Emmanuel de Martonne, géographe en guerre

Despite his own assertions, the work of Emmanuel de Martonne was not limited to a strictly scientific and disinterested domain. His geographical work was necessarily caught up in political circumstances, which is shown clearly in his long and passionate relationship with Romania. In this article we...

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Published inRevue de Transylvanie. Vol. XXVII; no. Suppl 2; pp. 149 - 160
Main Author Bowd, Gavin
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane 2018
Romanian Academy – Center for Transylvanian Studies
Subjects
Cultural history
Diplomatic history
History
Modern Age
Recent History (1900 till today)
Geography
frontiers
FrancoRomanian relations
propaganda
Great War
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Summary:Despite his own assertions, the work of Emmanuel de Martonne was not limited to a strictly scientific and disinterested domain. His geographical work was necessarily caught up in political circumstances, which is shown clearly in his long and passionate relationship with Romania. In this article we see how this eminent scholar placed himself at the service of the cause of Greater Romania, firstly as a partisan of Romanian intervention in the Great War, then as wartime propagandist,before, at the Versailles Peace Conference, helping draw Romania’s post-war frontiers.At the same time, we see how the success of de Martonne’s ‘scientific’ proposals for frontier change was dependent upon military and geopolitical developments.
ISSN:1221-1249