Geography, science, and national identity
Subtitle: Scotland since 1520
By: Charles W.J. Withers.
Series: Cambridge studies in historical geography ;; 33
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: National characteristics, Scottish.; Nationalism -- Scotland -- History.; Geography -- Scotland -- History.; Science -- Scotland -- History.; Scotland -- Historical geography.; Scotland -- Intellectual life.; Scotland -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: geography, science and historical geographies of; title: knowledge; title: New histories of geography and of geographical knowledge; title: The social and situated nature of scientific knowledge; title: Towards a historical geography of geographical knowledge; title: 2 Geography, identity and the making of the nation, 1520-1682; title: Geographical knowledge and national identity in early moder; title: Europe; title: 'Writing Scotland': historical traditions, chorography and national; title: identity; title: 'Knowing one's bounds': Timothy Pont's chorographical survey of; title: Scotland; title: Theories of empire and 'Greater Britain': the Union of 1603 as a; title: geographical problem; title: Symbolising identity: Scotland and Britain display'd, 1604-1661; title: 3 Geography, credibility and national knowledge, 1682-1707; title: Sibbald's geographies: the production of credible geographical; title: knowledge; title: Competing geographies, testing credibility; title: Sites of knowledge and the public engagement with geography; title: Scotland's imperial geographical imagination: empire, union and; title: the Darien scheme; title: 4 Geography, Enlightenment and the public sphere, 1707-c.1830; title: Geography in the Enlightenment: a partial survey; title: Geography's public, 1708-1830; title: Teaching places: geography in Scottish schools and universities,; title: 1727-1821; title: 'Visualising the nation': survey, geographical knowledge and; title: national identity; title: 5 National identity, geographical knowledge and civic enterprise,; title: c.1830-1884; title: Geography and the public sphere, c. 1830-1860: polite learning; title: and civic improvement; title: Historical geographies of schools and texts, 1838-1884; title: Historical geographies of local natural knowledge: field clubs; title: and natural history societies, 1831-1887; title: 6 Geography and national identity in an age of high empire,; title: 1884-1930; title: Institutionalising the subject; title: Science and the nature of national survey; title: Patrick Geddes, geographical visions and the 'Temple of; title: Geography'; title: 7 Conclusion: A historical geography of geographical knowledge; title: Making the nation, making geography: Scotland's geographical; title: constitution; title: National identity and geographical practice; title: Sites and audiences; title: Historical geographies of knowledge; title: Appendix Principal respondents to Sir Robert Sibbald's; title: geographical queries; title: Bibliography; title: Index.