Geography's underworld: The military-industrial complex, mathematical modelling and the quantitative revolution

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-16

  Barnes, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold War; History of American geography; Mathematical modelling; Military industrial academic complex

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349094089     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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