Geography, Science and National Identity

Using Scotland as an exemplar, the author explores the relationship between geographical knowledge and national identity.

Autorentext
Charles W. J. Withers is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh. His publications include Geography and Enlightenment (1999), co-edited with David Livingstone.

Klappentext
Scotland is viewed from the context of the relationship between geographical knowledge and national identity in this study. The author explores new perspectives on Empire, national characteristics and local geographies of science, and advances a previously unexplored area of geographical inquiry--the historical geography of geographical knowledge. The book offers a broad-ranging approach to the subject, and will be of interest to students as well as imperial historians.

Zusammenfassung
Charles Withers' book takes Scotland as an exemplar of the relationship between geographical knowledge and national identity. In so doing he explores new perspectives on empire, national identity and the geographies of science, and advances a previously unexplored area of geographical enquiry - the historical geography of geographical knowledge.

Inhalt
1. Introduction: geography, science and historical geographies of knowledge; 2. Geography, identity and the making of the nation, 1520-1682; 3. Geography, credibility and national knowledge, 1682-1707; 4. Geography, enlightenment and the public sphere, 1707-c.1830; 5. National identity, geographical knowledge and civic enterprise, c.1830-84; 6. Geography and national identity in an age of High Empire, 1884-1930; 7. Conclusion: a historical geography of geographical knowledge; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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