Title:
Introducing human geographies
Author:
Cloke, Paul J.
ISBN:
9780340882764
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
London : Hodder Education : Hodder Arnold, 2005.
Physical Description:
xvii, 653 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
General Note:
Previous edition: London: Arnold, 1998.
Contents:
Culture-nature / Society-space / Local-global / Control-freedom / Self-other / Image-reality / Masculinity-femininity / Science-art / Relevant-esoteric / Imaginative geographies / Landscapes / The geographies of material culture / Theories of development / Rethinking development / Survival and resistance / Production / Money and finance / Consumption geographies / Global and local environmental problems / Sustainability / Environmental knowledges and environmentalism / Memory and heritage / Colonialism and postcolonialism / Modernity and modernization / Critical geopolitics / Citizenship and governance / Nationalism / Identities / Identity and difference: age, dis/ability and sexuality / Exclusion / Urban forms / Sensing the city : urban experiences / The country / Emotional geographies / Place / Diasporas / Migrants and refugees / Travel and tourism / Commodities / The media / War/peace / Globalization and protest / Who cares? / Postscript : your human geographies.
Abstract:
The second edition of this text has been thoroughly revised and updated to build upon the success of the first. Now in full colour with 16 new chapters, discussion points and glossary definitions in the margin, it is even more accessible.
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