Historisk geografi

With a specific focus on travel narratives, this collection looks at how Islamic and eastern cultural threads were weaved, through travel and trading networks, into Western …

Das Cottage-Viertel ist Villen-Kolonie, Schutzzone, Wohn-Vision, Gartenstadt und für viele genau jenes Wien, von dem man nur träumen kann. Aus Schottergrube und Weingarten entstand …

The history of archaeology is generally told as the making of a secular discipline. In nineteenth-century Britain, however, archaeology was enmeshed with questions of biblical …

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d''abord les comprendre. Le roman d’une ville est d’abord celui de son relief et de ses habitants. Celui de Grenoble est celui des …

Perhaps the most explosive issue in South Africa today is the question of land ownership. The central theme in this country’s colonial history is the dispossession of …

A space enthusiast goes inside mission control with a motley crew of rocket scientists in this “fascinating journey of discovery peppered with humor” (Publishers Weekly). …

In Apocalyptic Cartography: Thematic Maps and the End of the World in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript, Chet Van Duzer and Ilya Dines analyse Huntington Library HM 83, an unstudied …

Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and …

One of the major challenges facing the world today is the interaction between demographic changes and development. Rather than the usual view that the population itself is the main …

Den fantastiske historie om kortlægningen af Jordens største og mest utilgængelige ø. Grønland er enestående - også når det handler om kortlægning. Skønt den store ø har været …