New Spaces of Exploration by Simon Naylor
For many the dawn of the twentieth century ushered in an era where the world map had few if any blank spaces left to discover. The age of exploration was supposedly dead. "New Spaces of Exploration" challenges this assumption. Focusing specifically on exploration in the twentieth century, the authors demonstrate how new technologies and changing geopolitical configurations have ensured that exploration has remained a key feature of our rapidly globalizing world. Ranging widely in their geographical focus - from the Europe and Asia to Australia, and from the polar regions to outer space - they demonstrate the increasing diversity of modern exploration and reveal the continuing political, military, industrial and cultural motivations at play. The result is a major contribution to our understanding of the significance of exploration in the twentieth century. The contributors include: E. Baigent, C. Collis, K. Dodds, F. Driver, M. Godwin, J. Hill, F. Korsmo, F. MacDonald, S. Naylor, J. Ryan, N. Thomas, and K. Yusoff.
Simon Naylor is Senior Lecturer in Historical Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. He has conducted research into the geographies of fieldwork and exploration in a range of contexts, including Britain, South America, Australia and Antarctica. James R. Ryan is Associate Professor of Cultural Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of 'Picturing Empire' (London, 1997) and co-editor (with Joan Schwartz) of 'Picturing Place' (London, 2003).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848850170 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848850174 |
| Title | New Spaces of Exploration |
| Author | Simon Naylor |
| Series | Tauris Historical Geographical Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2009-12-18 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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