Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject Since 1870 : An International Survey: 62 - Rilegato

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9781402000195: Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject Since 1870 : An International Survey: 62
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ISBN 10: 1402000197 ISBN 13: 9781402000195
Casa editrice: Kluwer Academic Pub, 2001

Sinossi

This book is a comprehensive treatment of the professionalization and institutionalization of the academic discipline of geography in Europe and North America, with emphasis on the 20th century and the last quarter of the 19th. No other book has ever attempted coverage of this sort. It is relevant to geographers, practitioners of the social and earth sciences, and historians of science and education.

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Recensione

"...the book should be in every university library."
(Progress in Human Geography, 28:2 (2004)

Contenuti

1. Introduction; G.S. Dunbar. 2. History of German Geography: Worldwide Reputation and Strategies of Nationalisation and Institutionalisation; B. Schelhaas, I. Hönsch. 3. Geography in France: Context, Practice, and Text; V.R.H. Berdoulay. 4. A Partial Biography: The Formalization and Institutionalization of Geography in Britain since 1887; C.W.J. Withers. 5. Modern Geography in Italy: From the Archives to Environmental Management; I.L. Caraci. 6. Geography and Geographers in the Netherlands since the 1870s: Serving Colonialism, Education, and the Welfare State; B. de Pater. 7. Stories on the Making of Geography in Sweden; A. Buttimer. 8. Geography in Russia: Glories and Disappointments; D. Hooson. 9. Academic Geography, American Style: An Institutional Perspective; W.A. Koelsch. 10. The Development of Geographical Study in Canada, 1870-2000; J.H. Warkentin, P. Simpson-Housley.

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Editore
Kluwer Academic Pub
Data di pubblicazione
2001
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1402000197
ISBN 13 
9781402000195
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
331
Redattore
Dunbar Gary S.
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Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  9048158281 ISBN 13:  9789048158287
Casa editrice: Springer, 2010
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