Search Results - "Journal of historical geography"

Writing/Righting the world: Reflections on an engaged history and philosophy of geographical thought by Harrison, Richard T.

“…This paper argues for the relevance of the history and philosophy of geography and provides a personal perspective on the origins of the Working Party/Study…”
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Contesting monuments: Heritage and historical geographies of inequality, an introduction by Legg, Stephen

“…This paper introduces a virtual special issue that explores how monuments have been contested in the past and how they continue to be so in the present. A…”
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Reconstructing of historical land cover based on contemporary cartographical materials by Sobala, Michał

“…Historical land use reconstructions help to assess climate change, interactions between ecosystems and human and strengthen the knowledge about these…”
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The Oder-Vistula-Dniester Canal - the infrastructural legacy of the Habsburg Empire by Witkowski, Karol, Meus, Konrad

“…The article presents the rationale behind the construction of the Oder-Vistula-Dniester Canal, the implementation phase of the project, the environmental…”
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Map making as memory practice: The historical geography of East European shtetls as expressed in Jewish yizkerbikher by Kubiszyn, Marta

“…This article argues that the spatial subjectivity of the map maker is a crucial component of historical geography and uses maps in post-Holocaust yizker bikher…”
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An assemblage of urban water access: The geography of water marginalization in Amsterdam, 1690-1840 by Pierik, Bob

“…This article delves into the urban environmental history of early modern Amsterdam through the examination of water access. In this coastal city, environmental…”
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Map making as memory practice: The historical geography of East European shtetls as expressed in Jewish yizker bikher by Kubiszyn, Marta

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Review by Wibowo, Suryo Arief, Nugroho, Andri Setyo, Firdiyansyah, Mohammad Masrudin

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Wallmapu-Araucanía in flames! An historical political ecology of fire in the domination of southern Chile by Escalona Ulloa, Miguel, Barton, Jonathan R.

“…The conflict over Wallmapu-Araucanía in southern Chile, between the Spanish conquistadores, the Chilean state and the Mapuche peoples, dates from the 16th…”
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Historical boundary struggles in the construction of the non-human world: Nature conservation and tourism in Swedish national parks by Fälton, Emelie, Mels, Tom

“…Tourism and conservation policies in Sweden share a significant common history, involving constructions of the non-human world. In this paper, the development…”
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French names bestowed by the Baudin expedition along the coasts of Australia: A snapshot of French national spirit during Napoleonic times by Bréelle, Dany

“…The coasts of Australia are bestowed with place names (toponyms) that offer great cultural insights into the Australian history and its European connections…”
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A finer resolution for historical residential segregation: Geocoding and analyzing the population of 1860 Washington, D.C by Shepard, Robert C.

“…This study geolocates the place of residence for a majority of free residents in Washington, D.C. in the year 1860 using archival data and evaluates their…”
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David Lowenthal's Archipelagic and Transatlantic Landscapes: His Public and Scholarly Heritage, Kenneth R. Olwig (Ed.). Routledge, London (2023), 110 pages, £108 hardback by Terkenli, Theano S.

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Despotic dominion and union organizing: Law, property, and the historical geography of class struggle in California agribusiness by Mitchell, Don

“…This paper examines the role of law, particularly law related to private property, in the historical geography of class struggle. At the center of the analysis…”
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The historical geography of an idea: Sustainable development in Latin America, 1972–2022 by Álvarez-Véliz, Rodrigo, Barton, Jonathan R.

“…This article traces the genealogy of the idea of sustainable development in Latin America. It links perspectives from historical political ecology and the…”
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The Mediterranean metaphor and Léon Metchnikoff's Great Historical Rivers: anarchist geographies of water-land hybridity by Ferretti, Federico

“…This paper discusses ideas of anarchist (historical) geographies of rivers and seas. It does so by addressing works of early anarchist geographer Lev Ilich…”
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Review by Silva Campo, Ana María

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Weather conditions in southern Poland at the turn of the 20th century — Insights from archived observational records by Wypych, Agnieszka, Ustrnul, Zbigniew, Kopaczka-Lepa, Diana, Walus, Karolina

“…This study examines weather conditions in Małopolska (Lesser Poland, southern Poland) from 1861 to 1919, utilizing historical meteorological materials stored…”
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