Author: Buttimer, Anne
Title: Society and Milieu in the French Geographic Tradition
Description: Chicago, Rand McNally, (1971). orig.boards. 22x14cm, xiv, 226 pp, Series: Association of American Geographers, Monograph Series, 6.. Some rubbing. One page rumpled. VG. ¶ Contents: The Historical Context: The Academic Setting; Anthropogeography &Social Morphology; The Foundations: Contributions of Paul Vidal de la Blache; New Horizons in the Work of Jean Brunhes; Basic Orientations of the First Generation; From Regional Ensemble to Social System: Thematic Perspective on the Region; Functional Approach to Rural Habitat Study; Essays on Milieu & "Civilisation"; Inventory & Prospect of the Vidalian Tradition: Toward a More Comprehensive Framework for Human Geography: Maximilien Sorre (1880-1962); Classical Principles & Systematic Specialization; Social & Demographic Perspectives; Recapitulation: The Vidalian Core Revisited; "Milieu" & " Civilisation"; "Genres de Vie" & " Circulation".

Keywords: History of Geography, Vidal de la Blache, French Science, Geographers, France, , , ,