A place for geography in the liberal arts college?

Professional Geographer

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 326-336

  Bjelland, Mark D ^a  

^a GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic education; Higher education; Liberal arts colleges

Indexed keywords

ART; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION;

EID: 4143119013     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.2004.05603001.x     Document Type: Article

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