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xxix, 1210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The rise of American geography as a distinctive science in the United States continued through the 19th and 20th centuries. American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographical Science is the first book to thoroughly and richly explicate this history. Its author, Geoffrey J. Martin, the foremost historian on the subject, amassed a welath of primary sources from archives worldwide that enable him to chart the evolution of American geography with unprecedented detail and context. From the initial influence of German thought 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 growth 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 developed it. -- from dust jacket.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.