Historical geography

This title was first published in 2002.

The period covered by this book, first published in 1987, was an important one for the rural landscape in England.

The period covered by this book, first published in 1987, was an important one for the rural landscape in England.

This book, first published in 1983, attempts to examine the rural change in France between 1815 and 1914 with a sustained and explicit spatial approach.

This book, first published in 1983, attempts to examine the rural change in France between 1815 and 1914 with a sustained and explicit spatial approach.

Land settlement schemes, sponsored by national governments and businesses, such as the Ford Corporation and the Hudson's Bay Company, took place in locations as diverse as the Canadian Prairies, the Dutch polders, and the Amazonian rainforests.

Land settlement schemes, sponsored by national governments and businesses, such as the Ford Corporation and the Hudson's Bay Company, took place in locations as diverse as the Canadian Prairies, the Dutch polders, and the Amazonian rainforests.

The history of Baghdad as a metropolis coincides with the history of the rise and fall of the Abbasid Caliphs.

The history of Baghdad as a metropolis coincides with the history of the rise and fall of the Abbasid Caliphs.

The book is about the colonization of the Sunderbans that began with the coming of the British.

The book is about the colonization of the Sunderbans that began with the coming of the British.

The Great Fire of 1666 was one of the greatest catastrophes to befall London in its long history.

The Great Fire of 1666 was one of the greatest catastrophes to befall London in its long history.

This collection presents rare documents relating to the development of various forms of communication across Africa by the British, as part of their economic investment in Africa.

This collection presents rare documents relating to the development of various forms of communication across Africa by the British, as part of their economic investment in Africa.

This book shows how travellers and scholars since Roman times have put together their maps of the land east of the River Jordan.

This book shows how travellers and scholars since Roman times have put together their maps of the land east of the River Jordan.

This book is intended primarily for serious students of geography but it will also appeal to the general reader.

This book is intended primarily for serious students of geography but it will also appeal to the general reader.

The Chinese earth is pervasively humanized through long occupation.

The Chinese earth is pervasively humanized through long occupation.

This illustrated work is intended to acquaint readers with the early maps produced in both Europe and the rest of the world, and to tell us something of their development, their makers and printers, their varieties and characteristics.

This illustrated work is intended to acquaint readers with the early maps produced in both Europe and the rest of the world, and to tell us something of their development, their makers and printers, their varieties and characteristics.

This volume explores the distribution of the rural population in Palestine from the late Ottoman period (1870-1917) to the British Mandate period (1917-1948).

This volume explores the distribution of the rural population in Palestine from the late Ottoman period (1870-1917) to the British Mandate period (1917-1948).

First published in 1980, this compact and useful book uses the earliest volumes of government-published statistics, and with the aid of computer-generated cartography, transforms the numbers there reported into an arrondissement-by-arrondissement comparative picture of French agriculture in the mid-1830s.

First published in 1980, this compact and useful book uses the earliest volumes of government-published statistics, and with the aid of computer-generated cartography, transforms the numbers there reported into an arrondissement-by-arrondissement comparative picture of French agriculture in the mid-1830s.

This compendium offers a textured historical and comparative examination of the significance of locality or "e;place,"e; and the role of urban representations and spatial practices in defining national identities.

This compendium offers a textured historical and comparative examination of the significance of locality or "e;place,"e; and the role of urban representations and spatial practices in defining national identities.

Originally published in 1981, Patterns of European Urbanisation Since 1500 examines urbanisation in Europe since 1500, paying particular attention to the underlying factors which govern the differentiated process of urbanisation.

Originally published in 1981, Patterns of European Urbanisation Since 1500 examines urbanisation in Europe since 1500, paying particular attention to the underlying factors which govern the differentiated process of urbanisation.

Originally published in 1986, this work discusses the development in Dacca of western-style municipal organization and its financial and practical problems and also explores the economic transition of the city after 1840.

Originally published in 1986, this work discusses the development in Dacca of western-style municipal organization and its financial and practical problems and also explores the economic transition of the city after 1840.

This volume discusses gardens as designed landscapes of mediation between nature and culture, embodying different levels of human control over wilderness, defining specific rules for this confrontation and staging different forms of human dominance.

This volume discusses gardens as designed landscapes of mediation between nature and culture, embodying different levels of human control over wilderness, defining specific rules for this confrontation and staging different forms of human dominance.

Fortification and Its Discontents from Shakespeare to Milton gives new coherence to the literature of the early modern Atlantic world by placing it in the context of radical changes to urban space following the Italian War of 1494-1498.

Fortification and Its Discontents from Shakespeare to Milton gives new coherence to the literature of the early modern Atlantic world by placing it in the context of radical changes to urban space following the Italian War of 1494-1498.

The 40th volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies focuses exclusively on geographers from the Global South.

The 40th volume of Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies focuses exclusively on geographers from the Global South.

What was the personality of 19th-century Paris?

What was the personality of 19th-century Paris?

Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought.

Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought.

Women are the exclusive focus of the 38th volume of Geographers.

Women are the exclusive focus of the 38th volume of Geographers.

Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 37 explores the concept of distinction in geography.

Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 37 explores the concept of distinction in geography.

Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 36 focuses on 20th-century Britain and 19th- and 20th-century France.

Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 36 focuses on 20th-century Britain and 19th- and 20th-century France.

In January of 1848, James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.