{"product_id":"geographers-9781350367920","title":"Geographers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen are the exclusive focus of the 38th volume of \u003ci\u003eGeographers\u003c\/i\u003e. For the first time in the serial''s history, the entire volume is devoted to important work of distinguished female geographers, amply demonstrating how these scholars'' professional lives enrich the discipline''s history. It also illustrates how reading and writing their biographies not only expands our understanding of geography''s past, but points to its more diverse future.The collection includes biographies of Doreen Massey, winner of geography''s ''Nobel prize'', the prix Vautrin-Lud, for her remarkable contribution to geography and neighbouring disciplines which discovered the importance of space through her work;  Helen Wallis, geographer and historian of cartography who for many years had charge of the UK''s foremost collection of maps; Alice Saunier-Seïté, who applied her geographical training and formidable energy to teaching and educational reform in France; Isabel Margarida André, who lived through a t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors Editorial, \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Baigent (University of Oxford, UK) and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndré Reyes (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)\u003c\/i\u003e 1. Doreen Massey, 1944–2016, \u003ci\u003eRogério Haesbaert (Association of Brazilian Geographers, Brazil) and Ana Angelita Rocha (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Oxford Women Geographers, \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Baigent (University of Oxford, UK), Claire Hann (University of Oxford, UK), Susan Squibb (University of Oxford, UK), and Heather Viles (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Alice Louise Saunier-Seïté, 1925–2003, \u003ci\u003eHugh Clout (University College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Helen Margaret Wallis, 1924–1995, \u003ci\u003eSarah Tyacke (Archivist and Independent Historian, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Isabel Margarida André, 1956–2017, \u003ci\u003eDiogo Gaspar Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)\u003c\/i\u003e Index Cumulative Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019653284183,"sku":"9781350367920","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350367920.jpg?v=1750780920","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/geographers-9781350367920","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}