Environmental Historical Geographies
Matthew J Hannaford · 2025
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Description
Matthew J Hannaford surveys a field that joins history with geography, in a review published in 2024. The field studies how people and the land have shaped each other over time. It links closely with the study of past environments, and it keeps growing and changing as new scholars join it.
Hannaford groups recent work under three themes. Scholars rebuild past landscapes, trace how people gained and shared knowledge of nature, and track the marks left by human action. He points to fresh ground too, such as big data and smart tools, and the long shadow of empire. The review maps where the field stands and where it may head next.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Matthew J Hannaford |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |