Early Intellectual Influences on D. W. Meinig: a Former Student's Fond Memories

As an undergraduate and graduate student in the 1940s and a young professor at the University of Utah in the 1950s, D. W. Meinig was influenced by a number of scholars. They included six historians, three geographers, two anthropologists, and two philosophers. I identify the influence of the thirtee...

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Published in:Geographical review 2009-07, Vol.99 (3), p.303-322
Main Author: Bigelow, Bruce
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Academic achievement
Academic profession
American literature
antimodernism
Appreciation
Biographies
challenge and response
Cultural geography
Cultural history
Cultural landscapes
Geographers
Geographic regions
Geography
Geopolitics
heartland
Historical geography
Imperialism
Intellectuals
Landscape
Meinig, D.W
neotechnic
Professors
Students
United States history
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Summary:As an undergraduate and graduate student in the 1940s and a young professor at the University of Utah in the 1950s, D. W. Meinig was influenced by a number of scholars. They included six historians, three geographers, two anthropologists, and two philosophers. I identify the influence of the thirteen scholars on Meinig's major achievements: the culture area model, geography as an art, the historical imperative for geography, cultures and civilizations, and geopolitics and imperialism.
ISSN:0016-7428
1931-0846
DOI:10.1111/j.1931-0846.2009.tb00435.x