Curiosity, Inquiry, and the Geographical Imagination

by Daniel W. Gade

This book examines intellectual curiosity as the driving force in scholarly endeavor on the borderlands of geography, history, anthropology, and other disciplines. The premise is that curiosity is a salient trait of certain people past and present and that each field has its exemplars in this regard. For Carl O. Sauer (1889-1975), America's leading geographer of the twentieth century, and his intellectual descendants, the inquisitive spirit stood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433115417
• ISBN13: 9781433115417
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"