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Curiosity, inquiry, and the geographical imagination (Record no. 199265)

MARC details
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fixed length control field 01896nam a2200337 a 4500
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 121/.6
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Gade, Daniel W.,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Curiosity, inquiry, and the geographical imagination
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York :
Name of publisher Peter Lang,
Year of publication c2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xviii, 307 p. :
Other physical details ill., map.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Curiosity about curiosity -- Exemplars of the inquisitive spirit -- Shamans and scholars : the questing self as archetype -- Epistemic curiosity and romantic sensibility in American geography -- Anima curiositas : Carl O. Sauer -- Curious descendants : Sauer's web of scholarly influence -- Scholarly motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic -- Born to seek : an intellectual topography -- Curiosity as progressive actualization -- Twisting paths and blind alleys : curiosity and the contingency of the quest -- Curiosity as text and sequel : landscape as witness to the past -- Conclusion. The long journey to scholarly enchantment.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Curiosity
Topical Term Learning
Topical Term Human beings
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10551931

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