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Map men transnational lives and deaths of geographers in the making of East Central Europe Steven Seegel.

By: Seegel, StevenMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago ; London The University of Chicago Press, 2018Description: 1 online resourceISBN: 9780226438528; 022643852XSubject(s): Penck, Albrecht, 1858-1945 | Romer, Eugeniusz, 1871-1954 | Rudnyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ, Stepan, 1877-1937 | Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950 | Teleki, Pál, gróf, 1879-1941 | Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950 | Penck, Albrecht, 1858-1945 | Romer, Eugeniusz, 1871-1954 | Rudnyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ, Stepan, 1877-1937 | Teleki, Pál, gróf, 1879-1941 | Europe, Central | Europe, Eastern | United States | Geographers -- Europe, Central -- Biography | Geographers -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography | Geographers -- United States -- Biography | Geographers | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers | TRAVEL / Budget | TRAVEL / Hikes & Walks | TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest | TRAVEL / Parks & CampgroundsGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Biography. | Electronic books. DDC classification: 910.92/2437 LOC classification: G67 | .S44 2018ebOnline resources: EBSCOhost
Contents:
Professor Penck's pupils -- Objectivity -- Courtiers -- Beruf -- A league of their own -- Ex-homes -- Twilight.
Summary: "This book is a group intellectual biography of five prominent geographers from East Central Europe and the United States between the 1870s and the 1950s. Seegel recreates the public and private worlds of these mapmakers, who interacted with and influenced one another even as they played key roles in defining and redefining borders, territories, nations, and ultimately the interconnection of the world throughout the period that includes the two World Wars."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book is a group intellectual biography of five prominent geographers from East Central Europe and the United States between the 1870s and the 1950s. Seegel recreates the public and private worlds of these mapmakers, who interacted with and influenced one another even as they played key roles in defining and redefining borders, territories, nations, and ultimately the interconnection of the world throughout the period that includes the two World Wars."--Provided by publisher.

Professor Penck's pupils -- Objectivity -- Courtiers -- Beruf -- A league of their own -- Ex-homes -- Twilight.

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