Bøger i Tauris Historical Geographical Series serien
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- Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England
401,95 kr. Provides the first full length study of the geographies of Georgian scientific culture in England. The author takes the reader on a tour of the principal arenas in which scientific ideas were disseminated, including home, town and countryside, to show how cultures of science and knowledge varied across the Georgian landscape.
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- 401,95 kr.
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- Portraying the Holy Land
451,95 kr. Demonstrates the significance of the geography of the Holy Land in Western thought and argument. This book shows how religious writers called upon geographical knowledge to the benefit of their readers.
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- 451,95 kr.
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- Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration
465,95 - 1.649,95 kr. Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes.
- Bog
- 465,95 kr.
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- Bog
- 465,95 kr.
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- Unearthing Historical Geography's Forgotten Past
437,95 kr. Geography and the Classical World explores the emergence of classical geography,particularly the ancient Greek and Roman world. At its inception, the subject flourished in Britain and America.But in the 1920s it declined and an important tradition was lost. In recovering it, Professor Koelsch has written an outstanding scholarly work.
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- 437,95 kr.
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- Order and Beauty in Botanical Gardens
401,95 kr. This highly engaging book offers a wealth of fresh insights into both the history and development of botanical gardens as well as connections between science and aesthetics.
- Bog
- 401,95 kr.
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- Bog
- 451,95 kr.