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Jeremy Black

Geographies of an Imperial Power

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Geography as an underpinning of British imperialism. “The breadth and depth of knowledge on display in this book are impressive.” —Historical Geography
From explorers tracing rivers to navigators hunting for longitude, spatial awareness and the need for empirical understanding were linked to British strategy in the 1700s. This strategy, in turn, aided in the assertion of British power and authority on a global scale. In this sweeping consideration of Britain in the 18th century, Jeremy Black explores the interconnected roles of power and geography in the creation of a global empire. Geography was at the heart of Britain’s expansion into India, its response to uprisings in Scotland and America, and its revolutionary development of railways. Geographical dominance was reinforced as newspapers stoked the fires of xenophobia and defined the limits of cosmopolitan Europe as compared to the “barbarism” beyond. Geography provided a system of analysis and classification which gave Britain political, cultural, and scientific sovereignty. Black considers geographical knowledge not just as a tool for creating a shared cultural identity but also as a key mechanism in the formation of one of the most powerful and far-reaching empires the world has ever known.
“This is an engaging, wide-ranging, clearly written, well-informed book . . . Recommended.” —Choice
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2018
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  • ipatцитирует3 года назад
    These developments, moreover, are still relevant today, as modern states struggle to understand the contemporary world and to reconcile ideologies, interests, and geopolitics in a world that is globalized
  • ipatцитирует3 года назад
    GEOGRAPHY, POWER, WORLD—each is a potent word. What they represented were closely related in the eighteenth century and should be linked in order to offer an account of key developments then
  • ipatцитирует3 года назад
    geography and geopolitics remain highly significant today, and there has been a recent revival in writing about geopolitics

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