Carl Sauer on Culture and Landscape: Readings and Commentaries
Perhaps the most distinctive and studied geographer of the twentieth century, Carl O. Sauer (1889-1975) had influence that extended well beyond the confines of any one academic discipline. A prolific historical and cultural geographer, Sauer's essays garnered praise from poets, natural historians, and social scientists. Anthropologists, archaeologists, ecologists, conservationists, and other scholars continue to explore Sauer's findings. In Carl Sauer on Culture and Landscape, editors William...
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Perhaps the most distinctive and studied geographer of the twentieth century, Carl O. Sauer (1889-1975) had influence that extended well beyond the confines of any one academic discipline. A prolific historical and cultural geographer, Sauer's essays garnered praise from poets, natural historians, and social scientists. Anthropologists, archaeologists, ecologists, conservationists, and other scholars continue to explore Sauer's findings. In Carl Sauer on Culture and Landscape, editors William M. Denevan and Kent Mathewson have compiled thirty-seven of Sauer's original works, including obscure early writings, articles from now largely inaccessible publications, and transcriptions of oral presentations that remain little known. The volume opens with two extended essays on Sauer's critics and his works; and prominent geographers and other authorities on Sauer introduce each section of the book. A complete bibliography of Sauer's publications and a 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.
Foreword Michael Williams xiPreface William M. Denevan xviiI About Carl Sauer1 Carl Ortwin Sauer, 1889-1975 (1975) James J. Parsons 32 Carl Sauer and His Critics Kent Mathewson 93 Thoughts on Bibliographic Citations to and by Carl Sauer Daniel W. Gade 294 Bibliography of Commentaries on the Life and Work of Carl Sauer Compiled William M. Denevan 53II Early Efforts5 Introduction William M. Denevan 896 Exploration of the Kaiserin Augusta River in New Guinea, 1912-1913 (1915) 957 Preface to The Geography of the Ozark Highland of Missouri (1920 [1915]) 998 Man's Influence Upon the Earth (1916) 1039 Notes on the Geographic Significance of Soils: A Neglected Side of Geography (1922) 105III Toward Maturity10 Introduction Geoffrey J. Martin 11111 The Field of Geography (1927) 11912 Cultural Geography (1931) 13613 Correspondence [on Physical Geography in Regional Works] (1932) 144IV Economy/Economics14 Introduction Kent Mathewson Martin S. Kenzer Geoffrey J. Martin 14915 Abstract: Geography as Regional Economics (1921) 16016 Regional Reality in Economy (1984 [1936]) 16217 Economic Prospects of the Caribbean (1954) 173V Cultivated Plants18 Introduction Daniel W. Gade 18519 Age and Area of American Cultivated Plants (1959) 19820 Maize into Europe (1962) 213VI Man in Nature21 Introduction William W. Speth 23122 Soil Conservation (1936) 24223 Destructive Exploitation in Modern Colonial Expansion (1938) 24524 The Relation of Man to Nature in the Southwest (1945) 25225 Grassland Climax, Fire, and Man (1950) 261VII Historical Geography26 Introduction W. George Lovell 27127 The Prospect forRedistribution of Population (1937) 27728 About Nature and Indians (1939) 29229 Middle America as a Culture Historical Location (1959) 29630 Terra Firma: Orbis Novus (1962) 30631 Chart of My Course (1980) 32432 Decline of Indian Population (1980) 33033 The End of the Century (1980) 338VIII Carl Sauer on Geographers and Other Scholars34 Introduction Edward T. Price 34535 Ruliff S. Holway, 1857-1927 (1929) 35236 Oskar Peschel, 1826-1875 (1934) 35437 Friedrich Ratzel, 1844-1904 (1934) 35638 Carl Ritter, 1779-1859 (1934) 35839 Ellen Churchill Semple, 1863-1932 (1934) 36040 Herbert Eugene Bolton, 1870-1953 (1954) 36241 Homer LeRoy Shantz, 1876-1958 (1959) 36742 Erhard Rostlund, 1900-1961 (1962) 37143 Richard J. Russell, 1895-1971 (1967) 37544 David I. Blumenstock, 1913-1963 (1968) 377IX Informal Remarks45 Introduction Philip L. Wagner 38346 Letter to Landscape [on Past and Present American Culture] (1960) 39047 The Seminar as Exploration (1976 [1948]) 39248 The Quality of Geography (1970) 39849 Casual Remarks (1976) 407Appendix: Doctoral Dissertations Supervised Carl Sauer 417Bibliography of Publications Carl Ortwin Sauer William M. Denevan 421Contributors 433Index 437
