Complex Locations
| Author | : Avril Maddrell |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 495 |
| Release | : 2011-06-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781444399585 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1444399586 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Download or read book Complex Locations written by Avril Maddrell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field. A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970 Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography
