Browsing Conference proceedings by Subject "history of geography"

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"An Interesting Geographical Change" : Hedin, Stein and Huntington's surveys of climate change

Forêt, Philippe (2012-11-09)

Studying the contribution of the lakes of Central Asia to the discovery of global warming must touch on science policy in the early 20th century, the uneasy relationship that learned Europe used to have with the environmental ...
Au delà de la frontière scientifique, la frontière du réel en Asie centrale chinoise

Forêt, Philippe (2010-02-04)

To comprehend the role of frontier and frontier-making in the scientific controversy on the "geographical pivot history," I will propose a short account of the remarkable topographical expeditions that explored the Gobi, ...