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  • Carl Sauer on Culture and Landscape: Readings and Commentaries
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  • edited by William M. Denevan and Kent Mathewson
  • 2009
  • Published by: Louisiana State University Press
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Perhaps one of the most distinctive and studied geographers of the twentieth century, Carl O. Sauer (1889--1975) had influence that extends well beyond the confines of any one discipline. With a focus on historical and cultural geography, Sauer's essays have garnered praise from poets, natural historians, and social scientists alike who continue to explore Sauer's work. In Carl Sauer on Culture and Landscape, editors William M. Denevan and Kent Mathewson have compiled thirty-seven of Sauer's original works, including rare early writings, articles in now largely inaccessible publications, and transcriptions of key oral presentations that remain little known.
A student of the relationships between land and life, people and places, Sauer helped establish landscape studies in cultural geography and paved the way for paradigmatic shifts in the scholarly assessment of Native American history. By strongly advocating a land ethic, "a responsible stewardship of the sustaining earth," for his own and for future generations, Carl Sauer supplied an esthetic rationale and a historical perspective to the environmental movement.
The volume opens with two extended essays on Sauer's critics and his works. Essays by prominent geographers and other authorities on Sauer introduce each section of the book, adding a contemporary element to the presentation and interpretation of Sauer's life and scholarship in areas such as soil conservation, man in nature, and cultivated plants. A complete bibliography of his publications and an extensive compilation of commentaries on his life and work make this an indispensable reference.
Carl Sauer on Culture and Landscape sheds new light on Sauer's contributions to the history of geographic thought, sustainable land use, and the importance of biological and cultural diversity -- all of which remain key issues today.

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  1. Cover
  2. pp. 1-7
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  1. Contents
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xi-xv
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xvii-xii
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  1. I. ABOUT CARL SAUER
  1. 1. Carl Ortwin Sauer, 1889–1975 (1975)
  2. pp. 3-8
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  1. 2. Carl Sauer and His Critics
  2. pp. 9-28
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  1. 3. Thoughts on Bibliographic Citations to and by Carl Sauer
  2. pp. 29-52
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  1. 4. Bibliography of Commentaries on the Life and Work of Carl Sauer
  2. pp. 53-86
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  1. II. EARLY EFFORTS
  1. 5. Introduction
  2. pp. 89-94
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  1. 6. Exploration of the Kaiserin Augusta River in New Guinea, 1912–1913 (1915)
  2. pp. 95-98
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  1. 7. Preface to The Geography of the Ozark Highland of Missouri (1920 [1915])
  2. pp. 99-102
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  1. 8. Man's Influence Upon the Earth (1916)
  2. pp. 103-104
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  1. 9. Notes on the Geographic Significance of Soils: A Neglected Side of Geography (1922)
  2. pp. 105-108
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  1. III. TOWARD MATURITY
  1. 10. Introduction
  2. pp. 111-118
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  1. 11. The Field of Geography (1927)
  2. pp. 119-135
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  1. 12. Cultural Geography (1931)
  2. pp. 136-143
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  1. 13. Correspondence [on Physical Geography in Regional Works] (1932)
  2. pp. 144-145
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  1. IV. ECONOMY/ECONOMICS
  1. 14. Introduction
  2. pp. 149-159
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  1. 15. Abstract: Geography as Regional Economics (1921)
  2. pp. 160-161
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  1. 16. Regional Reality in Economy (1984 [1936])
  2. pp. 162-172
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  1. 17. Economic Prospects of the Caribbean (1954)
  2. pp. 173-182
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  1. V. CULTIVATED PLANTS
  1. 18. Introduction
  2. pp. 185-197
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  1. 19. Age and Area of American Cultivated Plants (1959)
  2. pp. 198-212
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  1. 20. Maize into Europe (1962)
  2. pp. 213-228
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  1. VI. MAN IN NATURE
  1. 21. Introduction
  2. pp. 231-241
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  1. 22. Soil Conservation (1936)
  2. pp. 242-244
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  1. 23. Destructive Exploitation in Modern Colonial Expansion (1938)
  2. pp. 245-251
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  1. 24. The Relation of Man to Nature in the Southwest (1945)
  2. pp. 252-260
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  1. 25. Grassland Climax, Fire, and Man (1950)
  2. pp. 261-268
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  1. VII. HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY
  1. 26. Introduction
  2. pp. 271-276
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  1. 27. The Prospect for Redistribution of Population (1937)
  2. pp. 277-291
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  1. 28. About Nature and Indians (1939)
  2. pp. 292-295
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  1. 29. Middle America as a Culture Historical Location (1959)
  2. pp. 296-305
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  1. 30. Terra Firma: Orbis Novus (1962)
  2. pp. 306-323
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  1. 31. Chart of My Course (1980)
  2. pp. 324-329
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  1. 32. Decline of Indian Population (1980)
  2. pp. 330-337
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  1. 33. The End of the Century (1980)
  2. pp. 338-341
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  1. VIII. CARL SAUER ON GEOGRAPHERS AND OTHER SCHOLARS
  1. 34. Introduction
  2. pp. 345-351
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  1. 35. Ruliff S. Holway, 1857–1927 (1929)
  2. pp. 352-353
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  1. 36. Oskar Peschel, 1826–1875 (1934)
  2. pp. 354-355
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  1. 37. Friedrich Ratzel, 1844–1904 (1934)
  2. pp. 356-357
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  1. 38. Carl Ritter, 1779–1859 (1934)
  2. pp. 358-359
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  1. 39. Ellen Churchill Semple, 1863–1932 (1934)
  2. pp. 360-361
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  1. 40. Herbert Eugene Bolton, 1870–1953 (1954)
  2. pp. 362-366
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  1. 41. Homer LeRoy Shantz, 1876–1958 (1959)
  2. pp. 367-370
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  1. 42. Erhard Rostlund, 1900–1961 (1962)
  2. pp. 371-374
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  1. 43. Richard J. Russell, 1895–1971 (1967)
  2. pp. 375-376
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  1. 44. David I. Blumenstock, 1913–1963 (1968)
  2. pp. 377-379
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  1. IX. INFORMAL REMARKS
  1. 45. Introduction
  2. pp. 383-389
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  1. 46. Letter to Landscape [on Past and Present American Culture] (1960)
  2. pp. 390-391
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  1. 47. The Seminar as Exploration (1976 [1948])
  2. pp. 392-397
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  1. 48. The Quality of Geography (1970)
  2. pp. 398-406
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  1. 49. Casual Remarks (1976)
  2. pp. 407-416
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  1. Appendix: Doctoral Dissertations Supervised by Carl Sauer
  2. pp. 417-419
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  1. Bibliography of Publications
  2. pp. 421-431
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 433-435
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 437-458
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