American empire : Roosevelt's geographer and the prelude to globalization /

Arguing that American globalism had a very distinct geography and was pieced together as part of a powerful geographical vision, this text explores US global ambition. The story unfolds through an account of the career of Isaiah Bowman, the most famous American geographer of the 20th century.

Dades bibliogràfiques
Autor principal: Smith, Neil, 1954-2012 (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Col·lecció:California studies in critical human geography ; 9.
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Descripció
Sumari:Arguing that American globalism had a very distinct geography and was pieced together as part of a powerful geographical vision, this text explores US global ambition. The story unfolds through an account of the career of Isaiah Bowman, the most famous American geographer of the 20th century.
Descripció física:1 online resource (xxvii, 557 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-537).
ISBN:9780520931527
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