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Author Morin, Karen M.

Title Civic discipline : geography in America, 1860-1890 / Karen M. Morin
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Studies in historical geography
Studies in historical geography (Ashgate)
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)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Daly, Charles P. (Charles Patrick), 1816-1899.
SUBJECT Daly, Charles P. (Charles Patrick), 1816-1899 fast
Subject American Geographical Society of New York.
SUBJECT American Geographical Society of New York fast
Subject Geography -- United States -- History
Geography -- Philosophy
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
TRAVEL -- Budget.
TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
Geography
Geography -- Philosophy
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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