Abstract
Demangeon had great influence on La Géographie Humaine in France during the first half of the 20th century but now his work is largely forgotten. He made major contributions to economic, historical and political geography, and wrote more for the Geographie Universelle conceived by Vidal de La Blache than any other scholar. Drawing on his publications and a selection of letters he received from 1904 to 1917, this article explores Demangeon's research on the British Isles, and his visionary books on the British Empire and the relative decline of Europe in global economic affairs. Despite unflagging commitment and productivity, he failed to complete a long‐established project for a comprehensive text on human geography, leaving that branch of the discipline vulnerable compared with the scientific logic of physical geography and the encyclopaedic demands of regional studies.
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