Introductory but not simplified, What Is Geography? provides students with the ability to understand the history and context of the subject without any prior knowledge. Designed as a key text for beginning students, this book will be of interest to all readers interested in and intrigued by the "geographical imagination."
Introductory but not simplified, What Is Geography? provides students with the ability to understand the history and context of the subject without any prior knowledge. Designed as a key text for beginning students, this book will be of interest to all readers interested in and intrigued by the "geographical imagination."
Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Why What is Geography? Chapter 2: Order and Power: To Know the World I Introduction Ordering the World Modern Geography: The World of Trade and Nations Whose Geography? Conclusion Chapter 3: People and Nature: To Know the World II Introduction Our Environment Changes, Challenges, and Defenses The Systems of Nature Conclusion Chapter 4: Urbanization and Mobility Introduction Presenting the City Urban Critics Mobilities Conclusion Chapter 5: Doing Geography Introduction To Explore To Connect To Map To Engage Geography, Children and Freedom: A Plea Chapter 6: Institutionalizing Geography Introduction Specialist Institutions Geography's Popular Institutions Conclusion Chapter 7: Future Geographies Introduction Surviving and Thriving Diverse Geographies Digital and Virtual Geographies Astrogeography: Other Worlds, New Comparisons, and New Conflicts Conclusions: A Planet of Geographers Postscript: What is Geography? Notes Bibliography About the Author Index
To Know the World Order and Power To Know the World People and Nature Geographical Obsessions Urbanisation and Mobility Doing Geography Institutionalising Geography
Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Why What is Geography? Chapter 2: Order and Power: To Know the World I Introduction Ordering the World Modern Geography: The World of Trade and Nations Whose Geography? Conclusion Chapter 3: People and Nature: To Know the World II Introduction Our Environment Changes, Challenges, and Defenses The Systems of Nature Conclusion Chapter 4: Urbanization and Mobility Introduction Presenting the City Urban Critics Mobilities Conclusion Chapter 5: Doing Geography Introduction To Explore To Connect To Map To Engage Geography, Children and Freedom: A Plea Chapter 6: Institutionalizing Geography Introduction Specialist Institutions Geography's Popular Institutions Conclusion Chapter 7: Future Geographies Introduction Surviving and Thriving Diverse Geographies Digital and Virtual Geographies Astrogeography: Other Worlds, New Comparisons, and New Conflicts Conclusions: A Planet of Geographers Postscript: What is Geography? Notes Bibliography About the Author Index
To Know the World Order and Power To Know the World People and Nature Geographical Obsessions Urbanisation and Mobility Doing Geography Institutionalising Geography
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I cannot imagine a better guide to the transition between school and undergraduate geography than this short, informative and confidently-argued book. Written without fuss but based on solid learning and clear thinking, it tackles head-on a question many professional academic geographers would rather avoid: what is geography? Alisdair Rogers
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