Governmentality and the Mastery of Territory in Nineteenth-Century America (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 25, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780521669498
Subjects: American history; Historical geography; Science; General; Social control; Earth Sciences - Geography; Philosophy; Power (Social sciences); Science/Mathematics; USA; History; Science / Geography; United States--Politics and government--1865-1900; United States; 19th century; 1865-1900; 1865-1918; Economic conditions; Emigration and immigration; Politics and government
First sentence: In this chapter, I will spell out the particular construction of "governmentality" employed in the remainder of the study, and begin to place it in theoretical and empirical context.