Charting an Empire Geography at the English Universities 1580-1620

Name: Charting an Empire Geography at the English Universities 1580-1620
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ISBN: 9780226116075

ISBN-10: 0226116077

ISBN-13: 9780226116075

Edition: 1997

Authors: Lesley B. Cormack

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How did early modern England--an island nation on the periphery of world affairs--transform itself into the center of a worldwide empire? Lesley B. Cormack argues that the newly institutionalized study of geography played a crucial role in fueling England's imperial ambitions. Cormack demonstrates that geography was part of the Arts curriculum between 1580 and 1620, read at university by a broad range of soon-to-be political, economic, and religious leaders. By teaching these young Englishmen to view their country in a global context, and to see England playing a major role on that stage, geography supplied a set of shared assumptions about the feasibility and desirability of an English…

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List price: $44.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/8/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.93" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Charting an Empire



Geography and the Changing Face of the English University



The Social Context of Geography



Mathematical Geography: Theory at Practice



Descriptive Geography: Tales of Prester John and of the Palace of Edo



Chorography: Geography Writ Small



The Patronage of Patriotism: The "Third University" of London


Conclusion: Geography and the Idea of Empire



Sources for Book List



Geography Books Owned by Students, Fellows, and Libraries of Selected Colleges


Bibliography


Index