Leadership in American Academic Geography : The Twentieth Century.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: The Ascent of American Academic Geography -- Chapter Three: Transformational Leadership at Chicago -- Chapter Four: Paradoxical Leadership at Wisconsin -- Chapter Five: Lackluster Leadership at Michigan -- Chapter Six: From Tyranny to Transformational Leadership at Minnesota -- Chapter Seven: The Struggle for Distinction at Ohio State -- Chapter Eight: The Transformational Leadership of E. Willard Miller and Penn State Geography -- Chapter Nine: George Cressey and Preston James at Syracuse -- Chapter Ten: The Transactional Leadership of Wallace Atwood and the Emergence of Geography at Clark -- Chapter Eleven: Duplicity and Deception at Johns Hopkins -- Chapter Twelve: Laissez Faire Leadership at Harvard and Geography's Demise -- Chapter Thirteen: G. Donald Hudson's Transformational Leadership at Northwestern -- Chapter Fourteen: G. Donald Hudson's Transformational Leadership at Washington -- Chapter Fifteen: Iowa's Rise to Prominence -- Chapter Sixteen: Transformational Leadership at UCLA -- Chapter Seventeen: The Legacy of Carl Sauer -- Chapter Eighteen: Leaders in a Paradigm of Eclectic Pluralism -- Chapter Nineteen: Simonett and the Santa Barbarians -- Chapter Twenty: The Transformational Leadership Imperative -- Chapter Twenty-one: Epilogue -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

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.

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