The Wiley-Blackwell companion to human geography /

"This volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion offers an indispensable overview to the field, representing both historical and contemporary perspectives. Edited and written by the world's leading autho...

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Other Authors: Agnew, John A., Duncan, James S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Series:Wiley-Blackwell companions to geography.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / James S. Duncan
  • pt. I. Foundations
  • 2. Where Geography Came From / David Lowenthal
  • 3. Cosmographers, Explorers, Cartographers, Chorographers: Defining, Inscribing and Practicing Early Modern Geography, c.1450
  • 1850 / Robert J. Mayhew
  • 4. Colonizing, Settling and the Origins of Academic Geography / Daniel Clayton
  • pt. II. The Classics
  • 5. German Precursors and French Challengers / Vincent Berdoulay
  • 6. Creating Human Geography in the English-Speaking World / Ron Johnston
  • 7. Landscape Versus Region
  • Part I / Nicolas Howe
  • 8. Landscape Versus Region
  • Part II / Kent Mathewson
  • 9. From Region to Space
  • Part I / Trevor J. Barnes
  • 10. From Region to Space
  • Part II / Anssi Paasi
  • pt. III. Contemporary Approaches
  • 11. Nature
  • Part I / Noel Castree
  • 12. Nature
  • Part II / Jamie Lorimer
  • 13. Landscape
  • Part I / Carrie Breitbacb
  • 14. Landscape
  • Part II / John W. Wylie
  • 15. Place
  • Part I / Tim Cresswell
  • 16. Place
  • Part II / Steven Hoelscher
  • 17. Territory
  • Part I / Stuart Elden
  • 18. Territory
  • Part II / Jacques Levy
  • 19. Globalization
  • Part I / Richard Florida
  • 20. Globalization
  • Part II / Emily Gilbert
  • 21. World Cities
  • Part I / Carolyn Cartier
  • 22. World Cities
  • Part II / Paul L. Knox
  • 23. Governance
  • Part I / Wendy Lamer
  • 24. Governance
  • Part II / Stephen Legg
  • 25. Mobility
  • Part I / David Ley
  • 26. Mobility
  • Part II / George Revill
  • 27. Scale and Networks
  • Part I / Andrew E.G. Jonas
  • 28. Scales and Networks
  • Part II / Keith Woodward
  • 29. Class
  • Part I / Andrew Herod
  • 30. Class
  • Part II / Clive Barnett
  • 31. Race-Part I / Kay Anderson
  • 32. Race-Part II / Arun Saldanha
  • 33. Sexuality
  • Part I / Natalie Oswin
  • 34. Sexuality
  • Part II / Mary E. Thomas
  • 35. Gender
  • Part I / Michael Landzelius
  • 36. Gender
  • Part II / Joanne P. Sharp
  • 37. Geopolitics
  • Part I / Phil Kelly
  • 38. Geopolitics
  • Part II / Merje Kuus
  • 39. Segregation
  • Part I / R. Alan Walks
  • 40. Segregation
  • Part II / Steve Herbert
  • 41. Development
  • Part I / Glyn Williams
  • 42. Development
  • Part II / Wendy Wolford.