This is the only reference to explore the history of geographic thought, from the ancient Greeks to the present day. It focuses on the differences between pre-Darwin and post-Darwin thinking and the changes that have taken place. Features extensive references, an index of names with brief biographic comments and four new chapters on the new geography of Canada, Sweden, Japan and the United States (from mid-century to the present). Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Figures	ix
Preface	xii
Acknowledgments	xvi
1 A Field of Study Called Geography	1
Part 1 Classical	11
2 The Beginnings of Classical Geography	13
3 Geography in the Middle Ages	39
4 The Age of Exploration	61
5 The Impact of Discoveries	85
6 An End and a Beginning: Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter	107
Part 2 Modern	129
7 What Was New?	131
8 The New Geography in Germany	162
9 The New Geography in France	195
10 The New Geography in Great Britain	213
11 The New Geography in Russia, the Soviet Union, and the Commonwealth of Independent States	248
12 The New Geography in Canada	279
13 The New Geography in Sweden	301
14 The New Geography in Japan	323
15 The New Geography in the United States Before World War I	338
16 The New Geography in the United States: World War I to Midcentury	382
17 The New Geography in the United States: Midcentury to the Present	414
18 Applied Geography	448
19 New Methods of Observation and Analysis	475
20 Innovation and Tradition	498
Index of Names	539

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