The Establishment of GeohistoryMartin J. S. Rudwick. Worlds Before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform. xxiv + 614 pp., illus., bibl., index. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2008. $49 [Book Review]

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