New Books in Geography

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Episodes

Total: 543

Toby Lester, “The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America its Name” (Free Press, 2009)
2010/1/7

Why the heck is “America” called “America” and not, say, “Columbia?” You’ll find the answer to that

Peter Mancall, “Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson” (Basic Books, 2009)
2009/9/4

You’ve probably heard of the Hudson River, and you may have even heard of Hudson Bay. But have you e

Colin Gordon, “Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008)
2008/5/9

This week we have Professor Colin Gordon of the University of Iowa on the show talking about his new