Strategic positivism

Professional Geographer

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-322

  Wyly, Elvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

History of geography; Methodology; Policy; Positivism; Postpositivism

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 70149098479     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330120902931952     Document Type: Article

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