The History of the Study of Landforms or the Development of Geomorphology (History of the Study of Landforms)

A volume which is devoted to the study of the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologists, William Morris Davis (1850-1934). Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title ......Page 2 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 List of Illustrations......Page 9 Preface......Page 16 Acknowledgements......Page 18 CHAPTER ONE Introduction......Page 26 PART ONE Youth......Page 34 CHAPTER TWO Early Environment......Page 36 CHAPTER THREE Educable Youth......Page 60 CHAPTER FOUR Argentinian and American Interludes......Page 82 CHAPTER FIVE World Tour: The American West......Page 98 CHAPTER SIX World Tour: Japan and China......Page 120 CHAPTER SEVEN World Tour: India, Egypt and Western Europe......Page 144 CHAPTER EIGHT Near Failure: First Marriage and University Apprenticeship......Page 170 PART TWO Maturity......Page 191 CHAPTER NINE The Rise to Fame: University Promotion......Page 192 CHAPTER TEN The Cycle of Erosion......Page 210 CHAPTER ELEVEN The Davisian Analysis of ‘Composite Topographies’......Page 254 CHAPTER TWELVE Success Achieved......Page 294 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Davis Abroad: The Cyclic Crusader......Page 332 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Ramifications of the Geographical Cycle......Page 368 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Davis in Germany: The Cyclic Defender......Page 392 CHAPTER SIXTEEN International Acclaim: Professor Peneplain Davis......Page 432 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Master of Method......Page 470 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Propagandist and Pedagogue......Page 500 PART THREE Old Age......Page 524 CHAPTER NINETEEN The Mysterious Resignation......Page 526 CHAPTER TWENTY The Second Marriage......Page 544 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The First Rejuvenation......Page 562 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Growing German Opposition......Page 594 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Walther Penck and the First Breach of the Cycle......Page 638 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Years of Depression......Page 658 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE The Coral Reef Problem......Page 696 PART FOUR Final Rejuvenation......Page 752 CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Western Rejuvenation: The Desert Environment......Page 754 CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Western Rejuvenation: Coastal Benches, Limestone Caverns and Lakes......Page 794 CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Davis’ Last Defence of the Cycle......Page 812 CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Ultimate Base Level......Page 840 CHAPTER THIRTY Epilogue......Page 854 Appendices......Page 884 APPENDIX I The Faith of Reverent Science*......Page 886 APPENDIX II The Davis Family Tree......Page 918 APPENDIX III The Bibliography of William Morris Davis......Page 920 APPENDIX V General References......Page 946 Indexes......Page 956 Subject and Place Index......Page 958 Index of Persons......Page 986 This volume is entirely devoted to the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologist, William Morris Davis (1850-1934). It contains a treatment in depth of Davis' many contributions to the study of landforms including: the cycle of erosion denudation chronology arid and karst geomorphology the coral reef problem.