Tim Cresswell

Place (eBook, PDF)

A Short Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This text introduces students of human geography to the fundamentalconcept of place, marrying everyday uses of the term with thecomplex theoretical debates that have grown up around it. * A short introduction to one of the most fundamental concepts inhuman geography * Marries everyday uses of the term "place" with the more complextheoretical debates that have grown up around it * Makes the debates intelligible to students, using familiarstories as a way into more abstract ideas * Excerpts and discusses key papers on place by Doreen Massey andDavid Harvey * Considers empirical examples of ways in which the concept ofplace has been used in research * Teaching and learning aids include an annotated bibliography,lists of key readings and texts, a survey of web resources,suggested pedagogical resources and possible student projects

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118725467
• Artikelnr.: 39054719

Autorenporträt

Tim Cresswell is Professor in Social and Cultural Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is the author of In Place / Out of Place (1996) and The Tramp in America (2001). He is also the co-editor of Mobilizing Place. Placing Mobility (2003) and Engaging Film (2002).