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All possible worlds: a history of geographical ideas / Geoffrey J. Martin.

By: Martin, Geoffrey J Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Edition: 4th edDescription: xvi, 605 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cmISBN: 0195168704 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Geography -- HistoryDDC classification: 910.9

Contents:

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

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	910.9 MAR/A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P28126

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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

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