Bringing geography to book
Subtitle: Ellen Semple and the reception of geographical knowledge
By: Innes M. Keighren
Contributors: ebrary, Inc
Series: Tauris historical geography -- 4
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781848851412; 9780857718471
Subjects: Geography; History; Influence; Study and teaching; Research
Description: "Ellen Semple's 'Influences of Geographic Environment' (1911) - a treatise on what would later be called environmental determinism - coincided with the emergence of geography as an independent academic discipline in North America and Britain. Highly controversial and written by one of America's first female professional geographers, it was considered by some a monument to Semple's scholarship and erudition, whilst for others it was conceptually flawed. And yet its influence on the development and direction of the new discipline of geography was profound. Innes Keighren explains why 'Influences' was encountered differently by different people, at different times and in different places, and reveals why the book aroused the passions it did. The result is a pioneering work that provides a wholesale re-visioning of the way in which geographical knowledge is disseminated."--Bloomsbury publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.