Spatial Histories of Radical Geography
North America and Beyond
1st Edition
Published on 15. April 2019
440 pages
978-1-119-40477-4 (ISBN)
Description
A wide-ranging and knowledgeable guide to the history of radical geography in North America and beyond.
* Includes contributions from an international group of scholars
* Focuses on the centrality of place, spatial circulation and geographical scale in understanding the rise of radical geography and its spread
* A celebration of radical geography from its early beginnings in the 1950s through to the 1980s, and after
* Draws on oral histories by leaders in the field and private and public archives
* Contains a wealth of never-before published historical material
* Serves as both authoritative introduction and indispensable professional reference
* Includes contributions from an international group of scholars
* Focuses on the centrality of place, spatial circulation and geographical scale in understanding the rise of radical geography and its spread
* A celebration of radical geography from its early beginnings in the 1950s through to the 1980s, and after
* Draws on oral histories by leaders in the field and private and public archives
* Contains a wealth of never-before published historical material
* Serves as both authoritative introduction and indispensable professional reference
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North America and Beyond
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Series Editors' Preface
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- "You Say You Want a Revolution:"5 American Radicalism and Radical Geography During the Long 1960s
- Tensions within the project
- Organization of the Book
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Part I Radical Geography within North America
- Chapter 1 Issues of "Race" and Early Radical Geography: Our Invisible Proponents
- Early Activism in the Discipline
- Early Anti-Racist Scholarship
- Thelma Glass: Activist (1916-2012)
- Harold Rose: The Flaming Liberal (1930-2016)
- Anti-Racism and Radicalism: A Re-Mapping
- James Blaut (1927-2000): Anti-Racist Visionary
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 2 Myths, Cults, Memories, and Revisions in Radical Geographic History: Revisiting the Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute
- Radical Geographic HIStory
- Radical Geographic HERstory
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 3 Radical Paradoxes: The Making of Antipode at Clark University
- "The Last Bulwark of Determinism": The GSG from its Founding Through the 1950s
- Saul Cohen and Keynesian Capitalism
- "Our Goal is Radical Change": 1960s Politics and the Founding of Antipode
- The Social Reproduction of Antipode
- Revolutionary Theory? Tenure and the Professionalization of Antipode
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 4 A "Necessary Stop on the Circuit": Radical Geography at Simon Fraser University
- The Convergence
- The Union of Socialist Geographers
- The Vancouver Geographical Expedition
- Feminist Geography and the Radical Project
- Swirling Outwards: SFU's Radical Moment in Context
- Convergence and Connections: Radical SFU Geography, In and Of the World
- Down from the Mountain: Legacies and Limits
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 5 The Life and Times of the Union of Socialist Geographers
- Setting the Stage: North American Radical Geography in the 1960s and 1970s
- 1974: Formation of the USG6
- USG Locals
- Newsletters and Other Publications
- The USG as Radical Geographical Praxis
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 6 Baltimore as Truth Spot: David Harvey, Johns Hopkins, and Urban Activism
- Slouching toward Baltimore
- Some Revelation is at Hand
- Realizing the Truth Spot: The Circulation of Baltimore-Style Radical Geography
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 7 Berkeley In-Between: Radicalizing Economic Geography
- Cohort and Club
- Crossings and Conjunctures
- Conclusion: Passing Moments?
- Acknowledgment
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 8 Radical Geography in the Midwest
- Radical Geography at Minnesota: Origins and Development
- USG Praxis: Phillips Neighborhood
- The Reading Group
- Regional USG Meetings
- Producing the USG Newsletter
- The Madison Local
- The University of Michigan
- Conclusion: The After-Party
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 9 Radical Geography Goes Francophone
- Québec Geography Between Two Transitions
- The Development of a Marxist Approach to the Analysis of Cities
- The Construction and Implementation of a Research Program in Marxist Geography
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Part II Radical Geography beyond North America
- Chapter 10 Japan: The Yada Faction versus North American Radical Geography
- The Long Heritage of Marxist Geography in Japan
- The Progress of Critical Geography in Japan: 1950s-1960s
- Advent of the Yada Faction: 1973 and After
- Attempts to Associate with North American Radical Geography
- Academic Seclusion from Global Trends in Radical Geography
- Beyond Japan: The East Asian Regional Conferences in Alternative Geography
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 11 The Rise and Decline of Radical Geography in South Africa
- Complicity in Legitimizing Apartheid
- Decolonization and Progressive Approaches
- Empowerment, Emancipation, and Transformation
- Post-Colonial Era: Radicals in Retreat
- Advancing Critical Scholarship and Activism
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Chapter 12 The Geographies of Critical Geography: The Development of Critical Geography in Mexico
- A Critical Perspective: A Few Preambles
- Critical Geography in Mexico
- Conclusion: What Might the Future of Mexican Critical Geography Look Like?
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 13 "Let's here [sic] it for the Brits, You help us here": North American Radical Geography and British Radical Geography Education
- Contemporary Issues in Geography and Education
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 14 "Can these words, commonly applied to the Anglo-Saxon social sciences, fit the French?" Circulation, Translation, and Reception of Radical Geography in the French Academic Context
- The Contemporary Emergence of Radical Geography in France
- A New Space for Marxism in French Geography
- Radical Geography "à la Française"
- Notes
- References
- Conclusion
- The Emergence of a Radical Geography Canon
- Deconstructing the Canon
- Radical Geography's Contemporary Quandaries
- Notes
- References
- Index
- EULA
