Geography is not an infant subject, born out of the womb of American geology a few decades ago, which each new generation of American students may change around at will. (Richard Hartshorne)

Geography is not an infant subject, born out of the womb of American geology a few decades ago, which each new generation of American students may change around at will.

Richard Hartshorne

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