
Curiosity, Inquiry, and the Geographical Imagination
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- Intro
- CONTENTS
- Sources of Illustrations on Cover and Chapter Icons ix
- List of Figures xi
- Preface xiii
- Acknowledgments xvii
- Part One: Curiosity in Broad Context
- 1. Curiosity about Curiosity 3
- 2. Exemplars of the Inquisitive Spirit 22
- 3. Shamans and Scholars: The Questing Self as Archetype 49
- Part Two: Curiosity in Disciplinary Framework
- 4. Epistemic Curiosity and Romantic Sensibility in American Geography 65
- 5. Anima Curiositas: Carl O. Sauer 97
- 6. Curious Descendants: Sauer's Web of Scholarly Influence 115
- 7. Scholarly Motivation, Intrinsic and Extrinsic 141
- Part Three: Curiosity in Reflexive Mode
- 8. Born to Seek: An Intellectual Topography 163
- 9. Curiosity as Progressive Actualization 189
- 10. Twisting Paths and Blind Alleys: Curiosity and the Contingency of the Quest 211
- 11. Curiosity as Text and Sequel: Landscape as Witness to the Past 241
- 12. Conclusion: The Long Journey to Scholarly Enchantment 261
- References 271
- Index 299
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