A term with myriad associations, revolution is commonly understood in
its intellectual, historical, and sociopolitical contexts. Until now,
almost no attention has been paid to revolution and questions of
geography. Geography and Revolution examines the ways that place and
space matter in a variety of revolutionary situations. David N.
Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers assemble a set of essays that
are themselves revolutionary in uncovering not only the geography of
revolutions but the role of geography in revolutions. Here, scientific
revolutions—Copernican, Newtonian, and Darwinian—ordinarily
thought of as placeless, are revealed to be rooted in specific sites
and spaces. Technical revolutions—the advent of print, time-keeping,
and photography—emerge as inventions that transformed the world's
order without homogenizing it. Political revolutions—in France,
England, Germany, and the United States—are notable for their
debates on the nature of political institutions and national identity.
Gathering insight from geographers, historians, and historians of
science, Geography and Revolution is an invitation to take the where
as seriously as the who and the when in examining the nature, shape,
and location of revolutions.
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ISBN
9780226487359
Publisert
2018
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University of Chicago Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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