Geographical worlds
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Geographical worlds
（The shape of the world : explorations in human geography, v. 1）
Open University , Oxford University Press, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
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ISBN 9780198741848
内容説明
This is an introductory text to human geography with a difference. It begins with the idea that the way in which we see the world is a matter of interpretation: it depends upon who you are - a Third World peasant or a resident of Los Angeles, for example. Cultural representations of the globe, both historical and contemporary, figure prominently. This line of thinking is developed by showing how different places, different parts of the globe, are constructed through a web of economic, political, and social connections that shape and reshape them. From this focus on place, the book moves back to the global level and the question of space. Starting with the connections already established, it show how the same connections have drawn together the distant corners of the globe, but not in a one-world view: global processes are uneven and unequal in character.;This is the introductory volume of a five-book series which offers a comprehensive, broad-based course in human geography. The building blocks of a 'geographical imagination' are presented through some of the principal forces that are shaping the world as it approaches the twenty-first century.
Each book develops different aspects
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: pbk ISBN 9780198741855
内容説明
This is the first in a five book series offering a comprehensive, broad-based course in human geography. Geographical Worlds sets out what it means to think geographically in a world that is changing in ways that bring to the fore questions of space, place and nature. Starting with the variety of ways in which we represent the world - through maps, travel brochures or novels for example - the book draws attention to the disputed nature of geographical knowledge. It demonstrates how our understanding of the world reflects the unequal balance of power in society. The contributors go on to show how geographical thinking enables us to grasp the 'local' and the 'global', and the connections between the two. Cntral here is the fact that in this much-vaunted age of globalization, inequality is built into the very way that such connections are drawn. As a short introduction to the building blocks of geographical thinking, this book will be essential reading for students in human geography. This is the introductory volume of a five-book series which offers a comprehensive, broad-based course in human geography.
The building blocks of a 'geographical imagination' are presented through some of the principal forces that are shaping the world as it approaches the twenty-first century. Each book develops different aspects of the geographical imagination, using a mixture of text and readings. The issues that are explored are at the forefront of global and economic change. In tracing the impact of shifts in cultural and political geography, they are used to teach what it is to think geographically.
目次
- PrefaceE
- Introduction
- 1. Imagining the world
- 2. Local worlds
- 3. Global worlds
- Acknowledgements
- Index
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