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Geography Militant
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This intriguing book considers the relationship between geographical knowledge, exploration and empire. In its investigation of the cultural resources mobilized for exploration, it considers the role of institutions, individual explorers, and the wider culture -- from travel narratives to imperial exhibitions.Geography Militant pays particular attention to the contradictory and contested nature of discourses of exploration, situating them in the context of contemporary conceptions of national identity, gentlemanly science, and the ethics of empire.
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