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The Art and Science of Geography - U.S. and Soviet Perspectives (Hardcover)
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The Art and Science of Geography - U.S. and Soviet Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Responding to the changes taking place in the post-Cold War era,
the editors of this volume have brought together more than forty
distinguished Soviet and U.S. geographers to redefine geography as
a discipline and to examine its relationship to other sciences and
to the arts. Challenging inevitable barriers of language and of
differing social, cultural, and scientific backgrounds, each
contributor provides personal insight and perspective, shedding
unique light onto this often poorly understood discipline. The book
covers a broad sweep of issues, ranging from the methods of
geography to examples of practical work done by geographers in
Russia and the former republics and the United States. The
contributors explore and define advances in quantitative technique,
increasingly sophisticated methodology, and the essential
relationship between these changes and theory building. They also
examine the application of geography in Soviet and U.S. schools as
well as the demands that shifting world events are placing on the
discipline. The discussions not only reveal the individual
perspectives of each geographer but also provide a unique forum for
the exploration of similarities and differences within the world's
two largest geographic communities. The volume concludes with an
afterword by Torsten Hager strand.
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