Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: What is historical research into space? -- Why historical research into space is not new -- Why historical research into space is, in fact, new -- Chapter 1 Historical and systematic approach -- 1.1 Prehistory -- 1.2 Concepts -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Disciplinary approaches -- 2.1 Geography -- 2.2 Cultural anthropology, postcolonial studies -- 2.3 Sociology -- 2.4 Spaces and spatialities as a new historiographical topic -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Spatial analysis -- 3.1 Spatial constitution and configurations -- 3.2 Spatial dynamics: Emergence-transformation-dissolution -- 3.3 The subjective construction of spaces -- 3.4 Spatial practices-uses of space -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Conclusion and outlook -- Chapter 5 Appendix of sources for the historical study of space -- Sources for the analysis of spatial dimensions of historical societies -- Contents -- Part A: Conceptual history -- Part B: Sources on urban history and the history of trade -- Part C: Maps as media for representing spatial relations, creating spaces, and disseminating images of the world, and as instruments for orientation -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Literature -- Internet resources and portals -- Journals or special issues of journals -- Lexicon entries -- Glossary -- Afterword to the second edition -- Index.
Spaces, too, have a history. And history always takes place in spaces. But what do historians mean when they use the word ""spaces""? And how can spaces be historically investigated?
Susanne Rau provides a survey of the history of Western concepts of space, opens up interdisciplinary approaches to the phenomenon of space in fields ranging from physics and geography to philosophy and sociology, and explains how historical spatial analysis can be methodologically and conceptually conceived and carried out in practice. The case studies presented in the book come from the fields of urban history, the history of trade, and global history including the history of cartography, but its analysis is equally relevant to other fields of inquiry.
This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to the theory and methodology of historical spatial analysis.
Supported by Open Access funds of the University of Erfurt
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