Geographers in the U.S. Government in Washington, DC, during World War II

Professional Geographer

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-256

  Harris, Chauncy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographers in Washington, DC, in World War II; Geographical organizations; History of geography; Wartime work by geographers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000178203     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00074     Document Type: Article

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