Description : The American Geographical Society (AGS) is an organization of professional geographers, founded in 1851 in New York City. Most fellows of the society are Americans, but among them have always been a significant number of fellows from around the world. The Society encourages activities that expand geographical knowledge, and presents and interprets that knowledge so that it can be understood and used not just by geographers but by others as well, especially ...
Description : The American Geographical Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Margaret Peggy Gripshover and Dr. Tom Bell as editors of FOCUS on Geography. The new editors are appointed for a three-year editorial term that commenced on January 1, 2010, with Volume 53. FOCUS on Geography is a forty-page, full-color peer-reviewed quarterly journal with articles written by well-known academic and professional geographers; in-depth theme sections; maps and pho...