Let Geography Die: Chasing Derwent's Ghost at Harvard

by Kira Williams and Alison Mountz

An investigative history of the closure of Harvard University's geography program in the mid-twentieth century due to homophobia and wider institutional politics.

Let Geography Die tells the little-known and oft-misunderstood story of geographical research and education at Harvard University. In investigative fashion, Alison Mountz and Kira Williams unearth the personal and institutional secrets that drove the sudden closure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262551594
• ISBN13: 9780262551595
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 232 Pages