Popularization and Geography: An Inseparable Relationship

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 444-467

  Downs, Roger M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Demarcation; Hendrik van Loon; Popularization debates; William Morris Davis

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ESTHETICS; SEPARATION; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

EID: 77951217657     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045601003638774     Document Type: Article

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