All Possible Worlds
A History of Geographical Ideas
Fourth Edition
ISBN13: 9780195168709ISBN10: 0195168704
Hardcover, 624 pages
Jan 2005,
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624 pages;
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6-1/8 x 9-1/4;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-516870-9ISBN10: 0-19-516870-4
The most complete and comprehensive book of its kind
Table of Contents
Preface
1.
A Field of Study Called Geography
Part One: Classical
2.
The Beginnings of Classical Geography
3.
Geography in the Middle Ages
4.
The Age of Exploration
5.
The Impact of Discoveries
6.
An End and a Beginning: Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter
Part Two: Modern
7.
What Was New
8.
The New Geography in Germany
9.
The New Geography in France
10.
The New Geography in Great Britain
11.
The New Geography in Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Commonwealth of Independent States
12.
The New Geography in Canada
13.
The New Geography in Sweden
14.
The New Geography in Japan
15.
The New Geography in the United States Before World War I
16.
The New Geography in the United States: World War I to Mid-century
17.
The New Geography in the United States: Mid-century to the Present
18.
Applied Geography
19.
New Methods of Observation and Analysis
20.
Innovation and Tradition
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
