W. Gordon East (1902–1998)
Auteur de The Geography Behind History
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de W. Gordon East
The changing world : studies in political geography 2 exemplaires
The Caxton world atlas 1 exemplaire
Sammlung Der Merkwurdigsten Reisen in Den Orient, in Uebersezungen Und Auszugen Mit Einleitungen [&C.] Herausg. Von… (2015) 1 exemplaire
An historical geography of Europe 1 exemplaire
The Geography Behind History 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- East, William Gordon
- Date de naissance
- 1902-11-19
- Date de décès
- 1998-01-27
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Études
- University of Cambridge
- Professions
- professor of geography
- Organisations
- Birkbeck College of the University of London
Membres
Critiques
The geography behind history par W. Gordon East
This little book on geography is a recent discovery at a nearby library. It's a very good introduction as to how the physcial environment shapes mankind's place in it and history. It is well illustrated with maps, and the text is always engaging.
I'm a fool for books with maps. Not to put too fine a point on it, I'm a fool for books about maps and geography because they're about models of reality. The black-and-white maps herein are marvels of simplification of the sort which lends them, at least for me, a certain nostalgic appeal. The text itself has a Churchillian grandeur; history has a wide sweep here.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
- 260
- Popularité
- #88,386
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 14