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Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject Since 1870
Gary S. . Ed(S): Dunbar
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Description for Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject Since 1870
Hardback. Offers a 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. This book contains essays. It is intended for geographers, as well as practitioners of the social sciences, and historians of science. Editor(s): Dunbar, Gary S. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
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 of geography in Europe and North America from about 1870 to 1930. I should not have been surprised by his reply, because Mr. Martin, a highly regarded lecturer, tutor, and university man, was in some ways a typical example of his generation of British geographers, ... Read more
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 of geography in Europe and North America from about 1870 to 1930. I should not have been surprised by his reply, because Mr. Martin, a highly regarded lecturer, tutor, and university man, was in some ways a typical example of his generation of British geographers, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Geojournal Library
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402000195
SKU
V9781402000195
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Reviews for Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject Since 1870
"...the book should be in every university library." (Progress in Human Geography, 28:2 (2004)