{"product_id":"complex-locations-womens-geographical-work-in-the-uk-1850-1970-hardback-9781405145565","title":"Complex Locations; Women's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970 (Hardback) 9781405145565","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComplex Locations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"With this book, the history and historiography of modern geography - always engaging and much revitalised of late - will be invigorated yet further. At once a work of scholarly research, sensitive biography and theoretical enquiry, \u003ci\u003eComplex Locations\u003c\/i\u003e places women where they have always been in British geography - at its heart. It will interest many and deserves to be widely read.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–\u003cb\u003eCharles W J Withers\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Edinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This book is based on highly original and scholarly research and fills a notable absence in historiographies of Geography. It will be a valuable addition to debates about gender and feminism within the discipline.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–\u003cb\u003eCheryl McEwan\u003c\/b\u003e, Durham University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"As the first book length study of early women geographers in Britain, \u003ci\u003eComplex Locations\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential reading for feminist geographers and historians of the discipline. Drawing on wonderfully rich and original archival research, the book explores the important but often forgotten work of women as academics, educationalists and travellers in shaping British geography since the nineteenth century. By studying their lives and work through its engaging biographical and contextual analysis, the book is vitally important not only in illuminating the long history of geographical work by women, but also in understanding the history of the discipline and the gendered production of knowledge more broadly.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–\u003cb\u003eAlison Blunt\u003c\/b\u003e, Queen Mary, University of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAvril Maddrell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405145565, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 April 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.761 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Complex locations should be included on all undergraduate courses about the history of the discipline, and should be read widely by other researchers interested in women and the history of geography, science and education.\" (Area Book Reviews, 1 November 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures and Tables.  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Putting Women in their Place: Women in the Historiography of Geography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Women and British Geographical Societies: Medals, Membership, Inclusion and Exclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Marion Newbigin and the Liminal Role of the Geographical Editor: Hired Help or Disciplinary Gatekeeper?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Women Travellers: Inside or Outside the Canon?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Women in Geographical Education: Demand for Geography Teachers and Teaching by Example.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Diplomas, Degrees and Appointments: The First Generation of Women Geographers in Academia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Fieldwork and War Work: Interwar University Geographers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The War Years and Immediate Post-War Period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. University Expansion, Specialisation and Quantification: 1950–70.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Conclusion: Mapping the ‘Hidden’ Women in British Geography 1900–70.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437772894488,"sku":"9781405145565","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405145565.jpg?v=1784939269","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/complex-locations-womens-geographical-work-in-the-uk-1850-1970-hardback-9781405145565","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}