History, Space and Place

Susanne Rau is professor of spatial history and culture at the University of Erfurt, Germany, and distinguished visiting professor at the École normale supérieure de Lyon, France.Michael Thomas Taylor works as a translator in Berlin. From 2007 to 2012 he taught as assistant professor of German at the University of Calgary (Canada), and from 2012 to 2017 as assistant, then associate professor of German and humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon (USA).

• AcknowledgementsWhat Is Historical Research into Space? An Introduction1. Historical and Systematic Approach1.1. PrehistoryOn the History of Western Concepts of SpaceSpace: On the German History of a ConceptAlternative Paths: Febvre—Braudel—Lefebvre1.2 ConceptsEveryday and Scholarly Concepts of Space: Not a ContradictionConceptual HistoryAnalytical Concepts2. Disciplinary Approaches2.1 Geography2.2 Cultural Anthropology, Postcolonial Studies2.3 Sociology2.4 Spaces and Spatialities as a New Historiographical Topic3. Spatial Analysis3.1 Spatial Constitution and ConfigurationsMacrohistorical ProcessesSpatial Types, Spatial FormationsGuiding Differences for AnalysisGlobal Spaces: Spatial Transformations in the Course of Processes of GlobalizationThe City: A Changing Spatial ConfigurationTrade: Interactive Relationships That Create Spaces3.2 Spatial Dynamics: Emergence—Transformation—Dissolution3.3 The Subjective Construction of Spaces Perceptions—Memories—RepresentationsSpaces of Imagination and Other SpacesSpatial Stories—Spatial Media—Mental Maps3.4 Spatial Practices—Uses of Space4. Conclusion and Outlook5. Appendix of Sources for the Historical Study of SpaceSelected BibliographyGlossaryAcknowledgmentsAfterword to the Second EditionIndex of Persons and Topics