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Complex Locations: Women's Geographical Work in the Uk 1850-1970 - Couverture souple

Maddrell, Avril

 
9781405145558: Complex Locations: Women's Geographical Work in the Uk 1850-1970
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1405145552 ISBN 13 : 9781405145558
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

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

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À propos de l'auteur

Avril Maddrell is a social, cultural and historical geographer, specializing in gender and geographical thought. She has taught at Westminster College in Oxford, the Open University, Oxford Brookes University, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Dr Maddrell's research for this volume has been supported by the British Academy.

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1405145552
ISBN 13 
9781405145558
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
432
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Personne responsable
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