[PDF] Goldthwaites Geographical Magazine eBook

Author : Geoffrey J. Martin
Publisher :
Page : 1241 pages
File Size : 14,38 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Education
ISBN : 019533602X

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The rise of American geography as a distinctive science in the United States straddles the 19th and 20th centuries, extending from the post-Civil war period to 1970. American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographic Science is the first book to thoroughly and richly explicate this history. Its author, Geoffrey J. Martin, the foremost historian on the subject and official archivist of the Association of American Geographers, amassed a wealth of primary sources from archives worldwide, which enable him to chart the evolution of American geography with unprecedented detail and context. From the initial influence of the German school to the emergence of Geography as a unique discipline in American universities and thereafter, Martin clarifies the what, how and when of each advancement. Expansive discussion of the arguments made, controversies ignited and research voyages move hand in hand with the principals who originated and animated them: Davis, Jefferson, Huntington, Bowman, Johnson, Sauer, Hartshorne, and many more. From their grasp of local, regional, global and cultural phenomena, geographers also played pivotal roles in world historical events, including the two world wars and their treaties, as the US became the dominant global power. American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographical Science is a conclusive study of the birth and maturation of the science. It will be of interest to geographers, teachers and students of geography, and all those compelled by the story of American Geography and those who founded and developed it.

Author : R. P. Beckinsale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 50,83 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 1135836515

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This volume is entirely devoted to the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologist, William Morris Davis (1850-1934). It contains a treatment in depth of Davis' many contributions to the study of landforms including: the cycle of erosion denudation chronology arid and karst geomorphology the coral reef problem.

Author : Caryn Hannan
Publisher : State History Publications
Page : 775 pages
File Size : 43,72 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1878592602

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Biographies on interesting and influential persons who have lived in the state of Illinois.