John Wing
Biographic Data
| ID | 4239078 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Wing |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Wing |
| SIGNATURE | WING J |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1The City University of New York College of Staten Island |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Elizabeth Gansen. Natural Designs: Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo and the Invention of New World Nature
The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870: A Geohistorical Approach
546 Book Reviews / Journal of Early Modern History 13 (2009) 543-548 Tabak, Faruk, Th e Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870: A Geohistori- cal Approach (Baltimore: Th e Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008), 432 pp., ISBN 978 0 801 88720 8, $60.00. By the early seventeenth century, Western European interests had shifted away from the Mediterranean and towards the Atlantic Ocean, a transition that has led historians to assume that the Inner Sea…
The Discourse and Discipline of GIS
Despite the many alternative insights produced within human geography since the height of the spatial science tradition of the 1960s and those within geographic information systems (GIS) itself, we still observe in our classrooms, hiring committees, and textbooks a dominant and singular understanding of GIS that fixes its meaning in ways that marginalize “non-GIS” geography. We are concerned about the effect that this valuation of GIS and devalua…
The Social Consequences of Psychiatric Illness
Living without the Mental Hospitals
Changes in the administrative structure of the National Health Service and in policy concerning the role of the psychiatric hospitals in the delivery of mental health care mean that local authorities have a growing responsibility for providing a range of supportive services for people who formerly would have lived for long periods in mental hospitals. Sheltered living environments will be an essential part of these services but there is little sy…
The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870: A Geohistorical Approach
546 Book Reviews / Journal of Early Modern History 13 (2009) 543-548 Tabak, Faruk, Th e Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870: A Geohistori- cal Approach (Baltimore: Th e Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008), 432 pp., ISBN 978 0 801 88720 8, $60.00. By the early seventeenth century, Western European interests had shifted away from the Mediterranean and towards the Atlantic Ocean, a transition that has led historians to assume that the Inner Sea…
Living without the Mental Hospitals
Changes in the administrative structure of the National Health Service and in policy concerning the role of the psychiatric hospitals in the delivery of mental health care mean that local authorities have a growing responsibility for providing a range of supportive services for people who formerly would have lived for long periods in mental hospitals. Sheltered living environments will be an essential part of these services but there is little sy…
The Social Consequences of Psychiatric Illness
The Discourse and Discipline of GIS
Despite the many alternative insights produced within human geography since the height of the spatial science tradition of the 1960s and those within geographic information systems (GIS) itself, we still observe in our classrooms, hiring committees, and textbooks a dominant and singular understanding of GIS that fixes its meaning in ways that marginalize “non-GIS” geography. We are concerned about the effect that this valuation of GIS and devalua…
The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870: A Geohistorical Approach
546 Book Reviews / Journal of Early Modern History 13 (2009) 543-548 Tabak, Faruk, Th e Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870: A Geohistori- cal Approach (Baltimore: Th e Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008), 432 pp., ISBN 978 0 801 88720 8, $60.00. By the early seventeenth century, Western European interests had shifted away from the Mediterranean and towards the Atlantic Ocean, a transition that has led historians to assume that the Inner Sea…
Elizabeth Gansen. Natural Designs: Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo and the Invention of New World Nature
Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Art (1 works)