History, Space and Place

Name: History, Space and Place
Brand: Taylor & Francis > University of Erfurt

Taylor & Francis > University of Erfurt

History, Space and PlaceAuthor(s): Susanne Rau\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367660307, 978-0367660307\nSynopsis\nSpaces, too, have a history. And history always takes place in spaces. But what do historians mean when they use the word \""spaces\""? And how can spaces be historically investigated? \n\nSusanne Rau provides a survey of the history of Western concepts of space, opens up interdisciplinary approaches to the phenomenon of space in fields ranging from physics and geography to philosophy and sociology, and explains how historical spatial analysis can be methodologically and conceptually conceived and carried out in practice. The case studies presented in the book come from the fields of urban history, the history of trade, and global history including the history of cartography, but its analysis is equally relevant to other fields of inquiry. \n\nThis book offers the first comprehensive introduction to.