An Illustrated History of Hong Kong's Top District
The Peak is Hong Kong's top residential district, where property prices are as high as the altitude. How did it become an exclusive enclave in the bustling business centre of 19th-century Asia? The British wanted relief from summer heat and the Peak was the obvious place to escape it. When the Governor adopted Mountain Lodge as a summer getaway, ......
The Atlas of Christian History is brand new, featuring more than fifty new maps, graphics, and timelines. Concise, helpful text, written by acknowledged authorities guide the experience and interpret the visuals consciously written for students at any level, the 1volume is perfect for independent students, as well as those in structured courses.
The Politics of Geography in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the increasing accuracy and legibility of cartographic projections, the proliferation of empirically based chorographies, and the popular vogue for travel narratives served to order, package, and commodify space in a manner that was critical to the formation of a unified Britain. In ......
Cartography and the Framing of America's International Power
In this fascinating history of Cold War cartography, Timothy Barney considers maps as central to the articulation of ideological tensions between American national interests and international aspirations. Barney argues that the borders, scales, projections, and other conventions of maps prescribed and constrained the means by which foreign policy ......
Experience dramatic mountain vistas and karst caves with China's most famous travel writer Xu Xiake stands as China's most distinguished traveler and travel writer, whose extensive journeys through Ming-dynasty China offer a unique window into the era's geography, history, and cultural traditions. This new, fully annotated English translation of ......
Experience dramatic mountain vistas and karst caves with China's most famous travel writer Xu Xiake stands as China's most distinguished traveler and travel writer, whose extensive journeys through Ming-dynasty China offer a unique window into the era's geography, history, and cultural traditions. This new, fully annotated English translation of ......
A Riverine History of Empire Across China, India, and Southeast Asia
Spanning nearly 4 million square kilometers, the Tibetan river system-including the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Red, and Yangzi-forms the largest contiguous network of rivers on the planet, stretching across eastern South Asia, mainland Southeast Asia, and southern China. The Range of the River uncovers the entwined histories of these ......
A Riverine History of Empire Across China, India, and Southeast Asia
Spanning nearly 4 million square kilometers, the Tibetan river system-including the Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Salween, Mekong, Red, and Yangzi-forms the largest contiguous network of rivers on the planet, stretching across eastern South Asia, mainland Southeast Asia, and southern China. The Range of the River uncovers the entwined histories of these ......
A rich visual illustration of South Carolina's physical, political, social, and cultural geography What is the regional distribution of South Carolinians' preferred barbeque sauces? Where were colonial roads located, and how did they relate to the sites of Revolutionary War battles? Where were the key locales of protest during the civil rights ......
