Robert P. Larkin, Gary L. Peters

Biographical Dictionary of Geography

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This biographical dictionary provides sketches of seventy- seven individuals--explorers, writers, and scholars--from Aristotle to David W. Harvey, who made significant contributions to the development of the discipline of geography. The work examines a cross section of geographers from a variety of subfields within the discipline, from ancient to modern. Each entry examines the career and impact of the individual and then provides selected bibliographies of works by and about the person. The work contains internal cross-referencing, and the entire volume concludes with appendices listing the individuals chronologically as well as by country of birth. It has a general subject index and essential reference material for the general public and students looking for information on key figures and a background to the discipline.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9780313276224
• ISBN-10: 0313276226
• Artikelnr.: 21296342

Autorenporträt

ROBERT P. LARKIN is Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. GARY L. PETERS is Professor of Geography at California State University, Long Beach. Among their earlier publications are the Dictionary of Concepts in Human Geography and the Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Geography (Greenwood Press, 1983 and 1988, respectively).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Dictionary-Biographical entries Appendices :Alphabetical List
Chronological List Country of Birth General Subject Index Roald Amundsen
Aristotle Wallace Walter Atwood Henri Baulig Brian J.L. Berry John R.
Borchert Isaiah Bowman Albert Perry Brigham Anton Friedrich Büsching Walter
Christaller Captain James Cook Nicolaus Copernicus Charles Andrew Cotton
George Babcock Cressey Raymond E. Crist Charles Darwin William Morris Davis
Sten de Geer Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev Eratosthenes James Geikie Grove
Karl Gilbert John Paul Goode Jean Gottmann Arnold Henry Guyot Peter Haggett
Chauncy D. Harris David W. Harvey Karl Haushofer Herodotus Alfred Hettner
Alexander von Humboldt Ellsworth Huntington Preston Everett James Mark
Jefferson Immanuel Kant Vladimir Köppen Pyotr Kropotkin Halford John
Mackinder George Perkins Marsh Matthew Fontaine Maury Donald W. Meinig Hugh
Robert Mill John Muir Lewis Mumford Sebastian Münster Fridtjof Nansen James
J. Parsons Albrecht Penck John Wesley Powell Ptolemy Friedrich Ratzel Ernst
Georg Ravenstein Élisée Reclus Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen Carl
Ritter Arthur H. Robinson Richard Joel Russell Rollin D. Salisbury Carl
Ortwin Sauer William Scoresby Ellen Churchill Semple Ernest Shackleton
Joseph Russell Smith Mary Somerville Laurence Dudley Stamp Strabo Thomas
Griffith Taylor Thales of Miletus Johann Heinrich von Thünen Carl Troll Yi
Fu Tuan Edward Louis Ullman Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov Paul Vidal de la
Blache Gilbert F. White Sidney William Wooldridge