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Political geography has been one of the major growth areas within geography in recent years. Presenting a great deal of new research findings, new thinking and comprehensive overviews of key aspects of the subject, the contributors to this volume review past progress and current trends and discuss the areas where political geographers should undertake future research.
For decades, concerns have been raised about the consequences of relentless suburban expansion in the United States. But so far, government programs to control urban sprawl have had little effect in slowing it down, much less stopping it. In this book, Pietro S. Nivola raises important questions about the continued suburbanization of America: Is suburban growth just the result of market forces, or have government policies helped induce greater sprawl? How much of the government intervention has been undesirable, and what has been beneficial? And, if suburban growth is to be controlled, what changes in public policies would be not only effective, but practical? Nivola addresses these question...
International relations of the early modern period were as essential as today, but research has until now been limited to specific topics or relations, often with a focus on for example British or French foreign affairs. This book however examines the relations of Emperor Charles VI and George II, King of Great Britain and Prince Elector of Hanover, from 1727 to 1735, covering the years between the Treaty of Seville 1729, the Second Treaty of Vienna 1731 to the War of the Polish Succession (1733-1735). The time period covered or studies of the connections between the courts of Vienna and London have been a lacuna of eighteenth-century history. The role of actors – monarchs, their courts and entourages, and diplomats –, conditions and conventions, as well as the content of the Imperial-British relations are analysed. The study offers a cultural historical analysis of international relations in the early eighteenth century on a broad basis of archival research.
This reference work contains more than 15000 entries on political geography, political science, international studies, social sciences, military and strategic studies and ocean resources. The materials have been collected from more than 270 journals and periodicals, current geographical publications, the American Geographical Society Research Catalog and bibliographies of various political geography books. The available materials have been collected on political geography since 1945, while important materials from earlier periods have also been included. The book also includes theses and dissertations that enhance its usefulness.