Geography and History Bridging the Divide [Paperback]

Unique examination of the relations between geography and history.History and Geography is the first book for over a century to examine the full range of the relations of history and geography. The distinguished scholar Alan Baker considers in turn locational geographies and spatial histories, environmental geographies and environmental histories, landscape geographies and landscape histories, and regional geographies and regional histories. He explores the territories of historical geography and and geographical history, focusing mainly on the work of North American, British and French historians and geographers, but also considers scholarly contributions from throughout the world, and from cognate disciplines.History and Geography is the first book for over a century to examine the full range of the relations of history and geography. The distinguished scholar Alan Baker considers in turn locational geographies and spatial histories, environmental geographies and environmental histories, landscape geographies and landscape histories, and regional geographies and regional histories. He explores the territories of historical geography and and geographical history, focusing mainly on the work of North American, British and French historians and geographers, but also considers scholarly contributions from throughout the world, and from cognate disciplines.Alan Baker considers locational geographies and spatial histories, environmental geographies and environmental histories, landscape geographies and landscape histories, and regional geographies and regional histories. Seeking to bridge the Great Divide between history and geography, Baker identifies basic principles relating historical geography not only to history but also to geography, a reworking which signifies a new beginning for this scholarly hybrid.Preface; 1. On the relations of history and geography; 2. Locational geographies and histories; 3. Environmental geographies and histories; 4. Landscape geogl³½