Historiography Books

Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Human and environment in prehistoric times.- Territory changes through ages from the geographical perspective.- Historical climate change and geographic distribution of vegetation.- Human activity and environmental transformation.- Historical economic geography: Southward shift of economic focus and technological contribution ofnorthern migrants..- Evolution of rivers and lakes and human activity.- Geographical space for animal husbandry and prairie nomadic lifestyle.- The space of politics: Local administrative systems and divisions in ancient China.- The politics of space: Principles for and history of administrative division.- Historical transport geography: Road systems of three areas.- Historical transport geography: Road transport in Northwest and Southwest China.- Historical transport geography: Economic and cultural exchange between southern and northern China under the influence of cannels and waterways.- Geographical situation and evolution of strategic spaces in ancient China.- Historical urban geography: Origination of cities, urban geospatial patterns and layouts of capitals.

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Book SynopsisPART I: States, Regions and Memory.- Chapter 1: Dwarasamudra to Orugallu to Devagiri: Regions and Regionalism in Geo-Cultural Permeation, 10th to 14th Centuries.- Chapter 2: Karkota Chronicles: Navigating the Geo-Cultural Tapestry of an Ancient Dynasty.- Chapter 3: The Kadambs of the West Coast- A Socio-Cultural Outlook.- Chapter 4: The Katyuris of Central Himalaya: Early Medieval Uttarakhand 7th -11th Centuries.- Chapter 5: Delhi and the Rajput Legacy: Tradition, Continuity and Memory.- Chapter 6: Battle of Narmada Reconfiguring Borders of Influence: The Chalukya Pushyabhuti Commentary through Inscriptions.- PART II: Vernaculars, Folklore and Regional Histories.- Chapter 7: Tracing Cultural Heritage of Sikkim through Folklores, Myths and Legends in Historical Context.- Chapter 8: Mewar 8th to 14th century: Unearthing Regional Histories through Vernacular Literature.- PART III: Emerging Regional Identities.- Chapter 9: Crafting Identities in Medieval Andhradesa.- Chapter 10: The Nomadic Cultural Networks of Thar.- Chapter 11: Tracing the Coastal Settlements from the 8th to 14th Centuries: Africans in India.- PART IV: Spirituality, Religious Culture and Regional Histories.- Chapter 12: Spirituality, Refuge and Religious Identities: Interrogating the Naam Dharma' in Medieval Assam.- Chapter 13: Reminiscence of Buddhism: Ascent from 800CE to 1400CE.

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Book SynopsisJames W. Cortada is Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He formerly worked at IBM Corporation in a variety of sales, consulting, research, management, and executive positions. His research and writing have focused on the business history of information technology and in the role of information in modern societies. He is the author or editor of more than three dozen books and serves on the editorial board of key journals devoted to the history of information and its technologies. Most recently he co-authored with William Aspray, Fake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America (R&L, 2019) and From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking (Springer, 2019); and authored Building Blocks of Society: History, Information Ecosystems, and Infrastructures (R&L, 2021).

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