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This is an engaging, wide-ranging, clearly written, well-informed book. . . . Recommended.

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The breadth and depth of knowledge on display in this book are impressive. Black draws extensively on scholarship in other fields as diverse as cultural studies, landscape history, and cartography, as well as British history.

* Historical Geography *

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Abbreviations
1. Accumulating Knowledge
2. The Spatial Matrix of Military and Political Power
3. Territorialization and the Mapping of Authority
4. The Public Sphere
5. The Debate on Tourism, Religion, and Culture
6. Responding to Novelty
7. Responding to the Transoceanic World
8. Responding to Coal and Commerce
9. Geographies in Retrospect
10. Conclusions
Selected Further Reading
Index

Geographies of an Imperial Power

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    Publisher: Indiana University Press
    Publication Date: 06/01/2018
    ISBN13: 9780253031570, 978-0253031570
    ISBN10: 0253031575
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    Description

    Book Synopsis


    Trade Review

    This is an engaging, wide-ranging, clearly written, well-informed book. . . . Recommended.

    * Choice *

    The breadth and depth of knowledge on display in this book are impressive. Black draws extensively on scholarship in other fields as diverse as cultural studies, landscape history, and cartography, as well as British history.

    * Historical Geography *

    Table of Contents

    Preface
    List of Abbreviations
    1. Accumulating Knowledge
    2. The Spatial Matrix of Military and Political Power
    3. Territorialization and the Mapping of Authority
    4. The Public Sphere
    5. The Debate on Tourism, Religion, and Culture
    6. Responding to Novelty
    7. Responding to the Transoceanic World
    8. Responding to Coal and Commerce
    9. Geographies in Retrospect
    10. Conclusions
    Selected Further Reading
    Index

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