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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography

John A. Agnew (Edited by), James S. Duncan (Edited by)

9781119250432, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 5 August 2016

624 pages
24.4 x 17 x 2.8 cm, 0.934 kg

This volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion offers an indispensable overview to the field, representing both historical and contemporary perspectives.

  • Edited and written by the world's leading authorities in the discipline
  • Divided into three major sections: Foundations (the history of human geography from Ancient Greece to the late nineteenth century); The Classics (the roots of modern human geography); Contemporary Approaches (current issues and themes in human geography)
  • Each contemporary issue is examined by two contributors offering distinctive perspectives on the same theme

List of Illustrations viii

Notes on Contributors x

1 Introduction 1
John A. Agnew and James S. Duncan

Part I Foundations 9

2 Where Geography Came From 11
Peter Burke for David Lowenthal

3 Cosmographers, Explorers, Cartographers, Chorographers: Defining, Inscribing and Practicing Early Modern Geography, c.1450–1850 23
Robert J. Mayhew

4 Colonizing, Settling and the Origins of Academic Geography 50
Daniel Clayton

Part II The Classics 71

5 German Precursors and French Challengers 73
Vincent Berdoulay

6 Creating Human Geography in the English-Speaking World 89
Ron Johnston

7 Landscape Versus Region – Part I 114
Nicolas Howe

8 Landscape Versus Region – Part II 130
Kent Mathewson

9 From Region to Space – Part I 146
Trevor J. Barnes

10 From Region to Space – Part II 161
Anssi Paasi

Part III Contemporary Approaches 177

11 Nature – Part I 179
Noel Castree

12 Nature – Part II 197
Jamie Lorimer

13 Landscape – Part I 209
Don Mitchell and Carrie Breitbach

14 Landscape – Part II 221
Mitch Rose and John W. Wylie

15 Place – Part I 235
Tim Cresswell

16 Place – Part II 245
Steven Hoelscher

17 Territory – Part I 260
Stuart Elden

18 Territory – Part II 271
Jacques Lévy

19 Globalization – Part I 283
Richard Florida

20 Globalization – Part II 298
Emily Gilbert

21 World Cities – Part I 313
Carolyn Cartier

22 World Cities – Part II 325
Paul L. Knox

23 Governance – Part I 336
Wendy Larner

24 Governance – Part II 347
Stephen Legg

25 Mobility – Part I 361
David Ley

26 Mobility – Part II 373
George Revill

27 Scale and Networks – Part I 387
Andrew E.G. Jonas

28 Scales and Networks – Part II 404
John Paul Jones III, Sallie A. Marston, and Keith Woodward

29 Class – Part I 415
Andrew Herod

30 Class – Part II 426
Clive Barnett

31 Race – Part I 440
Kay Anderson

32 Race – Part II 453
Arun Saldanha

33 Sexuality – Part I 465
Natalie Oswin

34 Sexuality – Part II 475
Mary E. Thomas

35 Gender – Part I 486
Michael Landzelius

36 Gender – Part II 501
Joanne P. Sharp

37 Geopolitics – Part I 512
Phil Kelly

38 Geopolitics – Part II 523
Merje Kuus

39 Segregation – Part I 534
Larry S. Bourne and R. Alan Walks

40 Segregation – Part II 547
Steve Herbert

41 Development – Part I 559
Glyn Williams

42 Development – Part II 575
Wendy Wolford

Index 588

Subject Areas: Geography [RG]
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