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At the end of the 18th century, French geographers faced a crisis, they were unable to adapt their descriptive focus to the emphasis on theory/explanation. This text presents a portrait of this period in the development of modern geography through the careers of individuals from Cassini to Volney.

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Part 1 Geography's crisis: the nature of 18th-century geography - cartographic and textual description; geography's loss of direction and status. Part 2 Reaction and continuity: universal description; the powerful mapping metaphor; handmaiden to power. Part 3 Innovation on the margins: explaining the social realm; innovation in natural geography; tough-minded historical geography.

Geography Unbound

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/01/2000
      ISBN13: 9780226300474, 978-0226300474
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      At the end of the 18th century, French geographers faced a crisis, they were unable to adapt their descriptive focus to the emphasis on theory/explanation. This text presents a portrait of this period in the development of modern geography through the careers of individuals from Cassini to Volney.

      Table of Contents
      Part 1 Geography's crisis: the nature of 18th-century geography - cartographic and textual description; geography's loss of direction and status. Part 2 Reaction and continuity: universal description; the powerful mapping metaphor; handmaiden to power. Part 3 Innovation on the margins: explaining the social realm; innovation in natural geography; tough-minded historical geography.

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