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The (re)making of the western ‘geographical tradition’: some missing links
Author(s) -
Sidaway James Derrick
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.1997.tb00008.x
Subject(s) - narrative , human geography , geography , historical geography , sociology , social science , history , economic geography , philosophy , linguistics
Summary A brief investigation of certain missing links in the narration of the history of geography focuses on the need to consider the contribution of non‐western geographical and scientific knowledges to the making of ‘European discovery’ and therefore to the development of a putatively western geographical tradition.