The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950 |
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Author:
| Schulten, Susan |
ISBN: | 978-0-226-74056-0 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $61.95 |
Book Description:
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In this rich and fascinating history, Susan Schulten tells a story of Americans beginning to see the world around them, tracing U.S. attitudes toward world geography from the end of nineteenth-century exploration to the explosion of geographic interest before the dawn of the Cold War. Focusing her examination on four influential institutions--maps and atlases, the National Geographic Society, the American university, and public schools--Schulten provides an engaging study of geography,...
More DescriptionIn this rich and fascinating history, Susan Schulten tells a story of Americans beginning to see the world around them, tracing U.S. attitudes toward world geography from the end of nineteenth-century exploration to the explosion of geographic interest before the dawn of the Cold War. Focusing her examination on four influential institutions--maps and atlases, the National Geographic Society, the American university, and public schools--Schulten provides an engaging study of geography, cartography, and their place in popular culture, politics, and education.