
New Spaces of Exploration
Geographies of Discovery in the Twentieth Century
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 18. December 2009
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-84885-016-3 (ISBN)
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Description
For many the dawn of the twentieth century ushered in an era where the world map had few if any blank spaces left to discover. The age of exploration was supposedly dead. "New Spaces of Exploration" challenges this assumption. Focusing specifically on exploration in the twentieth century, the authors demonstrate how new technologies and changing geopolitical configurations have ensured that exploration has remained a key feature of our rapidly globalizing world. Ranging widely in their geographical focus - from the Europe and Asia to Australia, and from the polar regions to outer space - they demonstrate the increasing diversity of modern exploration and reveal the continuing political, military, industrial and cultural motivations at play. The result is a major contribution to our understanding of the significance of exploration in the twentieth century. Contributors include: E. Baigent, C. Collis, K. Dodds, F. Driver, M. Godwin, J. Hill, F. Korsmo, F. MacDonald, S. Naylor, J. Ryan, N. Thomas, and K. Yusoff.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
36 mono integrated illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84885-016-3 (9781848850163)
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New Spaces of Exploration
Geographies of Discovery in the Twentieth Century
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Persons
Simon Naylor is Senior Lecturer in Historical Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. He has conducted research into the geographies of fieldwork and exploration in a range of contexts, including Britain, South America, Australia and Antarctica. James R. Ryan is Associate Professor of Cultural Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of 'Picturing Empire' (London, 1997) and co-editor (with Joan Schwartz) of 'Picturing Place' (London, 2003).