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Civic discipline : geography in America, 1860-1890 / Karen M. Morin

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Morin, Karen M.
Published
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrations, map
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Geography as Civic Discipline in Nineteenth-Century America; 2 Charles P. Daly's Gendered Geography; 3 New York City's Friend of Labor: Geography and Urban Social Reform; 4 Transporting American Empire: Rails, Canals, and the Politics of the "Geo-Personal"; 5 Arctic Science and the "Jurist-Geographer"; 6 "Geographical Exploration is Commercial Progress": In the Congo; 7 Postscript: Reclaiming Charles P. Daly, Prospects and Problems; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
The American Geographical Society (AGS) is the oldest professional geographical organization in the United States (established in 1851), and was the pre-eminent such society in the 19th century. This project explores how geographical knowledge and practices were understood, took shape, and made publicly available via the AGS and Charles P. Daly, the society's president for 35 years (1864-1899).
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9781409401445 (electronic bk.)
1409401448 (electronic bk.)
1317165675
9781317165675
1317165667
9781317165668
1283015129
9781283015127
9786613015129
6613015121
9781409401438
140940143X
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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