W. Gordon East (1902–1998)
Auteur van The Geography Behind History
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Werken van W. Gordon East
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The Geography Behind History 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- East, William Gordon
- Geboortedatum
- 1902-11-19
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1998-01-27
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Opleiding
- University of Cambridge
- Beroepen
- professor of geography
- Organisaties
- Birkbeck College of the University of London
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The geography behind history door 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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Statistieken
- Werken
- 12
- Leden
- 261
- Populariteit
- #88,099
- Waardering
- 3.2
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 14