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Geography Behind History
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by W. Gordon East
Sales Rank: 893601
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List Price: $13.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 203 pages
Published by: W. W. Norton & Company November 1967
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0393004198
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393004199
Book Dimensions:
8 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
Weighs: 0.8 ounces
Product Description
A perennially useful survey of how physical environment affects historical events, with many illustrative examples. In studying the inescapable physical setting of history, writes the author, the geographer looks at one of the strands from which history itself is woven. To illuminate the vital relationship between history and geographical conditions, W. Gordon East draws examples from ancient times to the mid-twentieth century. He demonstrates that when we look at the physical conditions under which an event occurs, we find that "the particular characteristics of this setting serve not only to localise but also to influence part at least of the action." Topographical position, climate, distribution of water and minerals, the placement of routes and towns, and ease or difficulty of movement between districts and countries are among the factors which the historian must take into account. Professor East's topics include the role of geography in international politics, the contribution of the geographer to the study of ancient civilizations, and the use of old maps as historical documents.
Reader Reviews
Geography can be enthralling, especially when it is shown as a vital factor in shaping the history of a place and its inhabitants. Professor East offers precious little enthusiasm to either history or geography in this dry, pedantic and limited tract. Instead, he writes defensively as though he expects readers to be historians looking to shoot holes in the theory that "place" helps to shape "events." By the time he has defended the idea, I was bored (with his use of "palimpsest" among other things) rather than sold. Hurrying to Chapter 2 to get beyond his podium, I found him mired in the details of England's mapping...an unlikely springboard into the wonders of the "geography behind history." Sorry, but by the time this book approaches a spark of excitement, it felt more like an electric charge to restart my cardium. Read this at your own risk, if you need an item for a bibliography, or as a sleep aid.
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