Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction / Edition 1

Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction / Edition 1

by Tim Cresswell
ISBN-10:
1405169397
ISBN-13:
9781405169394
Pub. Date:
01/22/2013
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
1405169397
ISBN-13:
9781405169394
Pub. Date:
01/22/2013
Publisher:
Wiley
Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction / Edition 1

Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction / Edition 1

by Tim Cresswell
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Overview

"This engaging and accessible introduction to geographic thought explores the major thinkers and key theoretical developments in the field of human geography"--Provided by publisher.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781405169394
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 01/22/2013
Series: Critical Introductions to Geography , #8
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 1,064,352
Product dimensions: 6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Tim Cresswell, PhD, is Ogilvie Professor of Geography at the University of Edinburgh. A cultural geographer by training, he is the author or editor of a dozen books and over 100 articles on the role of space, place, and mobility in social and cultural life.

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Table of Contents

Preface to Second Edition vi

1 Introduction 1

2 Early Geographies 13

3 The Emergence of Modern Geography 33

4 Thinking About Regions 57

5 Spatial Science and the Quantitative Revolution 77

6 Humanistic Geographies 101

7 Marxist Geographies 122

8 Feminist Geographies 147

9 Postmodernism and Beyond 170

10 Toward Poststructuralist Geographies 193

11 Relational Geographies 212

12 More- than- Human Geographies 232

13 More- than- Physical Geographies 251

14 Postcolonial, Decolonial, and Anticolonial Geographies 269

15 Black Geographies 287

Glossary 306

Index 313

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