UID:
edocfu_9959226849102883
Format:
1 online resource (258 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-315-57222-2
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1-317-16567-5
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1-317-16566-7
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1-283-01512-9
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9786613015129
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1-4094-0144-8
Series Statement:
Studies in historical geography
Content:
The American Geographical Society (AGS) is the oldest professional geographical organization in the United States (established in 1851), and was the pre-eminent such society in the 19th century. This project explores how geographical knowledge and practices were understood, took shape, and made publicly available via the AGS and Charles P. Daly, the society's president for 35 years (1864-1899).
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Geography as Civic Discipline in Nineteenth-Century America; 2 Charles P. Daly's Gendered Geography; 3 New York City's Friend of Labor: Geography and Urban Social Reform; 4 Transporting American Empire: Rails, Canals, and the Politics of the "Geo-Personal"; 5 Arctic Science and the "Jurist-Geographer"; 6 "Geographical Exploration is Commercial Progress": In the Congo; 7 Postscript: Reclaiming Charles P. Daly, Prospects and Problems; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4094-0143-X
Language:
English
