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This is a study of the politics of British geography books and of related forms of geographical knowledge in the period from 1650 to 1850. The definition and role of geography in a humanist structure of knowledge are examined and shown to tie it to political discourse. Geographical works are shown to have developed Whig and Tory defences of the English church and state, consonant with the conservatism of the English Enlightenment. These politicizations were questioned by those indebted to the Scottish Enlightenment. The work questions broad assumptions about British intellectual history through a revisionist history of geography.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Enlightenment Geography
• Author: Robert Mayhew
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 324
• EAN: 9780333791868
• ISBN: 033379186X
• ID: 04599576
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Weight: 631 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. August 2000

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