Cantitate/Preț
Produs
Total produse
Vezi coșul
Alternative Geographies de John Rennie Short

Alternative Geographies

Autor John Rennie Short
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 mai 2000
An accessible and groundbreaking text that takes a fresh view of contemporary geographical issues by looking at the geographies we have lost.

Geography means writing about the world. Alternative ways of writing about the world are introduced and critically evaluated. The book discusses medieval cosmologies, Renaissance magic, feng shui, and the knowledge systems of indigenous people. Alternative Geographies provides an alternative way of looking, describing and understanding the world
Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

Toate formatele și edițiile Preț Express
Paperback (1) 25500 lei  6-8 săpt.
  Taylor & Francis – 11 mai 2000 25500 lei  6-8 săpt.
Hardback (1) 103410 lei  6-8 săpt.
  Taylor & Francis – 11 aug 2017 103410 lei  6-8 săpt.

Preț: 25500 lei

Preț vechi: 30958 lei
-18% Nou

Puncte Express: 383
Preț estimativ în valută:
4880€ • 5145$ • 4062£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 10-24 ianuarie 25

 Adaugă în coș

Wish list
Gift list
Am citit!
Adaugă în listă
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780130871602
ISBN-10: 0130871605
Pagini: 132
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Figures; Introduction; The Myth of Erisichthon. 1. From Cosmography to Geography; Ptolemy's Cosmography; The Arabic Influence; Renaissance Cosmologies; The Reordering of Things. 2. A Heart-shaped World; Cartography and the Renaissance; Cordiform Maps. 3. Ancient Geographies; Feng Shui; Geomancy. 4. The speaking Land; Trickster Digures; Alternative Notions of Time and Space; The Speaking Land; The Wandering Ground. 5. Postscript: Alternative Geographies, New Cosmologies; A Connected World; A Matter of Method; Celestial and Terrestrial; Macrocosm- Microcosm; Space and Place.

Descriere

This book examines alternative geographies. Geography means writing about the world. Alternative ways of writing about the world are introduced and critically evaluated. The book discusses medieval cosmologies, Renaissance magic, feng shui, and the knowledge systems of indigenous people. Alternative Geographies provides an alternative way of looking, describing and understanding the world.