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Complex locations : women's geographical work in the UK 1850-1970 / / Avril Maddrell



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Autore: Maddrell Avril <1964-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Complex locations : women's geographical work in the UK 1850-1970 / / Avril Maddrell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2009
©2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (429 p.)
Disciplina: 910.82
Soggetto topico: Women geographers - History
Geography - Research - History
Women in higher education - History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Complex Locations: Women's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Putting Women in their Place: Women in the Historiography of Geography; 2 Women and British Geographical Societies: Medals, Membership, Inclusion and Exclusion; 3 Marion Newbig in and the Liminal Role of the Geographical Editor: Hired Help or Disciplinary Gatekeeper?; 4 Women Travelers: Inside or Outside the Canon?; 5 Women in Geographical Education: Demand for Geography Teachers and Teaching by Example
6 Diplomas, Degrees and Appointments: The First Generation of Women Geographers in Academia 7 Fieldwork and War Work: Interwar University Geographers; 8 The War Years and Immediate Post-War Period; 9 University Expansion, Specialisation and Quantification: 1950-70; 10 Conclusion: Mapping the 'Hidden' Women in British Geography 1900-70; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: 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 1970's geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of
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ISBN: 1-4443-9958-6
1-282-11728-9
9786612117282
1-4051-4555-2
1-4443-1070-4
1-4443-1069-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910830643203321
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Serie: RGS-IBG book series.