A Geographical Century (eBook)

This volume of specially commissioned interpretative essays marks the centenary of the establishment of the International Geographical Union in 1922. Written by leading human and physical geographers from all parts of the world, A Geographical Century considers the history and present condition of geography as an international science.

Based on the latest research, A Geographical Century provides new and critical analyses of the different forms of geographical internationalism that emerged during the 20^th century; the changing relations between geography and cognate disciplines in the natural and social sciences; the geopolitics of international geographical collaboration; and the prospects of geography as a 21^st century international science.

Jacobo García-Álvarez is Professor of Human Geography at the Carlos III University of Madrid, which he joined in 2003. His research work has focused on the history of geography, historical geography, and political geography, with special attention to político-administrative divisions, boundary-making processes, and territorial identities and ideologies in Spain. He has lectured in several universities and research centers in Europe, Latin America, and the USA. He chaired the IGU Commission on the History of Geography and the International Union of History of Science and Technology from 2008 to 2016. He has coordinated the History of Geography, Historical Geography, and Political Geography Research Group in the Institute of Historiography at the Carlos III University of Madrid since 2012.