Through his teaching and especially his writing, P. George influenced generations of schoolchildren, students and academics. After submitting a traditional regional monograph on the Bas-Rhône for his doctoral thesis, he focused his writing
on the USSR before broadening out to global themes in human geography, which he interpreted using Marxist insights. Growing disillusionment with communism during the middle of the 1950s led his to leave the party and weakened his intellectual commitment
to Marxism. After school teaching and then lecturing at Lille, he taught at the Sorbonne for a quarter of a century, but found the demands of students and workers in 1968 beyond his comprehension. Despite failing sight and general health, he continued
to write books until well into his eighties. - (HC)
For Thoreau, penetrating landscape observation provided a point of departure for natural description, and violently paradoxical social commentary. His texts express, question, naturalize, and deploy many presuppositions about geographic order
in the landscape. Because he was well informed about the science of his time and about Humboldt and Guyot in particular, and because his texts are rich literary contrivances, geographers may fruitful examine his work.
Jett discusses his entire academic career and his focus on interhemispheric contacts before Columbus, especially those between Asia and the Americas. He makes a thorough review of his publications. - (SLD)
Man and his environment. Volume 2. Proceedings of the Second international Banff Conference on man and his environment. Held in Banff, Canada, May 19-22, 1974
Conference on man and his environment. 2. Banff. 1974 ; Congrès ; Environnement ; Gestion des ressources ; Géographie humaine ; Pollution ; Population ; Protection de la nature ; Ressource ; Technologie
Published work and unpublished correspondence and addresses by Carl O. Sauer are the bases for an examination of the internal coherence and the external sources of his mature viewpoint of social science. This viewpoint was constructed
on a distinctive philosophy of science that Sauer defended throughout his career in contradistinction to his frequent criticism of methodological and epistemological debate in geography. His philosophy was influenced significantly by contacts with anthropologists
at the University of California, Berkeley, and by his training in an appreciation for the natural sciences.
. The book is made of six chapters. 1- From where comes Thaksin ; 2- His political and economic background ; 3- His family history ; 4- The growth of his family business ; 5- His rise to power ; 6- What Thaksin is trying to do in the economy, the society
and to the political system of his country. Appendices include the speech of Thaksin on his war on drugs (14 january 2003), statements of assets and debts of Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman (total : 15,12 billions of bahts) and Cabinets listings. - (GL)
Aimé Perpillou was in every respect a classical French geographer trained in Paris by the direct disciples of Vidal de la Blache and remaining faithful to the ideas and practices of Albert Demangeon, his father-in-law. He saw his role
as that of an educator and, like Demangeon, wrote useful texts for students, teachers and pupils at various stages of education. As a professor he was clear and comprehensive, displaying his belief in the unity of geography (physical, regional and cartographic), but he
was able to focus on economic geography during his quarter century of teaching at the Sorbonne. His personal interests in transport geography were developed through the work of some of his doctoral students. Perpillou’s fascination for tracing changes
On the 75th anniversary of his death a commemorative session was held in Keszthely, his native town the surroundings of which were investigated in his first scientific studies. (DLO).
Ardito Desio (1897-2001) and his contribution to physical geography and geomorphology
On the 12th of December 2001 Ardito Desio died in Rome. He was one of the 20th century protagonists of geology and italian science. He is here commemorated especially for his contributions to physical geography, geomorphology and Quaternary geology
The paper explores Gottmann's geography prior to his work on megalopolis and its later development in the study of quaternary cities. By 1957 he had been publishing academic work for more of a quarter of a century. Analysis of that body of material
throws light on Gottmann's general approach to geography, which helps in understanding his later urban studies. It also illuminates his other major roles, as regional and as political geographer, plus his seminal contributions to spatial analysis.
Walter F. WOOD and his science of quantitative terrain analysis
A leader in geomorphometry in the 1950's and '60's, the American geographer W.F. Wood published little in the open literature. His best known work was a numerical system of terrain description. This paper reviews Wood's many contributions and lists
his now hard-to-find military and industry reports.
On the occasion of the year dedicated to Saint Paul (28th June 2009), an alternative reading of his personality as a migrant and geographer is to be approached. According to what is reported in the Acts of the Apostles and in his letters, we analyze
the space mobility of Paul through his migratory experiences across the Mediterranean area and the geographical procedures followed during his missionary travels. - (NF)
The British geographer William Mead made his first trip to Finland in 1938 ; since then he has returned almost every year and has produced an enormous sholarly output of books and articles during a career that extends over 70 years
. This autobiographic work traces the phases of his work, including a major research project on the resettlement of refugees from eastern Karelia, and explores his sustained fascination with Finland and the other states of Northern Europe. A complete bibliography of his
Luna B. Leopold was one of the great geologists and physical geographers of the twentieth century, who is famous for his contributions to hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, and environmental policy. His seminal books on fluvial processes
and geomorphology, and on water and environmental planning appeared in the 1960s and 1970s. His career embraced a wide variety of research institutes and universities, including his chair of earth and planetary science and landscape architecture at the University
A wonderful, concise account of the life and work of Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) perhaps the most polymathic scientist of the nineteenth century. Details of his private life, including his presumed homosexuality, are provided
. The highpoints and major accomplishments of his and Aimé Bonpland's expedition to the Americas are recounted. The impact that this expedition had in Europe and the resulting publications are discussed briefly. His expedition to Russia is discussed. Finally
Maarleveld and his significance to physical geography. (A review of the published works of prof. dr. G. C. Maarleveld, dedicated to him on his retirement from the university of Amsterdam)
Captain Owen of the African Survey. The hydrographic surveys of Admiral W. F. W. Owen on the coast of Africa and the Great Lakes of Canada, his fight against the African slave trade, his life in Campobello Island, New Brunswick, 1774-1857.