The Wiley-Blackwell companion to human geography
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The Wiley-Blackwell companion to human geography
(Wiley-Blackwell companions to geography)
Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
- : hardcover
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 theme
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations. Notes on Contributors. 1 Introduction (John A. Agnew and James S. Duncan). Part I Foundations. 2 Where Geography Came From (Peter Burke for David Lowenthal). 3 Cosmographers, Explorers, Cartographers, Chorographers: Defi ning, Inscribing and Practicing Early Modern Geography, c.1450 1850 (Robert J. Mayhew). 4 Colonizing, Settling and the Origins of Academic Geography (Daniel Clayton). Part II The Classics. 5 German Precursors and French Challengers (Vincent Berdoulay). 6 Creating Human Geography in the English-Speaking World (Ron Johnston). 7 Landscape Versus Region Part I (Nicolas Howe). 8 Landscape Versus Region Part II (Kent Mathewson). 9 From Region to Space Part I (Trevor J. Barnes). 10 From Region to Space Part II (Anssi Paasi). Part III Contemporary Approaches. 11 Nature Part I (Noel Castree). 12 Nature Part II (Jamie Lorimer). 13 Landscape Part I (Don Mitchell and Carrie Breitbach). 14 Landscape Part II (Mitch Rose and John W. Wylie). 15 Place Part I (Tim Cresswell). 16 Place Part II (Steven Hoelscher). 17 Territory Part I (Stuart Elden). 18 Territory Part II (Jacques Levy). 19 Globalization Part I (Richard Florida). 20 Globalization Part II (Emily Gilbert). 21 World Cities Part I (Carolyn Cartier). 22 World Cities Part II (Paul L. Knox). 23 Governance Part I (Wendy Larner). 24 Governance Part II (Stephen Legg). 25 Mobility Part I (David Ley). 26 Mobility Part II (George Revill). 27 Scale and Networks Part I (Andrew E.G. Jonas). 28 Scales and Networks Part II (John Paul Jones III, Sallie A. Marston, and Keith Woodward). 29 Class Part I (Andrew Herod). 30 Class Part II (Clive Barnett). 31 Race Part I (Kay Anderson). 32 Race Part II (Arun Saldanha). 33 Sexuality Part I (Natalie Oswin). 34 Sexuality Part II (Mary E. Thomas). 35 Gender Part I (Michael Landzelius0. 36 Gender Part II (Joanne P. Sharp). 37 Geopolitics Part I (Phil Kelly). 38 Geopolitics Part II (Merje Kuus). 39 Segregation Part I (Larry S. Bourne and R. Alan Walks). 40 Segregation Part II (Steve Herbert). 41 Development Part I (Glyn Williams). 42 Development Part II (Wendy Wolford). Index.
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