In the United States, the term historical geography is the name given by Carl Ortwin Sauer of the University of California, Berkeley to his program of reorganizing cultural geography (some say all …

As the benchmark sub-disciplinary quarterly, the Journal of Historical Geography publishes articles on all aspects of historical geography and cognate fields in the social sciences, arts, and humanities.

Historical geography, geographic study of a place or region at a specific time or period in the past, or the study of geographic change in a place or region over a period of time.

Concerned with maintaining historical geography’s ongoing intellectual contribution to social scientific and humanities-based disciplines, Historical Geography is especially committed to presenting the …

Mar 27, 2014 · Historical geography is the study of the geographies of the past and how the past is represented in geographies of the present.

Mar 5, 2025 · Throughout human history, most societies have sought to understand their physical place in the world and the people and environments around them.

Historical Geography is an annual journal that publishes scholarly articles, book reviews, conference reports, and commentaries. The journal encourages an interdisciplinary and international dialogue …

Aug 21, 2024 · As such, historical geography sits on the borderlands of history and geography and strives to understand historical landscapes, spaces, places, and environments, and how they …

Historical geography is a sub-discipline of human geography concerned with the geographies of the past and with the influence of the past in shaping the geographies of the present and the future.

From chapters focusing on slavery, famine, disease and climate change, to the historiography of historical geography and research in practice, the Handbook will make a vital and lasting contribution …