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 authorities in the discipline _ Divided into three major sections: Foundations (the history of human geography from Ancient Greece to the late nineteenth century); The Classics (the roots of modern human geography); Contemporary Approaches (current issues and themes in human geography) _ Each contemporary issue…mehr
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 authorities in the discipline _ Divided into three major sections: Foundations (the history of human geography from Ancient Greece to the late nineteenth century); The Classics (the roots of modern human geography); Contemporary Approaches (current issues and themes in human geography) _ Each contemporary issue is examined by two contributors offering distinctive perspectives on the same themeHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Agnew is Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has taught at a number of universities including Syracuse University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Siena. He has authored or co-authored numerous books including Berlusconi's Italy: Mapping Contemporary Italian Politics (2008) and Globalization and Sovereignty (2009). He is co-editor of the Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography (2015). James Duncan is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has written extensively on Culture Theory and landscape interpretation in contemporary America and nineteenth century Sri Lanka. Recent publications include Landscapes of Privilege: The Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb (2004, with Nancy Duncan) and In the Shadows of the Tropics: Climate, Race and Biopower in Nineteenth Century Ceylon (2007).
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List of Illustrations viii
Notes on Contributors x
1 Introduction 1 John A. Agnew and James S. Duncan
Part I Foundations 9
2 Where Geography Came From 11 Peter Burke for David Lowenthal
3 Cosmographers, Explorers, Cartographers, Chorographers: Defining, Inscribing and Practicing Early Modern Geography, c.1450-1850 23 Robert J. Mayhew
4 Colonizing, Settling and the Origins of Academic Geography 50 Daniel Clayton
Part II The Classics 71
5 German Precursors and French Challengers 73 Vincent Berdoulay
6 Creating Human Geography in the English-Speaking World 89 Ron Johnston
7 Landscape Versus Region - Part I 114 Nicolas Howe
8 Landscape Versus Region - Part II 130 Kent Mathewson
9 From Region to Space - Part I 146 Trevor J. Barnes
10 From Region to Space - Part II 161 Anssi Paasi
Part III Contemporary Approaches 177
11 Nature - Part I 179 Noel Castree
12 Nature - Part II 197 Jamie Lorimer
13 Landscape - Part I 209 Don Mitchell and Carrie Breitbach
14 Landscape - Part II 221 Mitch Rose and John W. Wylie
15 Place - Part I 235 Tim Cresswell
16 Place - Part II 245 Steven Hoelscher
17 Territory - Part I 260 Stuart Elden
18 Territory - Part II 271 Jacques Lévy
19 Globalization - Part I 283 Richard Florida
20 Globalization - Part II 298 Emily Gilbert
21 World Cities - Part I 313 Carolyn Cartier
22 World Cities - Part II 325 Paul L. Knox
23 Governance - Part I 336 Wendy Larner
24 Governance - Part II 347 Stephen Legg
25 Mobility - Part I 361 David Ley
26 Mobility - Part II 373 George Revill
27 Scale and Networks - Part I 387 Andrew E.G. Jonas
28 Scales and Networks - Part II 404 John Paul Jones III, Sallie A. Marston, and Keith Woodward
29 Class - Part I 415 Andrew Herod
30 Class - Part II 426 Clive Barnett
31 Race - Part I 440 Kay Anderson
32 Race - Part II 453 Arun Saldanha
33 Sexuality - Part I 465 Natalie Oswin
34 Sexuality - Part II 475 Mary E. Thomas
35 Gender - Part I 486 Michael Landzelius
36 Gender - Part II 501 Joanne P. Sharp
37 Geopolitics - Part I 512 Phil Kelly
38 Geopolitics - Part II 523 Merje Kuus
39 Segregation - Part I 534 Larry S. Bourne and R. Alan Walks
