s seventeen-book Geography, the single most important source for the history of Greek geography.

The first English commentary on Strabo''s seventeen-book Geography, the single most important source for the history of Greek geography.

This book traces the inland origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade.

This book traces the inland origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade.

This book examines the Romans'' many representations of the Nile, and what they tell us about geographical understanding in the ancient world.

This book examines the Romans'' many representations of the Nile, and what they tell us about geographical understanding in the ancient world.

This book examines how Ottomans were mapped in the narrative and visual imagination of early modern Europe''s Christian kingdoms.

This book examines how Ottomans were mapped in the narrative and visual imagination of early modern Europe''s Christian kingdoms.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

This book offers a transnational history of Pakistan''s development in the 1950s and 1960s, and the creation of the capital city Islamabad.

This book offers a transnational history of Pakistan''s development in the 1950s and 1960s, and the creation of the capital city Islamabad.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

This well-illustrated study investigates the symbolic dimensions of painted maps as products of ambitious early modern European courts.

This well-illustrated study investigates the symbolic dimensions of painted maps as products of ambitious early modern European courts.

In 2003, a backhoe operator hired by the state of Washington to work on the Port Angeles waterfront discovered what a larger world would soon learn.

First serviceable English translation in nearly a century of the most important geographical text surviving from classical antiquity.

First serviceable English translation in nearly a century of the most important geographical text surviving from classical antiquity.

An interdisciplinary study of the dynamic relationship between space and society through case studies across the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

An interdisciplinary study of the dynamic relationship between space and society through case studies across the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

This book documents the relationship and wisdom of Asian cartographers in the Islamic and Chinese worlds before the Europeans arrived.

This book documents the relationship and wisdom of Asian cartographers in the Islamic and Chinese worlds before the Europeans arrived.

An introduction to the earliest ideas of geography in antiquity and how much knowledge there was of the physical world.

An introduction to the earliest ideas of geography in antiquity and how much knowledge there was of the physical world.

A groundbreaking study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD.

A groundbreaking study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor from the fourth century BC to the thirteenth century AD.

Among Southeast Alaskas best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists.

Winner: Ralph Emerson Twitchell AwardWinner: New Mexico Book AwardIn works of silver and wool, the Navajos have established a unique brand of American craft.

Migrant Justice in the Age of Removal details the story of Migrant Justice, a migrant rights organization led by undocumented workers in a complicated and perhaps unexpected location: Vermont, United States.

Reveals how British imperial border-making in the Himalayas transformed a crossroads into a borderland and geography into politics.

Reveals how British imperial border-making in the Himalayas transformed a crossroads into a borderland and geography into politics.

The first comparative study to explore the dynamics of expansion and contraction of major continental empires in Eurasia.

The first comparative study to explore the dynamics of expansion and contraction of major continental empires in Eurasia.

In the early 1830s, after decades of relative peace, northern Mexicans and the Indians whom they called “the barbarians” descended into a terrifying cycle of violence.

A practical, step-by-step guide to rearing freshwater mussels, one of the most imperiled groups of animals in the world.

A practical, step-by-step guide to rearing freshwater mussels, one of the most imperiled groups of animals in the world.