| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 211 pages .) |
| Contents |
The ascent of American academic geography -- Transformational leadership at Chicago : the post-Salisbury years -- Paradoxical leadership at Wisconsin -- Lackluster leadership at Michigan -- From tyranny to transformational leadership at Minnesota -- The struggle for distinction at Ohio State -- The transformational leadership of E. Willard Miller and Penn State geography -- George Cressey and Preston James at Syracuse -- The transactional leadership of Wallace Atwood and the emergence of geography at Clark -- Duplicity and deception at Johns Hopkins -- Laissez faire leadership at Harvard and geography's demise -- G. Donald Hudson's transformational leadership at Northwestern -- G. Donald Hudson's transformational leadership at Washington -- Iowa's rise to prominence -- Transformational leadership at UCLA -- The legacy of Carl Sauer : transformational leadership at Berkeley -- Leaders in a paradigm of eclectic pluralism -- Simonett and the Santa Barbarians -- The transformational leadership imperative |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Geography -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Geographers -- United States -- Biography
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Geographers
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Geography -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014033126 |
| ISBN |
9780739199138 |
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0739199137 |
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