1 option
American geography and geographers : toward geographical science / Geoffrey Martin.
LIBRA G76.5.U5 M37 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Geoffrey J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geography--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History.
- Geography.
- Geographers.
- History.
- Geography--Study and teaching (Higher).
- United States--Geography--Study and teaching--History.
- United States.
- Geographers--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 1210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- "...unparalleled in the scope and depth of its research and in its meticulous exposition of the evolution of geography in the United States through the 1970s. Basing the volume on archival materials, Geoffrey Martin masterfully explains not only what American geographers did, but also why they chose the paths they took. The letters upon which the volume relies enable Martin to enter the minds of our predecessors in ways that histories based on secondary sources cannot. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- American and German geography ca. 1820s to 1919
- Geography and the American Normal School
- Toward the emergence of geography in the universities
- The physiographic provinces
- The study of geographical regions
- The emergence of commercial and economic geography
- Environmentalism and its varieties
- The quest for definition ca. 1870-1919
- The path to war, 1914-1918
- The path to peace, 1914-1920
- The millionth map of Hispanic America
- The pioneer fringe and pioneer belts : toward a science of settlement
- The ecological tradition in American geography
- The emergence of a political geography
- Richard Hartshorne, the nature of geography and perspective on the nature of geography
- Geography, geographers, and World War II
- The Association of American Geographers and the American Society for Professional Geographers : schism and rapprochement
- The quest for definition continued ca. 1920-1970
- Envoi
- Appendix: Earliest known (U.S.) college/university courses of their kind.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.
- ISBN:
- 019533602X
- 9780195336023
- OCLC:
- 894670565
- Publisher Number:
- 99961924814
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.