Tim Cresswell

Geographic Thought (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging and accessible introduction to geographic thought explores the major thinkers and key theoretical developments in the field of human geography. * Covers the complete range of the development of theoretical knowledge of the field, from ancient geography to contemporary non-representational theory * Presents theories in an accessible manner through the author's engaging writing style * Examines the influence of Darwin and Marx, the emergence of anarchist geographies, the impact of feminism, and myriad other important bodies of thought * Stresses the importance of geographic thought and its relevance to our understanding of what it is to be human, and to the people, places, and cultures of the world in which we live

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118256480
• Artikelnr.: 37340904

Autorenporträt

Tim Cresswell is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. His books include Place: A Short Introduction (2004) and On the Move: Mobility in the Modern Western World (2006). He has also co-edited four collections, including Geographies of Mobilities: Practices, Spaces, Subjects (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to Second Edition vi

1 Introduction 1

2 Early Geographies 13

3 The Emergence of Modern Geography 33

4 Thinking About Regions 57

5 Spatial Science and the Quantitative Revolution 77

6 Humanistic Geographies 101

7 Marxist Geographies 122

8 Feminist Geographies 147

9 Postmodernism and Beyond 170

10 Toward Poststructuralist Geographies 193

11 Relational Geographies 212

12 More- than- Human Geographies 232

13 More- than- Physical Geographies 251

14 Postcolonial, Decolonial, and Anticolonial Geographies 269

15 Black Geographies 287

Glossary 306

Index 313