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Visions of la geographie humaine in twentieth-century France.
From:
The Geographical Review
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July 1, 2003| Author:
Clout, Hugh
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In the first half of the twentieth century French academic geography did not present a unified front: The "outsiders" Jean Brunhes and Pierre Deffontaines offered a vision of la geographie humaine that did not conform to the one proclaimed by Vidal de La Blache and his disciples. After sketching the careers of Brunhes and Deffontaines, this essay explores the network of connections between the academic editor Deffontaines and the contributors to the Geographie Humaine series published by Ga...
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