GEOGRAPHY OF THE SIXTIES GEOGRAPHY 1957--1977: THE AUGEAN PERIOD.

Authors :: Gould, Peter
Source :: Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Mar1979, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p139-151. 13p.
Publication Year :: 1979
Abstract: Presents a first-person narrative of a geographer in the United States regarding developments in the discipline of geography from 1957 to 1977. Early graduate days in the fall of 1956 at the Northwestern University; Stagnation of geography for decades because of lack of tools, methodological insight and development; General trend of applying statistics to geographical research; Philosophical issues in geography.