Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject since 1870 An International Survey
Gary S. Dunbar "Pro-fesh-yon-al-i-zay-shun . . . pro-fesh-yon-al-i-ZAY-shunl . . . I do not think I like that word . . . I am quite certain I do not like that wordl," said A. F. Martin of Oxford University in 1980 when I mentioned to him that I was making a study of the professionalization...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2001 |
| Series: | GeoJournal Library
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 History of German Geography: Worldwide Reputation and Strategies of Nationalisation and Institutionalisation
- 3. Geography in France: Context, Practice, and Text
- 4 A Partial Biography: The Formalization and Institutionalization of Geography in Britain since 1887
- 5 Modern Geography in Italy: From the Archives to Environmental Management
- 6 Geography and Geographers in the Netherlands since the 1870s: Serving Colonialism, Education, and the Welfare State
- 7 Stories on the Making of Geography in Sweden
- 8 Geography in Russia: Glories and Disappointments
- 9 Academic Geography, American Style: An Institutional Perspective
- 10 The Development of Geographical Study in Canada, 1870–2000
- Index of Personal Names