The Evolution of Geography: A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Geographical Knowledge from the Earliest Times to the First Circumnavigation of the Globe. - Softcover

Keane, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1241526346 ISBN 13: 9781241526344

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011

Synopsis

Title: The Evolution of Geography: a sketch of the rise and progress of geographical knowledge from the earliest times to the first circumnavigation of the globe.

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.

The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order.

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<Source Library> British Library
<Contributors> Keane, John;
<Original Pub Date> 1899.
<Physical Description> xv. 159 p. ; 8º.
<Shelfmark> 10005.dd.15.

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About the Author

Renowned globally for his creative thinking about democracy, John Keane is Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). Among his best-known recent books are Global Civil Society? (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Violence and Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and the highly-acclaimed The Life and Death of Democracy (2009).

Edition details

• Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1241526346
• ISBN 13: 9781241526344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222