Anne Kelly Knowles
Encyclopedia
Anne Kelly Knowles is an American
geographer and a specialist in Historical GIS. She received her MA and PhD from University of Wisconsin–Madison
. She is currently works as an assistant professor of geography at Middlebury College
.
Her first book, Calvinists Incorporated Welsh Immigrants on Ohio’s Industrial Frontier examined the influence of immigrants’ traditions and social values on their economic behavior during the industrialization of their new region as workers and investors in Welsh-owned charcoal iron companies.
Currently she is doing research using spatial analysis
about the role of skilled ironworkers in the transfer of technology in the U.S. iron industry 1800-1868.
In 2002 she edited the first book ever published with case studies of the use of Historical GIS in various disciplines. She was also guest editor of a special issue of the journal Social Science History
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United States
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geographer and a specialist in Historical GIS. She received her MA and PhD from University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
. She is currently works as an assistant professor of geography at Middlebury College
Middlebury College
Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...
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Her first book, Calvinists Incorporated Welsh Immigrants on Ohio’s Industrial Frontier examined the influence of immigrants’ traditions and social values on their economic behavior during the industrialization of their new region as workers and investors in Welsh-owned charcoal iron companies.
Currently she is doing research using spatial analysis
Spatial analysis
Spatial analysis or spatial statistics includes any of the formal techniques which study entities using their topological, geometric, or geographic properties...
about the role of skilled ironworkers in the transfer of technology in the U.S. iron industry 1800-1868.
In 2002 she edited the first book ever published with case studies of the use of Historical GIS in various disciplines. She was also guest editor of a special issue of the journal Social Science History
Social Science History
Social Science History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal. It is the official journalof the Social Science History Association. Its articles bring an analytic, theoretical, and often quantitative approach to historical evidence....
about this field.
Works
- Knowles, Anne Kelly ed. 2005. Emerging Trends in Historical GIS. In Historical Geography, Baton Rouge, LA: Geoscience Publications.
- Knowles, Anne Kelly, 2002. Past Time, Past Place: GIS for History. ESRI press ISBN 1589480325
- Knowles, Anne Kelly ed. 2000. Historical GIS: The Spatial Turn in Social Science History, Social Science History 24 (3).
- Knowles, Anne Kelly. 1997. Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio’s Industrial Frontier. ISBN 0226448533
External links
- Homepage at Middlebury College
- References to Anne K. Knowles in Google Scholar
- References to Anne K. Knowles work in popular media. in New York Times