The geographical tradition: episodes in the history of a contested enterprise/

Livingstone, David N.

The geographical tradition: episodes in the history of a contested enterprise/ David N. Livingstone - Cambridge: Blackwell, 1993. - viii, 434 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-410) and index.

Should the history of geography be X-rated? : telling geography's story --
Of myths and maps : geography in the Age of Reconnaissance --
Revolution, celestial and terrestrial : geography and the Scientific Revolution --
Naturalists and navigators : geography in the Enlightenment --
Of design and dining clubs : pre-Darwinian geography --
The geographical experiment : revolution and the founding of a discipline --
A 'sternly practical' pursuit : geography, race and empire --
The regionalizing ritual : geography, place and particularity --
Statistics don't bleed : quantification and its detractors --
The geographical tradition : a conversational conclusion.

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