Download or read book Images of the Plains written by Brian W. Blouet and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen papers by foremost American, Canadian, and English historical geographers examine the sources of Imagery of the American and Canadian Great Plains, the processes of image formation, and the behavioral implications of various kinds of images. The papers deal with exploratory images of the Plains, resource evaluation in the prefrontier West, governmental appraisal of the western frontier, real and imagined climatic hazards, the desert and garden myths, and adaptations to reality.

Download or read book Sourcebook on the Environment written by Kenneth A. Hammond and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1978-05 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature survey providing a guide to selected aspects of the environment - covers environmental protection, ecology, quality of life, urban development, environmental modifications relating to water quality, nature conservation, transport, etc., and includes a chronology of relevant laws, a directory of organizations and bibliographys.

Download or read book Geological Survey Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Making of a History written by Gregory M. Tobin and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Prescott Webb became one of the best known interpreters of the American West following the publication of The Great Plains in 1931. That book remained one of the outstanding studies of the region for decades and attracted considerable attention over the years for its unusual emphasis on the impact of geographic factors on the process of settlement. Using manuscript sources, some of which had not previously been available, Gregory M. Tobin has traced the elements that went into the planning and writing of The Great Plains and that account for its distinctive approach to the writing of a regional history. Tobin emphasizes two aspects of Webb's life that molded the historian's outlook: his early family life and community connections in West Texas and his admiration for the ideas of scholar Lindley Miller Keasbey. Webb reacted strongly against the assumption that the only cultural values of any real worth emanated from the urban and sophisticated East; he was determined to write the history of his own people in a way that would reveal the scale of their anonymous contribution to American civilization. By reverting to Keasbey's stress on the relationship between natural environment and social institutions, Webb broadened his study to take in what he believed to be a distinct geographic environment. The result was The Great Plains, an assertion of individual and regional identity by a man with a personal stake in establishing the image of a distinctive Plains civilization. Although The Making of a History is not a full biography of Walter Prescott Webb, it is the first biographically oriented study of a man regarded as one of the twentieth century's major western historians. It places his development within the framework of his intellectual and social setting and, in a sense, subjects his career to the same type of scrutiny that he advocated as the basis of the study of evolving cultures.

Download or read book Mapping Across Academia written by Stanley D. Brunn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the role and importance of space in the respective fields of the social sciences and the humanities. It discusses how map representations and mapping processes can inform ongoing intellectual debates or open new avenues for scholarly inquiry within and across disciplines, including a wide array of significant developments in spatial processes, including the Internet, global positioning system (GPS), affordable digital photography and mobile technologies. Last but not least it reviews and assesses recent research challenges across disciplines that enhance our understanding of spatial processes and mapping at scales ranging from the molecular to the galactic.

Download or read book Trends in Geography written by Ronald U. Cooke and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trends in Geography: An Introductory Survey reviews trends in geography, including physical geography, human geography, and applied geography. Topics covered include progress in geomorphology, meteorology, climatology, hydrology, historical geography, transport geography, and industrial geography, along with the geography of rural settlements and the ecology of agricultural systems. The importance of geography in area studies is also discussed. This book is comprised of 26 chapters and begins by tracing developments in the field of geography, followed by a discussion on the study of soils in geography and the economic geography of agriculture. The following chapters explore the diversity of urban geography; the role of geography in physical planning and economic planning; planning studies in rural areas; and geographical research on local government. A cultural and historical perspective in area studies is presented by citing the case of Latin America. The final chapter is devoted to geographical studies of developing areas, focusing on the case of tropical Africa. This monograph will be of interest to teachers, students, and practitioners of geography.

Download or read book Historical Change in the Physical Environment written by Janet M. Hooke and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1982 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliography of North American Geology written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1919/28 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1919/20-1935/36 issues and also material not published separately for 1927/28. 1929/39 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1929/30-1935/36 issues and also material for 1937-39 not published separately.

Download or read book Environment and Land Use in Africa written by M. F. Thomas and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions. Climate, landforms, soils and vegetation are discussed as fundamental aspects of the physical environment. The next section discusses the social and political environment: demography, agricultural systems and the legacies of colonial administration. Case studies in Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Eswatini and Kenya are analysed. The book is aimed at students of African studies, geographers and agriculturalists.

Download or read book Special Publications written by American Geographical Society of New York and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Research Paper written by University of Chicago. Dept. of Geography and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Places on the Margin written by Rob Shields and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate on modernity and postmodernity has awakened interest in the importance of the spatial for cultural formations. But what of those spaces that exist as much in the imagination as in physical reality? This book attempts to develop an alternative geography and sociology of space by examining `places on the margin'.

Download or read book Criminology written by Hans W. Mattick and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1979-06-01 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Origins of Academic Geography in the United States written by Brian W. Blouet and published by Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books. This book was released on 1981 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preception of the Drought Hazard on the Great Plains written by Thomas Frederick Saarinen and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Journal of the West written by Lorrin L. Morrison and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: