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All Possible Worlds A History of Geographical Ideas

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ISBN-10: 0195168704

ISBN-13: 9780195168709

Edition: 4th 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Geoffrey J. Martin

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Updated and revised to include theoretical and other developments, bibliographical additions, new photographs and illustrations, and expanded name and subject indexes, the fourth edition of All Possible Worlds: A History of Geographical Ideas is the most complete and comprehensive book of its kind. The text also features a layout and readability that make the material easy to navigate and understand. The book investigates the ways in which the subject of geography has been recognized, perceived, and evaluated, from its early acknowledgment in ancient Greece to its disciplined form in today's world of shared ideas and mass communication. Strong continuities knit the Classical Period to the…    
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Book details

List price: $239.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/27/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 624
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.30" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.508
Language: English

Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Field of Study Called Geography
Classical
The Beginnings of Classical Geography
Geography in the Middle Ages
The Age of Exploration
The Impact of Discoveries
An End and a Beginning: Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter
Modern
What Was New?
The New Geography in Germany
The New Geography in France
The New Geography in Great Britain
The New Geography in Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Commonwealth of Independent States
The New Geography in Canada
The New Geography in Sweden
The New Geography in Japan
The New Geography in the United States Before World War I
The New Geography in the United States: World War I to Midcentury
The New Geography in the United States: Midcentury to the Present
Applied Geography
New Methods of Observation and Analysis
Innovation and Tradition
Index of Names