The complete bibliography of Jean Gottmann

Abstract

With 414 entries, this work presents the most complete and updated version of the bibliography of Jean Gottmann (1915-1994), the French and cosmopolitan geographer, known for his studies of urban geography, and especially for those on the megalopolis of the Northeastern seaboard of the United States. In the 1990s, the posthumous rediscovery of his political geography, and in particular of his concept of iconography, opened the way for a reassessment of his pioneering role in cultural geography and to understand the transition from regional geography to the geography of networks. This bibliography thus constitutes a guide for the historian of geographical thought, indispensable for understanding the genesis and evolution of Gottmann’s overall work and, in general, an invitation to reread the writings of each author in the context of their broader scientific production as well as, of course, in the framework of the scientific and intellectual context of the time.