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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787924603321

Autore

DeVivo Michael S.

Titolo

Leadership in American academic geography : the twentieth century / / Michael S. DeVivo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7391-9913-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

910.71/173

Soggetti

Geography - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States - History - 20th century

Geographers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Ascent of American Academic Geography; Chapter Three: Transformational Leadership at Chicago; Chapter Four: Paradoxical Leadership at Wisconsin; Chapter Five: Lackluster Leadership at Michigan; Chapter Six: From Tyranny to Transformational Leadership at Minnesota; Chapter Seven: The Struggle for Distinction at Ohio State; Chapter Eight: The Transformational Leadership of E. Willard Miller and Penn State Geography; Chapter Nine: George Cressey and Preston James at Syracuse

Chapter Ten: The Transactional Leadership of Wallace Atwood and the Emergence of Geography at ClarkChapter Eleven: Duplicity and Deception at Johns Hopkins; Chapter Twelve: Laissez Faire Leadership at Harvard and Geography's Demise; Chapter Thirteen: G. Donald Hudson's Transformational Leadership at Northwestern; Chapter Fourteen: G. Donald Hudson's Transformational Leadership at Washington; Chapter Fifteen: Iowa's Rise to Prominence; Chapter Sixteen: Transformational Leadership at UCLA; Chapter Seventeen: The Legacy of Carl Sauer; Chapter Eighteen: Leaders in a Paradigm of Eclectic Pluralism

Chapter Nineteen: Simonett and the Santa BarbariansChapter Twenty: The Transformational Leadership Imperative; Chapter Twenty-one:



Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>DeVivo employs a historical narrative in offering a critical review of the most influential leaders in American academic geography during the twentieth century. Geographers with interest in the history of the discipline, as well as academic leaders and scholars in leadership, will appreciate this book.</span></span>