Submission + - Bringing Back Geography to the U.S.
An anonymous reader writes: Here is are 2 articles on history of geography and the state of geography education in the U.S. From the article: "Soon after World War II, however, geography was purged in the United States, and the impact continues today. From 1948 to 1988, the discipline was expunged at the University of Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, the University of Michigan, Northwestern, Stanford, Yale, and other esteemed American universities, oddly even during periods when universities were expanding faster than at any other time before or since. In truth, nobody knows why geography was targeted on such a broad scale." See also related stories below.
http://sworldwatch.blogspot.com/2007/07/where-did- geography-go.html
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring07articles/ bring-back-geography-1of2.html
http://sworldwatch.blogspot.com/2007/07/where-did
http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring07articles