Land & Life: A Selection from the Writings of Carl Ortwin Sauer

by Carl O. Sauer, John Leighly (Editor)

Trade paperback University of California Press Date 1974 9780520011243 0520011244

Genres: Geography

435 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Andrew]

It’s no shock how few reviews there are here, despite Sauer having been one of the titans of human geography This is a very, very unfashionable breed of academic prose in the social sciences – straightforwardly descriptive, decidedly unwilling to fulminate over theoretical underpinnings. This is for people who care about floodplains in the abstract, and there are few of us indeed.

But here’s the thing, for those of us who are interested in the materialist perspective, texts like this are absolutely essential, and Sauer draws the firm connections between ecology, environment, economy, and culture, in a manner which is thoughtful and which draws connections but is not deterministic. Really, you should be reading more things like this, and I should too.

[Leighlynn Rettinger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually picked this book up from my schools free book box. Honestly, it was a interesting book to get into. Went into topics like human geography and the impact of humans on the environment. I think it’s a great book to read about the relationship between human culture and the physical environment!