Table of Contents
Foreword Michael Williams xi
Preface William M. Denevan xvii
I About Carl Sauer
1 Carl Ortwin Sauer, 1889-1975 (1975) James J. Parsons 3
2 Carl Sauer and His Critics Kent Mathewson 9
3 Thoughts on Bibliographic Citations to and by Carl Sauer Daniel W. Gade 29
4 Bibliography of Commentaries on the Life and Work of Carl Sauer Compiled William M. Denevan 53
II Early Efforts
5 Introduction William M. Denevan 89
6 Exploration of the Kaiserin Augusta River in New Guinea, 1912-1913 (1915) 95
7 Preface to The Geography of the Ozark Highland of Missouri (1920 [1915]) 99
8 Man's Influence Upon the Earth (1916) 103
9 Notes on the Geographic Significance of Soils: A Neglected Side of Geography (1922) 105
III Toward Maturity
10 Introduction Geoffrey J. Martin 111
11 The Field of Geography (1927) 119
12 Cultural Geography (1931) 136
13 Correspondence [on Physical Geography in Regional Works] (1932) 144
IV Economy/Economics
14 Introduction Kent Mathewson Martin S. Kenzer Geoffrey J. Martin 149
15 Abstract: Geography as Regional Economics (1921) 160
16 Regional Reality in Economy (1984 [1936]) 162
17 Economic Prospects of the Caribbean (1954) 173
V Cultivated Plants
18 Introduction Daniel W. Gade 185
19 Age and Area of American Cultivated Plants (1959) 198
20 Maize into Europe (1962) 213
VI Man in Nature
21 Introduction William W. Speth 231
22 Soil Conservation (1936) 242
23 Destructive Exploitation in Modern Colonial Expansion (1938) 245
24 The Relation of Man to Nature in the Southwest (1945) 252
25 Grassland Climax, Fire, and Man (1950) 261
VII Historical Geography
26 Introduction W. George Lovell 271
27 The Prospect forRedistribution of Population (1937) 277
28 About Nature and Indians (1939) 292
29 Middle America as a Culture Historical Location (1959) 296
30 Terra Firma: Orbis Novus (1962) 306
31 Chart of My Course (1980) 324
32 Decline of Indian Population (1980) 330
33 The End of the Century (1980) 338
VIII Carl Sauer on Geographers and Other Scholars
34 Introduction Edward T. Price 345
35 Ruliff S. Holway, 1857-1927 (1929) 352
36 Oskar Peschel, 1826-1875 (1934) 354
37 Friedrich Ratzel, 1844-1904 (1934) 356
38 Carl Ritter, 1779-1859 (1934) 358
39 Ellen Churchill Semple, 1863-1932 (1934) 360
40 Herbert Eugene Bolton, 1870-1953 (1954) 362
41 Homer LeRoy Shantz, 1876-1958 (1959) 367
42 Erhard Rostlund, 1900-1961 (1962) 371
43 Richard J. Russell, 1895-1971 (1967) 375
44 David I. Blumenstock, 1913-1963 (1968) 377
IX Informal Remarks
45 Introduction Philip L. Wagner 383
46 Letter to Landscape [on Past and Present American Culture] (1960) 390
47 The Seminar as Exploration (1976 [1948]) 392
48 The Quality of Geography (1970) 398
49 Casual Remarks (1976) 407
Appendix: Doctoral Dissertations Supervised Carl Sauer 417
Bibliography of Publications Carl Ortwin Sauer William M. Denevan 421
Contributors 433
Index 437
