Carl Sauer on Culture and Landscape

Perhaps one of the most distinctive and studied geographers of the twentieth century, Carl O. Sauer (1889-1975) had influence that extends well beyond the confines of any one discipline. With a focus on historical and cultural geography, Sauer's essays have garnered praise from poets, natural historians, and social scientists alike who continue to explore Sauer's work. In Carl Sauer on Culture and Landscape, editors William M. Denevan and Kent Mathewson have compiled thirty-seven of Sauer's original works, including rare early writings, articles in now largely inaccessible publications, and transcriptions of key oral presentations that remain little known.

William M. Denevan is a professor emeritus in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes and editor of The Native Population of the Americas in 1492. Kent Mathewson is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University. He is the author or coeditor of several books, including Culture, Land, and Legacy: Perspectives on Carl O. Sauer and Berkeley School Geography.