IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/envirc/v38y2020i5p803-808.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Albert Herrmann: A missing link in establishing the Silk Road as a concept for Trans-Eurasian networks of trade

Author

Listed:
  • HÃ¥kan Wahlquist

Abstract

The Silk Road, or Silk Roads, has proven to be a productive but at the same time elusive concept, increasingly used as an evocative metaphor. With China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, it has found fresh invocations and audiences. After it was coined by Ferdinand von Richthofen in the 19th century it might very well have been forgotten in the 20th century if it had not been used by Sven Hedin in 1936 as a book title. And Hedin may not have used it if he had not worked closely with the German historical geographer Albert Herrmann. This paper explores these interactions, which have had enduring consequences.

Suggested Citation

  • HÃ¥kan Wahlquist, 2020. "Albert Herrmann: A missing link in establishing the Silk Road as a concept for Trans-Eurasian networks of trade," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 38(5), pages 803-808, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:38:y:2020:i:5:p:803-808
    DOI: 10.1177/2399654420911410a
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2399654420911410a
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/2399654420911410a?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:38:y:2020:i:5:p:803-808. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.