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Introducing human geographies / edited by Paul Cloke, Philip Crang, and Mark Goodwin.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2005Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xvii, 653 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780415826631 (hardback)
  • 9781444135350 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.2 23 INT
Summary: "Introducing Human Geographies is the leading guide to human geography for undergraduate students. Written by expert international researchers, this thoroughly updated third edition explains new thinking on essential topics and discusses exciting developments in the field. Presented in three parts, it addresses the central ideas through which human geographers understand and shape their subject ('Foundations'), explores the main sub-disciplines from diverse angles ('Themes') and then looks to the future of human geography to assess the latest research in innovative areas ('Horizons'). Comprehensive, stimulating and cutting edge, Introducing Human Geographies, 3E, will be your essential guide"-- Provided by publisher.
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Contents
Part 1. Foundations
1. Culture-nature Sarah Whatmore
2. Society-Space Susan J. Smith
3. Local-Global Philip Crang
4.Control-freedom Mark Goodwin
5. Self-other Paul Coke
6. Image-reality Mike Crang
7. Masculinity-Femininity Geraldine Pratt
8. Science-art David gilbert
9. Relevant-esoteric Lynn A.

Part 2. Themes
Section 1. Cultural Geographies
10. imaginative geographies
11. Landscape
12. The Geographies of Material Culture

Section 2. Development Geographies
13. Theories of Development
14. Rethinking development
15. Survival and resistance

Section 3. Economic Geographies
16. production
17. Money and Finance
18. Consumption Geographies

Section 4. Environmental Geographies
19. Global and Local Environmental problems
20. Sustainability
21. Environmental knowledges and environmentalism

Section 5. Historical Geographies
22. Memory and heritage
23. Colonialism and post colonialism
24. Modernity and modernization

Section 6. Political Geographies
25. Critical geopolitics
26. Citizenship and Governance
27. Nationalism

Section 7. Social Geographies
28. Identities
29. Identity and difference: age, disability and sexuality
30. Exclusion

Section 8. Urban and Rural Geographies
31. \urban forms
32. Sensing the City: Urban experiences
33. The country

Part 3. Issues
34. Emotional Geographies
35. Place
36. Diasporas
37. Migrants
38. Travel and Tourism
39. Commodities
40. The media
41. War/Peace
42. Globalization and protest
43. Who cares?

Includes bibliographical references (pages 944-1022) and index.

"Introducing Human Geographies is the leading guide to human geography for undergraduate students. Written by expert international researchers, this thoroughly updated third edition explains new thinking on essential topics and discusses exciting developments in the field. Presented in three parts, it addresses the central ideas through which human geographers understand and shape their subject ('Foundations'), explores the main sub-disciplines from diverse angles ('Themes') and then looks to the future of human geography to assess the latest research in innovative areas ('Horizons'). Comprehensive, stimulating and cutting edge, Introducing Human Geographies, 3E, will be your essential guide"-- Provided by publisher.

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