
Horizons in Human Geography
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 15. March 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
444 pages
978-0-333-39612-4 (ISBN)
Description
Horizons in Human Geography brings together 20 specially commissioned essays which range over the full breadth of its subject matter presenting a critical challenge to the philosophical positivism of the New Geography. The book reflects a new theoretical pluralism in the subject but one primarily oriented to understanding 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
978-0-333-39612-4 (9780333396124)
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Content
Preface - Introduction: Making Geography - D.Gregory and R.Walford - ART 1 BEYOND THE QUANTITATIVE REVOLUTION - Introduction - Geography and Information Technology - M.J.Clark - Mathematical Models and Geographical Theory - A.Wilson - Philosophy, Ideology and Geography - R.J.Johnston - Differentiation and Post-Modern Human Geography - D.Gregory - -ART_2 PEOPLE AND PLACES, SOCIETIES AND SPACES - Introduction - 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 - Introduction - Development and Diversity in Urban Geography - K.Bassett and J.Short - 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 - Introduction - 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 and M.Taylor - PART_5 REGIONAL GEOGRAPHIES AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES - Introduction - The Error of Developmentalism in Human Geography - P.Taylor - Privilege and Place in Soviet Society - G.Smith - Debt, The Nation State and Theories of the World Economy - S.Corbridge - PART_6 POLITICISING THE ENVIRONMENT - Introduction - Natural Resources, Economy and Society - J.Rees - Politics, Practice and the New Index