TY - JOUR AU - King, Leslie J. AB - 124 SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY March In like manner, the ultimate necessity of susceptible to innovation, and expressions of providing suitable job outlets for graduates the need for change were appearing in many was tackled but only partially solved. Geogra- quarters. Fortunately for its own morale, the phers participated in the establishment of new department was in good position to join this research and teaching institutes in urban and movement and was able to make a few contri- regional planning and continued a long-time butions to its furtherance. It was easy for staff affiliation with the Department of Marketing. and graduate students to conclude that they In most of these cases, geographers were wel- were affiliated with a “going concern,’’ a move- comed because they “could recognize prob- ment that extended far beyond campus bound- lems, knew how to state them so they could be aries. A medium-sized university in a small solved, and how to proceed toward a solution.” town provided a favorable setting for im- That statement probably represents the best promptu discussions and easy contacts with summary of the accomplishments of the geogra- practitioners of other disciplines. The setting phy department at Iowa during the TI - AREAL ASSOCIATIONS AND REGRESSIONS JF - Annals of the Association of American Geographers DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1979.tb01240.x DA - 1979-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/areal-associations-and-regressions-Ct16JgzvXL SP - 124 EP - 128 VL - 69 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -