France, Poland and Europe: the experience of the XIVth International Geographical Congress, Warsaw 1934
The vibrancy of Polish geographical research was amply demonstrated at the Warsaw Congress and on accompanying excursions. Polish work in geomorphology and rural settlement reflected achievements in France, with important Polish innovations in economic geography also evident. By contrast with their...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2005-12-01
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| Series: | Belgeo |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/12138 |
| Summary: | The vibrancy of Polish geographical research was amply demonstrated at the Warsaw Congress and on accompanying excursions. Polish work in geomorphology and rural settlement reflected achievements in France, with important Polish innovations in economic geography also evident. By contrast with their dynamism in Paris and in the field in 1931, French geographers were more restrained in their participation in Poland. Accession to the EU in 2004 confirms Poland’s re-entry to the “community of Europe”, seventy years after the Warsaw Congress. |
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| ISSN: | 1377-2368 2294-9135 |