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Informationen zum Autor William A. Koelsch is Professor Emeritus in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, USA. His research centres around the history of geography and especially on the relations between geography and the classics in Britain and the United States. Klappentext Geography and the Classical World explores the emergence of classical geography!particularly the ancient Greek and Roman world. At its inception! the subject flourished in Britain and America.But in the 1920s it declined and an important tradition was lost. In recovering it! Professor Koelsch has written an outstanding scholarly work. Vorwort Geography and the Classical World explores the emergence of classical geography, particularly the ancient Greek and Roman world. At its inception, the subject flourished in Britain and America. But in the 1920s it declined and an important tradition was lost. In recovering it, Professor Koelsch has written an outstanding scholarly work. Zusammenfassung Geography and the Classical World explores the emergence of classical geography,particularly the ancient Greek and Roman world. At its inception, the subject flourished in Britain and America.But in the 1920s it declined and an important tradition was lost. In recovering it, Professor Koelsch has written an outstanding scholarly work. Inhaltsverzeichnis I Introduction: the Search for a Source Chapter 1 – The Society of Dilettanti and Ancient Geography Chapter 2 – Classical Geography in the Colonial and Post-Revolutionary American College Chapter 3 – Classical Geography in Thomas Jefferson’s University Chapter 4 – From the Age of Enlightenment to the Age of Professionalization Chapter 5 – William E. Gladstone and the Reconstruction of Bronze Age Geography Chapter 6 – British Historians, Classicists, and Classical Geography Chapter 7 – Classics, History and Geography in Nineteenth-Century Harvard Chapter 8 – Classical Geography in the Oxford School of Geography Chapter 9 – Classical Geography in the Nineteenth-Century Classroom Chapter 10 – Classical Geography in the New American Universities Epilogue – Anglo-American Classical Geography since the 1930s Index ...
