Robert A. Dodgshon (Aberystwyth University College of Wales)

Society in Time and Space

A Geographical Perspective on Change

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Produktbeschreibung

This is an important study which systematically explores the conceptual issues raised by the geography of societal change. Robert Dodgshon shows that by first understanding the geography of change, we can learn how society changes, and how and and why change tends to occur when it does.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780521596404
• ISBN-10: 0521596408
• Artikelnr.: 26183915

Inhaltsangabe

1. Human geography and societal change
2. Establishing a taxonomy of societal change
3. Varieties of change: world systems and empires
4. The experience of change: states and regions
5. Sources of inertia and the cultural construction of landscape
6. Organizational sources of inertia
7. The built environment as a source of inertia
8. Conceptualizing inertia: the first step towards a geography of social change
9. The geography of societal change: a concluding synthesis.