Статья посвящена анализу историографии исторической географии Ржевского уезда эпохи Средневековья. Выделены направления в региона, приоритеты изучения и актуальные исследовательские проблемы. Отмечается, что у исследователей на протяжении XIX-XXI вв. приоритетной задачей являлась разработка хронологии политических процессов территории уезда, определение истоков образования поселенческой структу...

The subjects of this paper are two maps from the 13th century Psalter, found in London. These Psalter World Map and List Map. Both designed shape a circular disk, modeled on medieval mappae mundi T-O type. first is pictorial map, second descriptive. primary goal these was not to objectively present geographical reality, but express biblical symbolism Christian cosmology thus serve as reminder d...

In recent decades, "theory" has achieved substantial market penetration among historians, regarded by some as a lodestar and by others as a devilish influence. Veteran business historians can certainly recall the rapid advance of quantitative methodologies, with their underlying strata of science-based theoretical assumptions, into economic and social history during the 1970s. Ironically, at ro...

Historical changes in seagrass coverage on the Mississippi barrier islands, northern Gulf of Mexico, determined from vertical aerial imagery (1940–2007) Gregory A. Carter a b , Kelly L. Lucas a , Patrick D. Biber c , G. Alan Criss a & Gabriel A. Blossom a a Gulf Coast Geospatial Center, University of Southern Mississippi, 5100 Standby Road, Stennis Space Center, 39529, USA b Department of Geogr...

This paper investigates the spatial concentration of Chinese manufacturing using data collected in both the second and third national industrial censuses. It is found that many of China’s manufacturing industries were highly geographically concentrated in several coastal regions in 1995. A historical comparison of the concentration levels between 1980, 1985 and 1995 suggests that manufacturing ...