All possible worlds: a history of geographical ideas

PREFACE 1. A Field of Study Called Geography PART ONE: 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 Humbolt and Carl Ritter PART TWO: 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 Mid-century 17. The New Geography in the United States: Mid-century to the Present 18. Applied Geography 19. New Methods of Observation and Analysis 20. Innovation and Trade Index of Names Index of Subjects