NOTES ON THE RISE OF THE AREA STUDIES TRADITION IN U.S. GEOGRAPHY, 1910–1929∗

∗;I wish to acknowledge the considerable assistance of Geoffrey Martin who reviewed earlier drafts of this manuscript.

Area studies emerged as the leading tradition in American geography during the second decade of this century, supplanting the earth science tradition. The man-land tradition, reaching its peak during the second and third decades, never became as dominant as did the area studies tradition, based on a classification of the number of articles published, papers presented at annual AAG meetings, doctoral dissertations, and philosophical and methodological pronouncements by noted figures in American geography.

Key Words:

• area studies
• history of geography
• manland tradition
• regional geography

Notes

∗;I wish to acknowledge the considerable assistance of Geoffrey Martin who reviewed earlier drafts of this manuscript.