Environment and Nation : Geographical Factors in the Cultural and Political History of Europe / Griffith Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Griffith, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Europe.

Ethnology.

Human geography--Europe.

Human geography.

Human beings--Effect of environment on.

Human beings.

Europe.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (573 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume discusses the impact of geographical factors on the cultural and political history of Europe with specific chapters dedicated to impacts on the Protestant, Catholic, and Greek Orthodox regions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List Of Illustrations

Part I. Physical Factors In European History

Chapter I. Characteristics Of The Nations

Chapter II. Environment And Nation In Britain

Chapter III. The Build Of Europe And Its General Effect On History

Chapter IV. Climate And History In Europe

Part II. Cultural Factors In European History

Chapter V. Race, Population And Power

Chapter VI. The Language Factor In History

Chapter VII. The Historical Approach

Chapter VIII. The Rise Of Greece And Rome

Chapter IX. The Folk-Wandering And The Fall Of Rome

Chapter X. The Expansion And Differentiation Of Christianity In Europe

Chapter XI. The Renaissance In Time And Space

Part III. The Protestant Nations Of Northwest Europe

Chapter XII. Further Geographical Factors In England's History

Chapter XIII. Scandinavia And Iceland

Chapter XIV. Germany, The Heir Of The Holy Roman Empire

Chapter XV. Holland And Belgium

Chapter XVI. Switzerland-A Complex Nationality

Part IV. The Catholic Nations Of The Southwest And Centre

Chapter XVII. Environment And The French Nation

Chapter XVIII. Spain-A Nation Founded On A Dry Plateau

Chapter XIX. Italy-Disunion In The Apennine Peninsula

Chapter XX. Austria-The Crumbling Of An Empire

Chapter XXI. The Western Slavs And The Hungarians

Chapter XXII. Poland-The Catholic Buffer Nation Of The Great Northern Plain

Part V. The Eastern Nations Of Europe

Chapter XXIII. Rumania-A Land Of Hybrid Culture And Many Invasions

Chapter XXIV. The Balkan States-Byzantine And Turkish Domination Of Complex "Young" Highlands

Chapter XXV. Russia-The Land Of Uniform Topography And Culture

Chapter XXVI. The East Baltic Region-Dependent States In An Environment Of Moraines

Chapter XXVII. Some General Conclusions-National Indices And Future Groupings

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781487583934

1487583931

OCLC:

1110712009