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THE CONCEPT OF GEOGRAPHY AS A SCIENCE OF SPACE FROM KANT AND HUMBOLDT TO HETTNER.
- Source :
- Annals of the Association of American Geographers; Jun58, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p97-108, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 1958
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Abstract
- Explores the history of the concept of geography from its earliest origins to its exposition by Alfred Hettner in 1895 and 1905. J.M. Franz's comparison of geography and history in 1747; Immanuel Kant's ideas about geography; Status of geography among the sciences in the second half of the nineteenth century; Rediscovery of the concepts of Kant and Alexander von Humboldt in 1905-1939.
- Subjects :
- HISTORY of geography
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00045608
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of the Association of American Geographers
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12904894
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1958.tb01562.x