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100 1 a| Mountz, Alison,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCDHxHdVrKcm8BKKPCwC;

245 10 a| Let geography die :b| chasing Derwent's ghost at Harvard /c| Alison Mountz and Kira Williams.;

264 1 a| Cambridge, Massachusetts :b| The MIT Press,c| [2025];

300 a| xvii, 213 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Prologue. Let geography die -- Introduction. Love and loss in the archives -- A haunting : the life, death, and (after)life of Derwent Whittlesey -- "With much love, Emeline" : correspondence between "the remarkable Emeline McSweeney" and Derwent Whittlesey -- The rise, fall, and "unfinished business" of geography at Harvard -- A tragedy in three acts : Isaiah Bowman and Harvard geography -- Everyone has secrets : Conant's campaigns and contradictions -- Talking with ghosts -- On secrets and afterlives.;

520 a| "Let Geography Die tells the little-known and oft-misunderstood story of geographical research and education at Harvard University. In investigative fashion, Alison Mountz and Kira Williams unearth the personal and institutional secrets that drove the sudden closure of Harvard's geography program at the precise moment that it reached its apex. At the heart of this narrative are the hidden personal lives of the queer men recruited to build the geography program--the same ones who were later blamed for its demise. Chief among these figures is Derwent Whittlesey, who eventually became Harvard's last lone geography professor, once the program he had so successfully built was closed around him." --c| Publisher's website.;

600 10 a| Whittlesey, Derwent Stainthorpe,d| 1890-1956.;

610 20 a| Harvard University.;

650 0 a| Geographersz| United States.;

650 0 a| Gay college teachersz| United States.;

650 0 a| Homophobia in higher educationz| United States.;

700 1 a| Williams, Kira,d| 1990-e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjtVmcP47MCx9gWHdGt64y;

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Let geography die : chasing Derwent's ghost at Harvard / Alison Mountz and Kira Williams.

Author/creator	Mountz, Alison author.
Other author	Williams, Kira, 1990- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2025]
Description	xvii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Whittlesey, Derwent Stainthorpe, 1890-1956. Harvard University. Geography--Study and teaching (Higher). --Massachusetts. --Cambridge. --History. --20th century. Geographers--United States. Gay college teachers--United States. Homophobia in higher education--United States.

Contents	Prologue. Let geography die -- Introduction. Love and loss in the archives -- A haunting : the life, death, and (after)life of Derwent Whittlesey -- "With much love, Emeline" : correspondence between "the remarkable Emeline McSweeney" and Derwent Whittlesey -- The rise, fall, and "unfinished business" of geography at Harvard -- A tragedy in three acts : Isaiah Bowman and Harvard geography -- Everyone has secrets : Conant's campaigns and contradictions -- Talking with ghosts -- On secrets and afterlives.
Abstract	"Let Geography Die tells the little-known and oft-misunderstood story of geographical research and education at Harvard University. In investigative fashion, Alison Mountz and Kira Williams unearth the personal and institutional secrets that drove the sudden closure of Harvard's geography program at the precise moment that it reached its apex. At the heart of this narrative are the hidden personal lives of the queer men recruited to build the geography program--the same ones who were later blamed for its demise. Chief among these figures is Derwent Whittlesey, who eventually became Harvard's last lone geography professor, once the program he had so successfully built was closed around him." -- Publisher's website.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Mountz, Alison. Let geography die Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2025] 9780262381949
LCCN	2024046963
ISBN	9780262551595 paperback
ISBN	0262551594 paperback
ISBN	electronic book
ISBN	electronic publication

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