Geography and the Classical World: Unearthing Historical Geography's Forgotten Past

Geography and the Classical World: Unearthing Historical Geography's Forgotten Past

[...]readers of this book could be fooled into imagining that the historical geography of the classical world has been taught and studied pretty much just in the United States and England, and there mainly at the University of Oxford. [...]Koelsch fails to note the stimulus created by scholars'...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geographical Review 2015-04, Vol.105 (2), p.255-258
1. Verfasser: Talbert, Richard J. A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
19th century
Classical civilizations
GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS
Geography
Historical analysis
Roman civilization
Studies
Teaching
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Zusammenfassung:[...]readers of this book could be fooled into imagining that the historical geography of the classical world has been taught and studied pretty much just in the United States and England, and there mainly at the University of Oxford. [...]Koelsch fails to note the stimulus created by scholars' realization within the past quarter-century-stemming from the inspiration of Brian Harley and David Woodward-that popular geographical knowledge in classical antiquity offers a fertile area of inquiry.
ISSN:0016-7428
1931-0846
DOI:10.1111/j.1931-0846.2014.12072.x