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 : 348
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ISBN-10 : 0226740552
ISBN-13 : 9780226740553
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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 2001-04 with total page 348 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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