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Relate the expansion of the discipline of geography before 1900 to social, technological, and ideological change
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Relate the expansion of the discipline of geography before 1900 to social, technological, and ideological change "GEOGRAPHY The discipline has many interpretations, which might best be understood if they are taken chronologically...It would take considerable temerity to find a unifying definition throughout the twists and turns that the discipline has taken" (Mayhew 1997,191) The above quote is taken from a dictionary of geography and shows how 'geography' is almost indefinable as a word, concept or subject. More interestingly it shows that the difficulty in defining it lies in its varied history. Since 1900 geography has made relatively little change compared to its formation and transformation in previous centuries. Having said this the period 1880-1950 did see some important adjustments, with the influences of Darwinism, Environmental Determinism, Possibilism and Social Anarchism. Today it is a popular taught and valued subject and a key component of the UK's (and much of European countries') National Curriculum....
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