Classification In Geography

Excerpt from Human Geography: An Attempt at a Positive Classification, Principles and Examples La Géographic humaine, by Jean Brunhes, gave us a new point of view in human geography, and a new method of analysis of an ever-appealing phase of geography. To make the new outlook available to students in normal schools and colleges and to the general reader has been the purpose of the editors in preparing the American edition. This work was necessarily interrupted by war conditions, and the volume was delayed far beyond the time originally planned. To meet the needs of American conditions, certain sections and chapters have been omitted, and, at the request of the author, the regional description of the Central Andes has been substituted for chapter vii in the original. In addition, the footnotes have been reduced in number and restricted to sources available in a good geographical reference library. Illustrations, footnotes, and text have been added to bring out significant and pertinent American facts in human geography. Otherwise the original text has been followed faithfully. Professor LeCompte has aimed not merely to translate the idea but the exact shade of meaning contained in each part of the original. In case of doubt the editors cooperated in a personal discussion of the linguistic or geographical point, in order that the rendering into English might be faithful and smooth. In the revision of the proofs, regional references have been changed where necessary according to the latest information available. From the Preface to the First Edition Human geography is not completed. It is known that much remains to be done. This book is therefore not a "treatise," properly speaking (that term would undoubtedly be too presumptuous); it is rather a "manual" giving essential directions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book is divided into three parts. The first deals with typical settelements in each of the seven continents, the early stages of settlements, land surveys and general phases of town evolution. The second part discusses changes in site and patter, from Neolithic to modern times. The third part specializes in topographic and functional controls in modern towns. Chapters on Planning, Regional Surveys and Classification of towns close the book. There are about 300 specially drawn plans and diagrams of towns - which should appeal to the sociologist and town planner as well as to every serious student of geography. This book was first published in 1949.