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1、JournalofHistoricalGeography,29,2(2003)230ÿ247doi:10.1006/jhge.2001.0416Differentmethods,differentplaces:feministgeographyandnewdirectionsinUSwesternhistoryMichaelLansingFeministgeographyoffersmethodsessentialforcreatingnewdirectionsinthehistoricalscholarshi
2、poftheUSWest.Westernhistorians,generallyignoringbroaderscholarlytrends,continuetoengageÐconsciouslyornotÐinaplacevs.processdebatethatobscuresothertypesofspatialanalysisintheirwork.Theworkoffeministgeographersprovidesimportantinsightsintohowwesternhistoriansa
3、nalyze,construct,understandandwriteabouttheplacesandexperiencestheystudy.USwesternhistory,asa®eld,candrawonfeministgeography'smorecomplicatedunderstandingsofscaleandplacetocreatenarrativesthatbettercapturewesternhistory'smyriadcomplications.#2003ElsevierScie
4、nceLtd.Allrightsreseved.GeographyandUSwesternhistoryIna1998specialissueofEcumeneontherelationshipbetweengeographyandthenewUSwesternhistory,geographerDonMitchellnotedthatscholarlyworkthatblendedbothdisciplinesmighthelpeach``reach...thegoalestablishedbynewwest
5、ernhistory:towrite[1]afuller,moreaccurate,morepoliticallyvaluablehistoricalgeographyoftheWest.''Hisrecognitionthat``landscapes...actasvorticesofsocialrelations,asproduced,livedandrepresentedspaces,''remaining``farmorecomplexthannewwesternhistoriansleton''see
6、medlikeitmightbeginarealdialoguebetweenUSwesternhistoriansand[2]geographers.Hehopedthatotherswouldtakeuptheargumentsofthegeographersintheissue,whichsurelydeservedfullerexploration.Theissue,however,lackedacontributionfromanewwesternhistorian,andsoitemergedasa
7、one-wayconver-[3]sation.Lessthanayearlater,westernhistoryagainfounditselfthesubjectofstudyinageographer'squeryofthepoliticsthatunderlaytheepistemologiesofthenewwestern[4][5]history.Again,thearticlewentnearlyunnoticedbyhistoriansoftheUSWest.Infact,westernhist
8、oriansoftenfailtoexaminetheconclusionsandquestionsÐwhetheraboutepistemologiesortheactualstudyofspaceandplaceÐthatdrivehuman[6]andparticularlyfeministgeography.Despitegeographers'continuedinteres