Complex Locations

Reviews / Votes

"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