All possible worlds: a history of geographical ideas / Geoffrey J. Martin.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Edition: 4th edDescription: xvi, 605 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cmISBN: 0195168704 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Geography -- HistoryDDC classification: 910.9Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 910.9 MAR/A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P28124 |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. A Field of Study Called Geography
PART-1 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-2 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 Midcentury -- 17. The New Geography in the United States: Midcentury to the Present -- 18. Applied Geography -- 19. New Methods of Observation and Analysis -- 20. Innovation and Tradition
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