A geographical introduction to history / / Lucien Febvre ; translated by E.G. Mountford & J.H. Paxton

• Autore: Febvre Lucien <1878-1956., >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1924
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (651 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Human geography
• Note generali: First published in 1924 by Routledge, Trench, Trubner.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; The Effect of Environment on Man and Man's Exploitation of the Earth; Table of Contents; Maps; Introductory: The Problem of Geographical Influences; (1) History and Traditional Position of the Problem; (2) Human Geography and its Critics; (3) The Plan and Objects of the Book: The Geographical Spirit; Part I: How the Problem should be Stated; Chapter I. Social Morphology or Human Geography; (1) The Objections of Social Morphology: Human Groups without Geographical Roots; (2) The Objections of Social Morphology: the Ambition of Geography ; (3) Ratzel's Mistake: Why he does not cover the whole of Human Geography(4) Human Geography the Heir of History; (5) Survivals of the Past: Old Problems and Old Prejudices; (6) A Modest Human Geography; Chapter II. The Questions of Principle and the Method of Research. Human Evolution, Historic Evolution; (1) The Objection of Principle: Is there a Science of Geography?; (2) Geography makes no claim to be a Science of Necessities; (3) The Question of Regional Monographs; (4) The Complete Solidarity of Political and Human Geography ; (5) The Legitimate Object of Research: The relation of environment to society in its historic evolutionPart II: Natural Limits and Human Society; Chapter I. The Problem of Boundaries, Climate, and Life; (1) The Traditional Idea of Climate. The Pioneers; (2) Climate and the Human Physical Organism; (3) Climate, Human Character, and Actions; (4) Climatic Action takes place through the Medium of the Vegetable Kingdom; Chapter II. The Determination of Natural Areas and their Boundaries; (1) Complexity of the Idea of Climate; (2) The great Climatico-Botanical Areas in regard to Humanity ; (3) The Symmetry of the Terrestrial Organism and the Distribution of Human SocietiesChapter III. Natural Man an Individual or a Member of Society?; (1) The Old Conception: From the Human Pair to the Nation; (2) The Antiquity of National Groups; (3) Large Homogeneous Human Groups of Ancient Times corresponded with Homogeneous Geographical Areas; (4) The Savage and the Barbarian in their Natural State: Their Wants and Customs; Part III: Possibilities and Different Ways of Life; Chapter I. Its Bases: Mountains, Plains, and Plateaux; (1) The Vicissitudes of Possibility: Recurring Rhythms ; (2) The Definition of Possibility(3) The Supporting Bases of Mankind-Plains, Plateaux, Mountains; Chapter II. The Minor Natural Regions and their Bounds: Insular Units; (1) Insularity from the Biological Point of View; (2) Island Coasts: The Idea of Littoralism; (3) The Productive Coast; (4) Island Navigation and Island Isolation; (5) The Islands of the Desert: The Oases; (6) The Idea of Isolation and its Geographical Value; Chapter III. Typical Ways of Living: Hunting and Fishing; (1) A Geography of the Needs or of the Manner of Life? ; (2) The Classifications of the Economists: The Hypothesis of the Three States
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• Titolo autorizzato: A geographical introduction to history
• ISBN: 1-136-19251-4; 0-415-48753-6; 1-315-00523-9; 1-136-19248-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807242803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of civilization (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.)