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Taylor & Francis Introducing Human Geographies Second Edition 2005 by Paul Cloke, Philip Crang, Mark Goodwin
Introducing Human Geographies is a comprehensive, stimulating and innovative introduction to human geography. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to build upon the success of the acclaimed first edition. Now in full colour and with sixteen new chapters, discussion points and glossary definitions in the margin, it is even more accessible.Part one discusses the principal ideas through which human geographers understand and shape their subject.Part two examines each of the main sub-fields: A*cultural geography A*development geographyA*economic geography A*environmental geographyA*historical geographyA*political geographyA*rural geography A*social geography A*urban geography. Part three demonstrates how different thematic interests are combined in cutting-edge human geographical debates.Introducing Human Geographies continues to be the essential textbook for first year undergraduate geography students taking introductory courses in human geography. Table of contents : - Introduction Part 1 Foundations Culture-Nature Society-Space Local-Global Control-Freedom Self-Other Image-Reality Masculinity-Femininity Science-Art Relevant-Esoteric Part 2 Themes Section 1 Cultural Geographies Imaginative Geographies Landscapes The Geographies of Material Culture Section 2 Development Geographies Theories of Development Rethinking Development Survival and Resistance Section 3 Economic Geographies Production Money and Finance Consumption Geographies Section 4 Environmental Geographies Global and Local Environmental Problems Sustainability Environmental Knowledges and Environmentalism Section 5 Historical Geographies Memory and Heritage Colonialism and Postcolonialism Modernity and Modernisation Section 6 Political Geographies Geopolitics Citizenship and Governance Nationalism Section 7 Social Geographies Identity Identity and difference: age, dis/ability and sexuality Exclusion Section 8 Urban and Rural Geographies Urban Forms Sensing the city: urban experiences The country Part 3 Issues Emotional Geographies Place Diasporas Migration and Refugees Travel and Tourism Commodities The media War/Peace Globalization and protest Who cares? Postscript: your human geographies