Complex Locations

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This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of womenwho played a critical role in the development of geography as anacademic field. * A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970 * Includes oral histories from women who have held appointmentsin British universities since World War II * Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges thenotion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculinefield * Makes an important contribution to debates about thetheoretical and methodological framing of the historiography ofgeography

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Avril Maddrell

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Anthropogeographie Geographie Geography Human Geography Social & Cultural Geography Sozio- u. Kulturgeographie

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"With this book, the history and historiography of modern geography- always engaging and much revitalised of late - will beinvigorated yet further. At once a work of scholarly research,sensitive biography and theoretical enquiry, ComplexLocations places women where they have always been in Britishgeography - at its heart. It will interest many and deserves to bewidely read." -Charles W J Withers , University ofEdinburgh "This book is based on highly original and scholarly research andfills a notable absence in historiographies of Geography. It willbe a valuable addition to debates about gender and feminism withinthe discipline." -Cheryl McEwan , Durham University "As the first book length study of early women geographers inBritain, Complex Locations will be essential reading forfeminist geographers and historians of the discipline. Drawing onwonderfully rich and original archival research, the book exploresthe important but often forgotten work of women as academics,educationalists and travellers in shaping British geography sincethe nineteenth century. By studying their lives and work throughits engaging biographical and contextual analysis, the book isvitally important not only in illuminating the long history ofgeographical work by women, but also in understanding the historyof the discipline and the gendered production of knowledge morebroadly." -Alison Blunt , Queen Mary, University ofLondon
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