Looking Back: Economic Geography’s Evolution, 1925–1991
Abstract
EditorialIn honor of Economic Geography's (EG) centennial in 2025, this commentary reviews its early history from the perspectives of its first four editors-in-chief—Wallace W. Atwood, Elmer Ekblaw, Raymond Murphy, and Gerald Karaska—who managed the journal between 1925 and 1991. This time span could be termed the journal’s premodern to early-modern period. During this time EG’s content shifted from empirically descriptive, chorographically focused articles to content that was increasingly diversified topically, theoretically, methodologically, and normatively to a point that reflects more clearly the field that we know today.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
Global Urban Networks and Dynamics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Economic Geography
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 5–13
- Publication date
- 2 January 2026
- Language
- EN