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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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List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Geography's Crisis One: The Nature of Eighteenth-Century Geography: Cartographic and Textual Description Two: Geography's Loss of Direction and Status Part Two: Reaction and Continuity Three: Universal Description Four: The Powerful Mapping Metaphor Five: Handmaiden to Power Part Three: Innovation on the Margins Six: Explaining the Social Realm Seven: Innovation in Natural Geography Eight: Tough-Minded Historical Geography Conclusion Notes References Index Godlewska/Geography Unbound-contents 1

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      Publisher University of Chicago Press
      Published 1/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780226300467
      978-0226300467
      ISBN-10 0226300463
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      Geography History of science

      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
      List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Geography's Crisis One: The Nature of Eighteenth-Century Geography: Cartographic and Textual Description Two: Geography's Loss of Direction and Status Part Two: Reaction and Continuity Three: Universal Description Four: The Powerful Mapping Metaphor Five: Handmaiden to Power Part Three: Innovation on the Margins Six: Explaining the Social Realm Seven: Innovation in Natural Geography Eight: Tough-Minded Historical Geography Conclusion Notes References Index Godlewska/Geography Unbound-contents 1

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