Spaces of Global Knowledge: Exhibition, Encounter and Exchange in an Age of Empire (Studies in Historical Geography)

Book Title: Spaces of Global Knowledge
Author: Diarmid A. Finnegan
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
Release Date: 12-02-2018
EAN: 9781138546813
Package Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
Languages: English

Description:
Spaces of Global Knowledge focuses on the creation, communication, and contestation of ‘global’ knowledge during the long nineteenth century. It examines the life-geographies, material practices, and diverse contributions to knowledge—ranging from medical, botanical, and cartographic to cultural—of individuals whose lives intersected in an increasingly connected world. Through detailed archival research and broader thematic reflections, the case studies presented in this book use local specificity to reveal global structures and processes, showing that these are lived and experienced phenomena, not just abstract categories of history.

This volume is a significant contribution to the growing body of scholarship on the global history of knowledge. With a wide geographic, disciplinary, and thematic scope, it will appeal to historical geographers, as well as scholars in the history of science and medicine, imperial history, museum studies, and book history.

Review Highlights:

• David N. Livingstone, Queen’s University, UK: "This remarkable collection makes crystal clear that movement is fundamental to making knowledge. The essays show how global knowledge was made through encounters in particular places, collections of particular items, and the circulation of particular texts."

• Miles Ogborn, Queen Mary University of London, UK: "The essays examine the spatial practices, power relations, and communicative forms involved in making and circulating knowledge during the nineteenth century."

• Matthew Goodman, University of Glasgow: "This volume weaves together disparate case studies to create a compelling understanding of what it means to think geographically about how global knowledge was created."

This edited collection challenges assumptions about how knowledge is formed across boundaries, making it a valuable resource for both students and experts in the field.