Charles Robequain, 1897-1963
Auteur :CLOUT, H.
Description :
Robequain was a pioneer of colonial and tropical geography who produced the first field-based doctoral monograph on a region in the tropical world, the Thanh Hoa in Annam. He was a passionate traveller who visited many tropical lands and wrote a shoal of books and articles about them. He was a consistent defender of benevolent colonialism, whereby France and other European nations had a moral duty to improve the lot of their subjects in colonial lands. He held a chair at the Sorbonne and taught generations of geographers. After mid-century his approach was a recognised as being increasingly irrelevant as independence movements proliferated in many parts of the world. Robequain’s influence on geography was less than that of P. Gourou, his friend and contemporary. - (HC)
Type de document :
Article de périodique
Source :
Geographers. Biobibliographical studies, issn : 0308-6992, 2013, vol. 32, p. 79-103, nombre de pages : 25
Date :
2013
Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Mansell
Langue :
Anglais
Anglais
Droits :
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