These essays trace the evolution of British geography as an academic discipline during the last hundred years, and stress how the study of the world we live in

'Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel 'Morris suc

Enlightenment Geography is the first detailed study of the politics of British geography books and of related forms of geographical knowledge in the period from

In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial Britain used modern survey techniques to not only create and

Ultimately, Against the Map suggests that nation is forged not only in concert with the map but, just as important, against it.