Geography Unbound
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A01=Anne Marie Claire Godlewska
academia
archaeology
Author_Anne Marie Claire Godlewska
cabinet
cartography
cassini iv
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Category=RG
cosmography
description
discovery
earth sciences
egypt
encyclopedie
engineers
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eq_history
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expedition
exploration
france
geography
higher education
history
jesuit
letronne
mapmaking
mapping
maps
military college
nonfiction
philosophy
regionalism
science
travel
volney
von humboldt
Product details
- ISBN 9780226300467
- Weight: 765g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jan 1999
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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At the end of the 18th century, French geographers faced a crisis. Though they had previously been ranked among the most highly regarded scientists in Europe, they suddenly found themselves directionless and disrespected because they were unable to adapt their descriptive focus easily to the new emphasis on theory and explanation sweeping through other disciplines. Anne Godlewska examines this crisis, the often conservative reactions of geographers to it, and the work of researchers at the margins of the field who helped chart its future course. She tells her story partly through the lives and careers of individuals, from the deposed cabinet geographer Cassini IV to Volney, von Humboldt, and Letronne (innovators in human, physical, and historical geography), and partly through the institutions with which they were associated such as the Encyclopedie and the Jesuit and military colleges. The book presents a portrait of a crucial period in the development of modern geography, whose unstable disciplinary status is still very much an issue at the end of the 20th century.
