Complex Locations Womens Geographical Work In The Uk 18501970 Avril Maddrellauth by Avril Maddrell(auth.) 9781405145565, 9781444310702, 1405145560, 1444310704 instant download after payment.
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
Content:
Chapter One Putting Women in their Place: Women in the Historiography of Geography (pages 1–26):
Chapter Two Women and British Geographical Societies: Medals, Membership, Inclusion and Exclusion (pages 27–59):
Chapter Three Marion Newbigin and the Liminal Role of the Geographical Editor: Hired Help or Disciplinary Gatekeeper? (pages 60–79):
Chapter Four Women Travellers: Inside or Outside the Canon? (pages 80–122):
Chapter Five Women in Geographical Education: Demand for Geography Teachers and Teaching by Example (pages 123–151):
Chapter Six Diplomas, Degrees and Appointments: The First Generation of Women Geographers in Academia (pages 152–187):
Chapter Seven Fieldwork and War Work: Interwar University Geographers (pages 188–230):
Chapter Eight The War Years and Immediate Post?War Period (pages 231–268):
Chapter Nine University Expansion, Specialisation and Quantification: 1950?70 (pages 269–312):
Chapter Ten Conclusion: Mapping the ‘Hidden’ Women in British Geography 1900–70 (pages 313–339):
