All possible worlds : a history of geographical ideas

All possible worlds : a history of geographical ideas / Geoffrey J. Martin.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin, Geoffrey J.
Other Authors: Martin, T. S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Edition:4th ed.
Subjects:
Geography > History.
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • A field of study called geography
  • The beginnings of classical geography
  • Geography in the middle ages
  • The age of exploration
  • The impact of discoveries
  • An end and a beginning : Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter
  • What was new?
  • The new geography in Germany
  • The new geography in France
  • The new geography in Great Britain
  • The new geography in Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Commonweath of Independent States
  • The new geography in Canada
  • The new geography in Sweden
  • The new geography in Japan
  • The new geography in the United States before World War I
  • The new geography in the United States : World War I to midcentury
  • The new geography in the United States : midcentury to the present
  • Applied geography
  • New methods of observation and analysis
  • Innovation and tradition.

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