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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.

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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
      Published 6 January 2018
      ISBN-13 9780253031587
      978-0253031587
      ISBN-10 0253031583
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      Books by Jeremy Black

      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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