The Uses of Space in Early Modern History by P. Stock (English) Hardcover Book

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While there is an growing body of work on space and place in many disciplines, less attention has been paid to how a spatial approach illuminates the societies and cultures of the past. Here, leading experts explore the uses of space in two respects: how space can be applied to the study of history, and how space was used at specific times.

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While there is an growing body of work on space and place in many disciplines, less attention has been paid to how a spatial approach illuminates the societies and cultures of the past. Here, leading experts explore the uses of space in two respects: how space can be applied to the study of history, and how space was used at specific times.

Author Biography

Lauren Benton, New York University, USA Amanda Flather, University of Essex, UK Michael Heffernan, University of Nottingham, UK Matthew Johnson, Northwestern University, USA Paul Keenan, London School of Economics, UK Beat Kümin, University of Warwick, UK Robert Mayhew, University of Bristol, UK Jeppe Mulich, New York University, USA Claire Norton, St Mary's University College Twickenham, UK Andrew Rudd, University of Exeter, UK

Table of Contents

Introduction: History and the Uses of Space; Paul Stock 1. Living Space: Everyday Living in English Vernacular Houses; Matthew Johnson 2. Gender and the Organisation of Sacred Space in Early Modern England, c1580-1640; Amanda Flather 3. Liminal Space in the Ottoman-Habsburg Borderlands: Politics, Culture, Religion; Claire Norton 4. A Space Between Two Worlds: St. Petersburg in the Early Eighteenth Century; Paul Keenan 5. The Spaces of Science and the Sciences of Space: Geography and Astronomy in the Paris Academy of Sciences; Mike Heffernan 6. The Space between Empires: The Global Phenomenon of Microregions in the Early Nineteenth Century; Lauren Benton and Jeppe Mulich 7. Space, Sympathy, and Empire: Edmund Burke and the Trial of Warren Hastings; Andrew Rudd 8. A Tale of Three Scales: Ways of Malthusian Worldmaking; Robert Mayhew The Uses of Space in Early Modern History: An Afterword; Beat Kümin

Review

'This book is a very welcome intervention into the latest round of engagements between history and historical geography prompted by spatial and cultural turns across the humanities. By examining how far space is a fundamental dimension of both historical interpretation and of life in the past, these essays play an important part in fulfilling the project signalled by Michel Foucault when he wrote that 'A whole history remains to be written of spaces which would at the same time be a history of powers from the great strategies of geo-politics to the tiny tactics of the habitat.' As a result, The Uses of Space in Early Modern History shows us both the geographies we have lost as well as uncovering those that are familiar to us as they came into being.' - Miles Ogborn, Professor of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, UK, and Editor of The Journal of Historical Geography"With the sometimes zealous calls for historians to take space more seriously, it is refreshing to read a multidisciplinary collection that is by turns illuminating, coolly persuasive, but also sceptical about the significance of space. The essays by well-established and emerging scholars range from vernacular houses, parish churches and scientific academies to imperial border zones, cities, and microregions. Rather than rehearsing the empty mantra that 'space matters,' The Uses of Space in Early Modern History ably demonstrates both the potential for historical study in this area and the vibrancy of older historiographic traditions often forgotten amid the quickening interest in the 'spatial turn.'" - David Lambert, Reader of Caribbean History, University of Warwick, UK"A formidable line up, including established heavyweights in the reconceiving of mainline history like Michael Heffernan and Lauren Benton, are sure to draw readers, while the variety of cutting-edge subjects like borderlands would make this book useful for graduate students coming to grips with the emerging field of spatial history." - Jo Guldi, Hans Rothfels Assistant Professor of the History of Britain and its Empire, Brown University, USA

Long Description

The study of space and place is unquestionably becoming an important research focus in the humanities and social sciences. And while there is an expanding body of theoretical work on the importance of these concepts in various disciplines, less attention has been paid to how spatial ideas and approaches can actually be deployed to understand the societies, cultures, and mentalities of the past. In this volume, leading experts explore the uses of space in two respects: how spatial concepts can be employed by or applied to the study of history, and how spaces and spatial ideas were used for practical and ideological purposes in specific periods. Together, the contributors represent a comprehensive range of disciplines concerned with space and history, including archaeology, social history, intellectual history, imperial history, geography, and cartography, allowing for an unusually broad variety of case studies and perspectives.

Review Quote

'This book is a very welcome intervention into the latest round of engagements between history and historical geography prompted by spatial and cultural turns across the humanities. By examining how far space is a fundamental dimension of both historical interpretation and of life in the past, these essays play an important part in fulfilling the project signalled by Michel Foucault when he wrote that 'A whole history remains to be written of spaces - which would at the same time be a history of powers ... from the great strategies of geo-politics to the tiny tactics of the habitat.' As a result, The Uses of Space in Early Modern History shows us both the geographies we have lost as well as uncovering those that are familiar to us as they came into being.' - Miles Ogborn, Professor of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, UK, and Editor of The Journal of Historical Geography "With the sometimes zealous calls for historians to take space more seriously, it is refreshing to read a multidisciplinary collection that is by turns illuminating, coolly persuasive, but also sceptical about the significance of space. The essays by well-established and emerging scholars range from vernacular houses, parish churches and scientific academies to imperial border zones, cities, and microregions. Rather than rehearsing the empty mantra that 'space matters,' The Uses of Space in Early Modern History ably demonstrates both the potential for historical study in this area and the vibrancy of older historiographic traditions often forgotten amid the quickening interest in the 'spatial turn.'" - David Lambert, Reader of Caribbean History, University of Warwick, UK "A formidable line up, including established heavyweights in the reconceiving of mainline history like Michael Heffernan and Lauren Benton, are sure to draw readers, while the variety of cutting-edge subjects like borderlands would make this book useful for graduate students coming to grips with the emerging field of spatial history." - Jo Guldi, Hans Rothfels Assistant Professor of the History of Britain and its Empire, Brown University, USA

Details ISBN1137490039 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Year 2015 ISBN-10 1137490039 ISBN-13 9781137490032 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2015-03-18 Short Title USES OF SPACE IN EARLY MODERN Language English Media Book Edition Description 2015 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 269 UK Release Date 2015-03-18 AU Release Date 2015-03-18 NZ Release Date 2015-03-18 Edited by P. Stock Author P. Stock Series Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History Alternative 9781349504343 DEWEY 304.2309 Illustrations XIV, 269 p. Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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