Robert A. Dodgshon, R. A. Dodgshon

Society in Time and Space

A Geographical Perspective on Change
Herausgeber: Baker, Alan R. H.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An important book which explores the conceptual issues raised by the geography of societal change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9780521593854
• ISBN-10: 0521593859
• Artikelnr.: 29337881

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.