Routledge Research in Historical Geography
Cultural Histories, Memories and Extreme Weather: A Historical Geography Perspective
1st Edition
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By Georgina H. Endfield, Lucy Veale
September 30, 2020
Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability. Historical records and memories charting the impacts and responses to such events are a crucial component of any ...
Historical Geographies of Prisons: Unlocking the Usable Carceral Past
1st Edition
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By Karen Morin, Dominique Moran
September 30, 2020
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive historical-geographical lens to the development and evolution of correctional institutions as a specific subset of carceral geographies. This book analyzes and critiques global practices of incarceration, regimes of punishment, and their ...
Anarchy and Geography: Reclus and Kropotkin in the UK
1st Edition
By Federico Ferretti
June 30, 2020
This book provides a historical account of anarchist geographies in the UK and the implications for current practice. It looks at the works of Frenchman Élisée Reclus (1830–1905) and Russian Pyotr Kropotkin (1842–1921) which were cultivated during their exile in Britain and Ireland.Anarchist ...
Twentieth Century Land Settlement Schemes
1st Edition
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By Roy Jones, Alexandre M.A. Diniz
June 30, 2020
Land settlement schemes, sponsored by national governments and businesses, such as the Ford Corporation and the Hudson’s Bay Company, took place in locations as diverse as the Canadian Prairies, the Dutch polders, and the Amazonian rainforests. This novel contribution evaluates a diverse range of ...
Commemorative Spaces of the First World War: Historical Geographies at the Centenary
1st Edition
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By James Wallis, David C. Harvey
March 05, 2019
This is the first book to bring together an interdisciplinary, theoretically engaged and global perspective on the First World War through the lens of historical and cultural geography. Reflecting the centennial interest in the conflict, the collection explores the relationships between warfare and...
Historical Geographies of Anarchism: Early Critical Geographers and Present-Day Scientific Challenges
1st Edition
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By Federico Ferretti, Gerónimo Barrera de la Torre, Anthony Ince, Francisco Toro
February 07, 2019
In the last few years, anarchism has been rediscovered as a transnational, cosmopolitan and multifaceted movement. Its traditions, often hastily dismissed, are increasingly revealing insights which inspire present-day scholarship in geography. This book provides a historical geography of anarchism,...