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A Geographical CenturyThe International Geographical Union in the Post-war Period

A Geographical Century: The International Geographical Union in the Post-war Period [This chapter introduces into the history of the International Geographical Union after the Second World War and the development in the 1950s and 60s. After a short period of re-organisation, the Union’s life re-started with the International Geographical Congress at Lisbon 1949. The international and often complicated political circumstances formed the basis for the Union’s work. IGU was still a Western European and North American dominated union, but with several attempts of integration and cooperation within the international community of geographers. Many communities from Africa, Latin America and Asia played only a very marginal role, with only some exceptions. A special focus is on the Union within the East–West Conflict, with the complicated integration of China and the Eastern bloc members, and with the special case of German geography with its double structures between 1960 and 1990. Besides the political background, the chapter provides also insights into biographies of some leading figures within twentieth century IGU history. Among others, the Swiss geographer Hans Boesch was one of those celebrities, with extraordinary devotion for international geography, often under complicated circumstances and faced with financial, diplomatic and interpersonal problems.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Geographical CenturyThe International Geographical Union in the Post-war Period

Editors: Kolosov, Vladimir; García-Álvarez, Jacobo; Heffernan, Michael; Schelhaas, Bruno
Schelhaas, Bruno
Springer Journals — Jun 1, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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978-3-031-05418-1
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23 –34
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10.1007/978-3-031-05419-8_3
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[This chapter introduces into the history of the International Geographical Union after the Second World War and the development in the 1950s and 60s. After a short period of re-organisation, the Union’s life re-started with the International Geographical Congress at Lisbon 1949. The international and often complicated political circumstances formed the basis for the Union’s work. IGU was still a Western European and North American dominated union, but with several attempts of integration and cooperation within the international community of geographers. Many communities from Africa, Latin America and Asia played only a very marginal role, with only some exceptions. A special focus is on the Union within the East–West Conflict, with the complicated integration of China and the Eastern bloc members, and with the special case of German geography with its double structures between 1960 and 1990. Besides the political background, the chapter provides also insights into biographies of some leading figures within twentieth century IGU history. Among others, the Swiss geographer Hans Boesch was one of those celebrities, with extraordinary devotion for international geography, often under complicated circumstances and faced with financial, diplomatic and interpersonal problems.]

Published: Jun 1, 2022

Keywords: History of geography; International Geographical Union; International science organisations; International relations

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