The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950

The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 0226740560
ISBN-13 : 9780226740560
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Download or read book The Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950 written by Susan Schulten and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schulten examines four enduring institutions of learning that produced some of the most influential sources of geographic knowledge in modern history: maps and atlases, the National Geographic Society, the American university, and public schools."--BOOK JACKET.


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