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IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

Authors :
Taaffe, Edward J.
Source :
Annals of the Association of American Geographers; Mar1979, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p133-138, 6p
Publication Year :
1979

Abstract

Presents a first-person narrative of a geographer in the United States the nature of the discipline of geography in the 1960s particularly in the University of Chicago. Quantitative revolution; Increased stress on theory and the shift from studies of areal differentiation to studies of spatial organization; Three-part revolution composed of the quantitative, theoretical and definitional.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00045608
Volume :
69
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
14532354
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1979.tb01242.x