Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject since 1870

Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject since 1870

Author: Gary S. Dunbar

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 9401716838

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This book is a comprehensive treatment of the professionalization and institutionalization of the academic discipline of geography in Europe and North America, with emphasis on the 20th century and the last quarter of the 19th. No other book has ever attempted coverage of this sort. It is relevant to geographers, practitioners of the social and earth sciences, and historians of science and education.