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- catalog abstract ""Peter Gould, a prominent, award-winning geographer who admits to having a low threshold for boredom, offers a collection of essays that reflect his eclectic research and provocative thinking. The topics range widely and include the diffusion of AIDS, mental maps, development themes in Africa, postmodernism, and the practices of teaching and writing. Becoming a Geographer expands on Gould's influential ideas and contributions to the field." "His thoughts are especially valuable for what geography offers the world of learning and its capacity to help resolve urgent problems of the day."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11269553.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Peter Gould, a prominent, award-winning geographer who admits to having a low threshold for boredom, offers a collection of essays that reflect his eclectic research and provocative thinking. The topics range widely and include the diffusion of AIDS, mental maps, development themes in Africa, postmodernism, and the practices of teaching and writing. Becoming a Geographer expands on Gould's influential ideas and contributions to the field." "His thoughts are especially valuable for what geography offers the world of learning and its capacity to help resolve urgent problems of the day."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "African Beginnings. Place Preferences in Ghana and Tanzania. Wheat on Kilimanjaro: The Perception of Choice within Game and Learning Model Frameworks -- Mental Maps. Acquiring Spatial Information. Maps as Memory -- Against the Grain. Geography 1957-1977: The Augean Period. A Critique of Dissipative Structures in the Human Realm. Sharing a Tradition: Geographies from the Enlightenment. Cathartic Geography -- The Structure of Spaces. Microgeographic and Behavioral Space: The Game of the "Green Revolution" Penn State in Postal Space(s). Skiing with Euler at Beaver Creek -- Pro Bono Publico. Sources of Error in a Map Series, or Science as a Socially Negotiated Enterprise. As People Go, So Do the Viruses -- Trying to Be Honest.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-345) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 350 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Becoming a geographer.".
- catalog identifier "0815605668 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Becoming a geographer.".
- catalog isPartOf "Space, place, and society".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press,".
- catalog relation "Becoming a geographer.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "910/.92 21".
- catalog subject "G69.G68 A3 1999".
- catalog subject "Geographers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Geography Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Geography Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Gould, Peter, 1932-".
- catalog tableOfContents "African Beginnings. Place Preferences in Ghana and Tanzania. Wheat on Kilimanjaro: The Perception of Choice within Game and Learning Model Frameworks -- Mental Maps. Acquiring Spatial Information. Maps as Memory -- Against the Grain. Geography 1957-1977: The Augean Period. A Critique of Dissipative Structures in the Human Realm. Sharing a Tradition: Geographies from the Enlightenment. Cathartic Geography -- The Structure of Spaces. Microgeographic and Behavioral Space: The Game of the "Green Revolution" Penn State in Postal Space(s). Skiing with Euler at Beaver Creek -- Pro Bono Publico. Sources of Error in a Map Series, or Science as a Socially Negotiated Enterprise. As People Go, So Do the Viruses -- Trying to Be Honest.".
- catalog title "Becoming a geographer / Peter Gould.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".