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Geographical Information Systems and the Study of History
- Journal of Interdisciplinary History
- The MIT Press
- Volume 42, Number 1, Summer 2011
- pp. 1-13
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- Additional Information
The articles in this special issue are unique in their use of historical geographical information systems (HGIS ) to explore a common theme—transport infrastructure and its effects on population distribution in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe. Collectively and individually, they demonstrate how to integrate spatial analysis into historical research and how to bring a historical dimension to geographical analyses.