@article{694104,
      recid = {694104},
      author = {Gregory, Ian N., and Geddes, A.},
      title = {Toward spatial humanities : historical GIS and spatial  history /},
      pages = {1 online resource (235 pages) :},
      abstract = {"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"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/694104},
}