Human geography is currently undergoing a rapid and far-reaching re-orientation, based on a redefined and much closer relationship with other social sciences. Aimed at a broad student readership, this book focuses on developments in social scientific theory of particular significance in rethinking human geography and on the contribution the geographical imagination can make to good social science.
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Human geography is currently undergoing a rapid and far-reaching re-orientation, based on a redefined and much closer relationship with other social sciences.
Preface.- List of Figures.- List of Contributors Introduction: Human Geography, Social Change and Social Science; D.Gregory, R.Martin & G.Smith.- PART ONE: THE CORE OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Economic Theory and Human Geography; R.Martin.- Political Theory and Human Geography; G.Smith.- Social Theory and Human Geography; D.Gregory.- PART TWO: PERSPECTIVES IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY The Environmental Challenge; T. Bayliss-Smith & S.Owens The Transformation of Cultural Geography; L.McDowell Images, Myths and Alternative Geographies of the Third World; M.Bell Taking Aim at the Heart of the Region; N.Thrift Urban Geography in a Changing World; S.Smith History, Geography and the 'Still Greater Mystery' of Historical Geography; C.Philo.- Index.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780333452516
Publisert
1994-10-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Red Globe Press
Vekt
394 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet