History of Geomorphology

1 On the nature of geo-history, with reflections on the historiography of geomorphology.- 2 Les Méconnus: eighteenth century French pioneers of geomorphology.- 3 Worlds Apart: eighteenth century writings on rivers, lakes and the terraqueous globe.- 4 James Hutton’s rôle in the history of geomorphology.- 5 The turning of the worm: early nineteenth century concepts of soil in Britain — the development of ideas and ideas of development, 1834 – 1843.- 6 James Forbes on the Mer de Glace in 1842: early quantification in geomorphology.- 7 “Extraordinary and terrifying metamorphosis” — on the seismic causes of slope instability.- 8 From colonial science to scientific independence: Australian reef geomorphology in the nineteenth century.- 9 European science in high Asia: geomorphology in the Karakoram Himalaya to 1939.- 10 Eustasy to plate tectonics: unifying ideas on the evolution of the major features of the earth’s surface.- 11 Reconstructing the chronology of Lake Bonneville: an historical review.- 12 Different aspects of Polish geomorphology: palæogeographic, dynamic and applied.- 13 A tribute to John Hack by his friends and colleagues.- 14 A perspective on geomorphology in the twentieth century: links to the past and future.- 15 Afterword.