Complex Locations (Paperback)

Avril Maddrell

ISBN 10: 1405145552 / ISBN 13: 9781405145558

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken, 2009

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Paperback. 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 1970Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War IIMakes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine fieldMakes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography In this important volume, Avril Maddrell traces the often overlooked contributions of women to the study of geography, and illustrates how women played a significant role in the development of the field as an academic discipline. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complex Locations (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405145552
• ISBN 13: 9781405145558
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field
• Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography

About the Author

Avril Maddrell is a social, cultural and historical geographer, specializing in gender and geographical thought. She has taught at Westminster College in Oxford, the Open University, Oxford Brookes University, and is currently Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Dr Maddrell's research for this volume has been supported by the British Academy.