Martin, Geoffrey J.

All possible worlds: a history of geographical ideas / Geoffrey J. Martin. - 4th ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - xvi, 605 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

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

0195168704 (alk. paper)


Geography--History.

910.9 / MAR/A