Observation
Rediscovering Historical Geography in the Land of Norumbega
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8423559 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Konrad (University of Maine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 277-279 |
| Publication date | 1990-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3658 • E-ISSN: 1541-0064 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1990.tb01093.x |
| OpenAlex | W1994029031 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Recent appraisals of historical geography range widely in their assessment of the field. Donald Meinig (1989), writing of ‘The Historical Geography Imperative,’ concludes: ‘historical geography is not, has never been, just another item in the proliferating diversity of our grand enterprise. Rather, like physical and environmental geography, it is one of the foundations of the whole enterprise. In its own way historical geography encompasses and contributes to all of geography. Micheal Dear (1988) disagrees. In ‘The postmodern challenge: Reconstructing human geography,’ he states that historical geography is ‘overde‐termined,’ and ‘an empty concept' conveying ‘few (if any) significant analytical distinctions .... He concludes that historical geography does ‘little more than confirm what geography is about. Both writers agree on the pervasive and comprehensive nature of historical geography, but Dear sees this inclusiveness as more of a cincture, whereas Meinig conveys the fundamental and embracing understanding of geography inherent in the practice of historical geography
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| Highly cited | No |
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