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"The application of geo-spatial technologies, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS), to issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both digital humanities and spatial humanities. The book captures the wide variety of geo-spatial applications to both traditional and non-traditional subjects in history through a series of exemplary essays designed to signal to non-specialists the methodological and substantive implications of a spatial approach to the humanities. The aim of the book is to illustrate how the use of historical GIS is changing our understanding of the geographies of the past, and how it has become the foundation for new approaches to the study of history. The essays are divided into two parts. The first features new approaches to the past by focusing on current developments in the use of historical sources. The second looks at the insights gained by applying GIS to develop historiography. Together the essays form, not a 'how-to' guide for researchers, but a compelling demonstration of how GIS can contribute to our historical understanding"--

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography. --- HISTORY / General. --- History --- Historical geography --- Geographic information systems. --- Historiography --- Geography, Historical --- Geography --- Historical source material --- Historical sources --- Primary sources (Historical sources) --- Source material, Historical --- Sources, Historical --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Data processing. --- Methodology. --- History as a science --- Geographic information systems --- Methodology --- Data processing

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This book explores a novel methodological approach which combines analytical techniques from linguistics and geography to bring fresh insights to the study of poverty. Using Geographical Text Analysis, it maps the discursive construction of poverty in the UK and compares the results to what administrative data reveal. The analysis draws together qualitative and quantitative techniques from corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, Geographical Information Science, and the spatial humanities. By identifying the place-names that occur within close proximity to search terms associated with to poverty it shows how different newspapers use place to foreground different aspects of poverty (including employment, housing, money, and benefits), and how the London-centric nature of newspaper reporting dominates the discursive construction of UK poverty. This book demonstrates how interdisciplinary research methods can illuminate complex social issues and will appeal to researchers in a number of disciplines from sociology, geography and the spatial humanities, economics, linguistics, health, and public policy, in addition to policymakers and practitioners.

Discourse analysis. --- Corpora (Linguistics). --- Regional planning. --- Cities and towns-History. --- Sociology, Urban. --- Discourse Analysis. --- Corpus Linguistics. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Urban History. --- Urban Studies/Sociology. --- Social Structure, Social Inequality. --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Corpus-based analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics --- Government policy --- Urban planning. --- Cities and towns—History. --- Social structure. --- Social inequality. --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Social institutions --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Management --- Equality.

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This book explores a novel methodological approach which combines analytical techniques from linguistics and geography to bring fresh insights to the study of poverty. Using Geographical Text Analysis, it maps the discursive construction of poverty in the UK and compares the results to what administrative data reveal. The analysis draws together qualitative and quantitative techniques from corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, Geographical Information Science, and the spatial humanities. By identifying the place-names that occur within close proximity to search terms associated with to poverty it shows how different newspapers use place to foreground different aspects of poverty (including employment, housing, money, and benefits), and how the London-centric nature of newspaper reporting dominates the discursive construction of UK poverty. This book demonstrates how interdisciplinary research methods can illuminate complex social issues and will appeal to researchers in a number of disciplines from sociology, geography and the spatial humanities, economics, linguistics, health, and public policy, in addition to policymakers and practitioners.

Social stratification --- Sociology --- Environmental planning --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Pragmatics --- Mathematical linguistics --- Linguistics --- Regional documentation --- Economic geography --- History --- ruimtelijke ordening --- sociologie --- geschiedenis --- steden --- tekstanalyse --- armoede --- linguïstiek --- sociale ongelijkheid --- geografie