Horizons in Human Geography
Published on 31. March 1989
Book
Hardback
444 pages
978-0-333-39611-7 (ISBN)
Description
This study contains 20 specially commissioned essays which attempt to present a critical challenge to the philosophical positivism of the "New Geography". The work attempts to shed light on the relationship between human agency and social and spatial structures.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Illustrations
43 line illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-39611-7 (9780333396117)
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Content
Part 1 Beyond the quantitative revolution: geography and information technology, M.J.Clark; mathematical models and geographical theory, A. Wilson; philosophy, ideology and geography, R.J.Johnston; areal differentiation and post-modern human geography, D.Gregory. Part 2 People and places, societies and spaces: the geography of everyday life, J.Eyles; geography is everywhere - culture and symbolism in human landscapes, D.Cosgrove; women, gender and the organization of space, L.McDowell; social relations and the geography of material life, R.Lee. Part 3 Explorations in the city: development and diversity in urban geography, K. Bassett; dismantling the barriers - past and present in urban Britain, R.Dennis; the rain on the roof - a geography of the urban environment, I. Douglas. Part 4 Landscapes of production: spatial divisions of labour in Britain, D.Massey and R.Meegan; agrarian transformation in the Third World, J.Harriss and B.Harriss; battleships and cruisers - the new geography of multinational corporations, N.Thrift. Part 5 Regional geographies and global perspectives: the error of developmentalism in human geography, P.Taylor; privilege and place in Soviet society, G.Smith; nation state and theories of the world economy, S.Corbridge. Part 6 Politicising the environment: natural resources, economy and society, J.Rees; politics, practice and the new environmentalism, T.O'Riordan.