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Book SynopsisThis vivid memoir captures how race, class, and privilege shaped a white boy's coming of age in 1970s New Yorknow with a new epilogue. I am not your typical middle-class white male, begins Dalton Conley's Honky, an intensely engaging memoir of growing up amid predominantly African American and Latino housing projects on New York's Lower East Side. In narrating these sharply observed memories, from his little sister's burning desire for cornrows to the shooting of a close childhood friend, Conley shows how race and class inextricably shaped his lifeas well as the lives of his schoolmates and neighbors. In a new afterword, Conley, now a well-established senior sociologist, provides an update on what his informants' respective trajectories tell us about race and class in the city. He further reflects on how urban areas have (and haven't) changed over the past few decades, including the stubborn resilience of poverty in New York. At once a gripping coming-of-age story and a brilliant

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Book SynopsisStatistics in Geography has established itself as the best introductory textbook on the subject: the author makes statistical concepts and techniques intellible and their applications in a wide variety of problems comprehensible, even exciting. The main feature of this much-awaited new edition is a set of 17 computer programs (with sample outputs) that cover nearly all the statistical techniques described. These have been carefully written to be user-friendly in an elementary subset of Basic to make them simple to implement on most micro computers. This means students can be more adventurous in their applications and interpretations of statistical techniques. The author has, at the same time, retained all the worked examples in the book so that the reader can gain insight into the logic of the methds by working through them by hand. These, together with problems of various levels of complexity plus comprehensive answers at the back of the book, provide the student with a clear aTrade Review Reviews of the first edition ‘… the book is one of the most successful among statistical geography texts in achieving its aim of a clear, painless, and well-illustrated introduction to difficult concepts.’ Geographical Analysis ‘Highly recommended for its clarity and exemplification … the author and publishers have certainly made the text clear, easily readable an interesting with many good figures and tables, worked examples and directly related exercises with 18 pages of answers and explanations to the latter.’ Royal Statistical Society ‘The features I particularly like are the number of examples and class exercises, the constant attempts to relate each method back to statistical theory, and the useful diagrams. The author succeeds at showing why statistical tests have sampling distributions, produces some outstanding diagrams to illustrate linear regression, and has a fine set of statistical tables.’ Journal of GeographyTable of ContentsPreface of the Second Edition. Preface of the First Edition. Statistical Concepts. Description. Samples and Sampling. Comparisons. Relationships. Trends. Spatial Statistics. References. Appendix A: Answers to Exercises. Appendix B: Probability Tables. Appendix C: Tables of Critical Values. Appendix D: Random Numbers. Appendix E: Data Matrix. Appendix F: Notes for Programmers. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe 1970''s witnessed widespread recognition of the world as a single, interconnecting whole. The 1980''s have shown that this whole is not operating as a self-sustaining system. In short we appear to live in a world in crisis- manifesting itself in hunger, poverty, debt, conflict, statelessness and war, as well as in the accelerating degradation of the natural environment. The geographical perspectives of World in Crisis? - in this completely revised and updated edition - show the interlinking nature of global, regional, and local problems and, further, that these are not uniquely economic, ecological, political or social, but all these and more.Table of ContentsPreface viii Preface to the Second Edition x 1 Introduction: A World in Crisis? 1 2 The Geography of International Economic Disorder 16 3 Draining the World of Energy 79 4 Food Production and Distribution - and Hunger 101 5 The Use of Natural Resources in Developing and Developed Countries 125 6 Malthus, Marx and Population Crises 151 7 World Capitalism and the Destruction of Regional Cultures 175 8 The Individual and the World-Economy 200 9 The Question of National Congruence 229 10 The New Geopolitics: The Dynamics of Geopolitical Disorder 266 11 World-Power Competition and Local Conflicts in the Third World 289 12 The World-Systems Project 333 13 Epilogue: Our Planet is Big Enough for Peace but Too Small for War 355 List of Contributors 358 Index 361

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Book SynopsisThe only text not to focus exclusively on the Third World. Second edition of a clasic text, completely revised and updated since first publication in 1985. The clearest and most up-to-date account of the supply of and demand for the world's food. The only text not to focus exclusively on the Third World.Trade ReviewAbout the first edition: "Ought to become a classic textbook and undoubtedly is a monument of scholarly synthesis." Geographical Magazine "The book promotes its own eminent claims to be on an accessible shelf of every senior school and university library." Geography "An excellent addition to the literature ... The book is easy to read and would be a useful textbook for courses on hunger and poverty, third-world development, and agricultural geography." Geographical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures viii List of tables x Acknowledgments xv 1 Introduction 1 2 The extent of hunger 5 3 A short history of hunger 30 4 Population and poverty 55 5 The growth of world food output 73 6 The expansion of the world’s arable land 90 7 Agricultural development in the developed countries since 1945 115 8 Tropical Africa 132 9 Latin America 170 10 Asia 200 11 Trade and aid 236 12 Conclusions 256 Noted 267 Index 299

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Book SynopsisThe geography of services is no longer of local or national significance: it now embraces the international stage. Service industries have enabled, and themselves become participants in, world trade. Although this is not a new role, during the 1980s they have become a much more active ingredient in the process of social and economic change.Trade Review"The book's value lies in its wide-sweeping survey of what is known about the entire field... a very useinformative book that can serve as a text for economic geographers, but which also deserves to be read by those with international interests from other disciplines. His work demonstrates that economic geographers have much to contribute in this area, especially in their handling and analysis of the data on international services." Service Industries Journal "The book's value lies in its wide-sweeping survey of what is known about the entire field... a very useful classroom tool for those concerned with exposing students to a critical area of investigation that remains under-researched." Journal of Economic LiteratureTable of Contents1. The Rise of Services: Some Factual and Theoretical Perspectives. Introduction. Services: Definition and Classification. The Recent Expansion of Services. Explanations for Growth. Understatement of Role of Services. 2. The Tradability of Services. TRadable and Non-Tradable Services. Information Technology and Tradability of Services. Transport Technology and the Tradability of Services. Service Multinationals and the Tradability of Services. Case Studies of the Development of Service MNE'S. Retail Internationalisation. Government Influences on the Tradability of Services. Changes in Consumer Requirements and Expectations. 3. International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in Services. Introduction. Measuring Trade in Services. An Outline of Global Trade in Services. The Role of Comparative Advantage. Foreign Direct Investment in Services. International Trade in Services and the Developing Countries. Developing Country Service MNE's. Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and International Trade in Services. Liberalizing International Trade in Services. 4. Services and the Global System of Cities. Services and the Global Urban System: Some Explanations. Services and Cities in the Global Urban System. Services and the Global Urban System: Some Examples. 5. Internationalization of Services and Restructuring of Cities. Services and Employment Restructuring in Large Metropolitan Areas: Some Comparisons. Impacts on the Urban Property Market: Offices. Changes in the Location of Services Within Cities. 6. Services in the World Economy: Some Reflections. Services in the 1990s: Victims of the Decade of Optimism?. Service-Dominated Economies: How Desirable?. Is the Globalization of Services inevitable?. Unfulfilled Potential of Telecommunications?. References. Further Reading. Bibliography. Index.

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Book Synopsis* Provides the first comprehensive geographical analysis of Russia since 1991. * Examines Russia in the context of its past, in relation to its post--Soviet neighbours, and in an international context. * Focuses on economic, political and social geography; rural and urban spaces; and ecological issues. .Trade Review"The author has put together an excellent textbook on Russia's new geography. I can, without hesitation, recommend this book for students of the Russian realm." Olga Medvedkov, Wittenberg University, Ohio 'Now, we have a single author book which brings together the research of systematic specialists into a coherent whole which interprets the rapidly changing world of the Russian Federation for an undergraduate audience...and reminds Russian specialists that there is a geographical element to the "transition" and geographers that the post-communist world is a rich field for geographical wnquiry.' Dr. Judith Pallot, School of Geography, University of Oxford.Table of ContentsList of Tables. List of Maps. Preface. Acknowledgements. ONE The Territorial and Imperial Heritage. TWO The Soviet Heritage. THREE The Emerging Federation. FOUR The Command Economy and the Transition to Capitalism. FIVE The Changing Space Economy. SIX Saving the Environment. SEVEN Population: Urban and Rural Life. EIGHT The Regions of Russia. NINE Russia's Autonomous Territories. TEN Russia and the 'Near Abroad'. ELEVEN Russia and the Wider World. Glossary. Further Reading. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this introduction to the changing geography of China the author covers: resources and physical landscapes; the historic foundations of contemporary change; the structure of the People's Republic; rural development and rural problems; features of regional change; and the prospects for China.Trade Review"This is well organized and well written on a country and topic of vast importance. The author is a seasoned and respected scholar and commentator on the contemporary China scene. The strength of the book is that it draws heavily on Chinese sources for its information and insights and in that sense well represents Chinese views, although seen through the eyes of a sensitive and informed western scholar, of changes underway in that country. Leeming's book offers a highly readable sketch of China today." Clifton Pannell, Professor of Geography, University of Georgia "Leeming's book should be welcomed by all those studying and teaching about China. It is refreshing to read a text life this, written by a single author, and in a good, eminently readable straightforward English style. Suitable not only for undergraduate semester courses, but also for sixth-form students, teachers and all who want a readable, but scholarly, account of modern China." Geography "Is well researched, clearly written, informative and intended for students." International Review of Administrative Sciences "At last, an up-to-date geographer's book on China presenting information clearly and concisely with a large selection of maps as well as charts and photographs. Frank Leeming's book is one of a series of Institute of British Geographer's publications - IBG Studies in Geography. These books, intended for students around the world, provide a range of stimulating texts which critically summarize the latest developments across the entire field of geography." Britain-China "A welcome addition to a growing literature on the geography of China." "A badly needed update to some widely used contemporary volumes of China's geography." "Excellent reading for people who wish to have an overview of China's economic development and its spatial implications." Environment & Planning A "The Changing Geography of China covers a comprehensive range of topics including: resources, historical development, politics, rural and agricultural issues, industrial change, urbanization and regional variation of development." "The Changing Geography of China is a well-rounded, highly readable book written by an author who has a great deal of familiarity and knowledge about China." Geographical Journal "... a welcome addition to the limited number of geographical textbooks available on the most popolous country in the world." Geographical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Tables. List of Figures. List of Plates. 1. China of Many Faces. 2. Resources and the Physical Environment. 3. The Historic Foundations of Contemporary Change. 4. Structures and Determinants in the People's Republic. 5. The Countryside - Rural Development and Rural Problems. 6. The Industrial System and the State Economy. 7. Urban China. 8. Features of Regional Change. 9. Retrospect and Prospect. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe author offers an approach to the study of both debt and development, focusing on the international debt crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, and its economic and geopolitical consequences.Table of ContentsList of Tables. List of Figures. List of Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. One: Introduction. Part I: Describing the Debt Crisis-A Standard Narrative Account:. Two: The Debt Crisis: a Standard Narrative Account. 1. Introduction. DATA AND DEFINITIONS. 2. Data Sources. 3. Definitions. THE DEBT CRISIS TAKES SHAPE. 4. Debt Trends: 1945-1982. 5. The Crisis: 1982-1983. DEBT CRISIS MANAGEMENT. 6. Containment, Adjustment and Austerity. 7. The Baker Plan: Adjustment with Growth. 8. Brady and the Market-menu Approach. Part II: Decoding the Debt Crisis: Discourses on Debt and Development:. Three: The Debt Crisis: A system-stability Perspective. 1. Introduction. 2. Subjective Perspectives, Invisible Hands and Spontaneous Orders. 3. The Counter-revolution in Development Theory and Policy. 4. The Debt Crisis: Two System-stability Models. 5. Policing the Debt Crisis. 6. Conclusion and Critique. Four: The Debt Crisis: a System-correction Perspective. 1. Introduction. 2. Keynesianism-Pragmatism. 3. Keynesian Development Studies. 4. Debt and Development. 5. Policies for Debt Crisis Management. 6. Conclusion and Critique. Five: The Debt Crisis: a System-instability Perspective. 1. Introduction. 2. Marxism and Radical Political Economy. 3. Radical Development Studies. 4. Debt and Development Crisis. 5. Policing the Debt Crisis. 6. Conclusion and Critique. Six: Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisAt the heart of this important and timely study of contemporary geography lies a deceptively simple question: how should geographers respond to a world which is changing fast - perhaps faster than ever before? The Challenge for Geography addresses this question directly, bringing together ten prominent geographers to examine both changes in the contemporary world and transformations within the discipline of geography.Trade Review"A timely book which presents an excellent summary of modern ideas and of the associate literature." The Geographical Journal "A thought provoking review of the place of geographical research in the contemporary world." EcumeneTable of ContentsA Changing World: A Changing Discipline?: An Introduction: R. J. Johnston. Part I: A Changing World:. 1. A Changing World: Introducing the Challenge: R. J. Johnston. 2. The Changing Organization of the Global Economy: Peter Dicken. 3. Social Landscapes: Continuity and Change: Susan J. Smith. 4. Ends, Geopolitics and Transitions: Graham Smith. 5. Human Societies and Environmental Change: The Long View: I. G. Simmons. 6. Land Transformation: A. S. Goudie. 7. Geographers and the Impact of Climate Change: Martin Parry. Part II: A Changing Discipline:. 8. Meet the Challenge: Make the Change: R. J. Johnston. 9. Full Circle, or New Meaning for the Global: Peter J. Taylor. 10. Changing Ourselves: A Geography of Position: Peter Jackson. 11. Desiderata for Geography: An Institutional View from the United States: Ronald F. Abler. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume of especially commissioned essays explores the geography of, and the role of geography in, national and proto--national identity. Place and national identity are bound together. Attachment to the one is almost always inseparable from the sense of the other.Table of ContentsIntroduction: David Hooson (University of California). Part I: Long Established Imperial Identities: 1. European and English Landscapes as National Symbols: David Lowenthal (University College London). 2. From Michelot to Braudel: Personality, Identity and Organization of France: Paul Claval (University of Paris-Sorbonne). 3. National Identity in Vidal's Tableau de la Geographie de la France: Maire-Claire Robic (CNRS, Paris). 4. In Search of Identity: German Nationalism and Geography 1871-1910: Gerhard Sandner (Hamburg University). 5. Berlin or Bonn?National Identity and the Question of the German Capital: Mechtild Rossler (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Paris). 6. Nationalism and Geography in Modern Japan - 1880s to 1920s: Keiichi Takeuchi (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo). 7. Russian Geographers and the `National Mission' in the Far East: Mark Bassin (University of Wisconsin-Madison). 8. Ex-Soviet Identities and the Return of Geography: David Hooson (University of California). 9. `National Unity' and National Identities in the People's Republic of China: Lisa E. Husmann (University of California). Part II: Long Submerged Identities: 10. Edgar Kant and Balto-Skandia: Heimatkunde and Regional Identity: (Anne Buttimer (University College, Dublin). 11. Stateless National Identity and French-Canadian Geographic Discourse Vincent Berdoulay: (CNRS, University of Pau, France). 12. Nationalism and Geography in Catalonia: Mo Dolors Garcia-Ramon and Joan Nogue-Font (University of Barcelona, University of Girona). 13. Two Geopolitical Concepts of Poland: Jozef Babicz (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw). 14. The Polish Image of Poland: Ladis K. D. Kristof (Portland State University, Oregon) 15. National Identity of the Ukraine: Ihor Stebelsky (University of Windsor, Canada). 16. Quest for Slovene National Identity: Jospeh Velikonja (University of Washington, Seattle). Part III: Newly Emerging National Identities: 17. Coming to Terms with Australia: J. M. Powell (Monash University, Australia). 18. Geography and National Identity in Australia: O. H. K. Spate (Australian National University). 19. South Australia: Discoverers, Makers and Interpreters: Murray McCaskill (Flinders University of South Australia). 20. Maori Identity and Maori Geomentality: Hong-key Yoon (University of Auckland, New Zealand). 21. Multiple Identities in the South Pacific: Ron Crocombe (University of the South Pacific). 22. Tradition, Culture, and Imposed Change in Indonesia: Cheri K. Ragaz (University of Zurich, Switzerland). 23. Geography, Identity and Patriotism in Argentina: Marcelo Escolar, Silvina Quintero and Carlos Reboratti (University of Buenos Aires). Afterword. Identity Resurgent - Geography Revived: David Hooson (University of California). Index.

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Book Synopsisaeo First systematic attempt to link planning and geography with social justice as developed in moral and political philosophy. aeo Bridges the gap between abstract theory and practical action. aeo Shows how the geographical dimension of justice can resolve issues of universal standards and behaviour.Trade Review"In this intelligent and caring text, there is a timely and powerful case for geographers to engage with the world of moral problems." Geography "As a survey of both theoretical and empirical material, Geography and Social Justice will be a valuable classroom text for upper-level undergraduate and introductory graduate courses in human geography." Annals of the AAG "I consider Smith's book a major advance because it examines and integrates conceptual and theoretical issues from related disciplines and because the case studies illustrate the spatial and social dynamics of injustice in various societies ... It is important for geographers to build bridges to other disciplines and to demonstrate that our methodologies, conceptual thinking, and perspectives will help us search for common ground. Smith's book does this and does it well ... I strongly recommend the book to those inside and outside geography with interests in this emerging transdisciplinary area of interest." Journal of GeographyTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. Acknowlegements. 1. Introduction: The Return of Social Justice. Scientific and Moral Perspectives. Ethics, Morality and Social Justice in Geography. The Changing World. The Text. Part I: Theory:. 2. Elements of Justice. The Concept of Justice. Ethics and Morality. Rights. Membership. Space. Time. Inequality and Difference. 3. Theories of Social Justice:. (i) Mainstream. Egalitarianism. Utilitarianism. Libertarianism. Contractarianism. 4. Theories of Social Justice: (ii) Reaction. Marxism. Communitarianism. Feminism. 5. Returning to Equality: Justice as Equalization. Social Justice as Equalization. Minimum Standards. From Needs to Well-being. Producing Well-being. Measuring inequality and Equalization. Returning to Geography. Part II: Case Studies:. 6. Inequality in the United States City: What Price the American Dream?. The Question of Scale. Inequality in Atlanta, Georgia. The Political Economy of Disequalization in Atlanta. Some other Cities. The Enduring American Dilemma. Epilogue. 7. Inequality in the East European City. The City under Socialism. Equalization and Disequalization in Moscow. Some other Cities. Distribution under socialism. Social Justice after Socialism. Epilogue. 8. South Africa after Apartheid. The aparthied legacy. The Land Question. Redistribution for Equalization. Social Justice after Apartheid. Epilogue. 9. Territory, Community and Home. Community Destruction in South Africa. Erasing the Jewish Ghetto. Resettlement in Palestine. Displacement by Market Forces. Loss of Place. Epilogue. 10. Conclusion: Returning to Social Justice. Market (in)justice. Egalitarian Social Justice. The Possibility of Universals. Social Justice and Geography. Bibliography. Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisBy viewing urban landscapes in relation to the individuals and organizations responsible for their creation, this book aims to proveide a crucial missing dimension to urban landscape history and an insight into the dynamics of contemporary urban change.Trade Review"The clear message I wish to give is that the author has been successful in exploring this approach to the making of the urban landscape: what is offered here is an example of how to get an insight into the activities of those who are at work in changing the face of our towns, and the excellent bibliography tells us where to turn for supporting material. This is strongly recommended for the shelves of the library." Applied Geography "The book is clearly presented in a technically correct style, with good maps, diagrams and illustrations. The volume can be recommended to those requiring detailed and up-to-date examples of urban morphological change with which to compare their own research." Planning Perspectives "Commended to urban geographers, planners, developers and conservatists alike." Urban Studies "A thoughtful and new approach to looking at the physical development and management of urban landscapes." The Professional GeographerTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction. 2. Commercial Cores. 3. Institutional and Public Areas. 4. Residential Areas. 5. Urban Landscape Management. 6. Conclusion. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisReformulating radical political economy, this book argues that Marxist theories of capitalism must learn both from the problems of socialism and, more controversially, from the experience of liberalism. Andrew Sayer is the author of Method In Social Science: A Realist Approach.Trade Review"This is an exceptional book and a touchstone for all future thinking about economics and social change. Sayer manages an extraordinary balancing act between the precepts of radical political economy and those of liberalism without ever losing his direction: the result is social theory at its best .... an innovative text in economic theory in its own right." Richard A. Walker, Professor and Chair, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley "Sayer's latest work deserves to reach the widest audience because its real drama lies in its exacting contribution to clear thinking over false impression." Times Higher Education Supplement "Radical Political Economy is an important scholarly and political intervention, further reinforcing Andrew Sayer's reputation beyond a strictly geographical audience." Transactions of the IBGTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction. 2. Questions of Method: Abstract Theory, Counterfactuals and Critical Standpoints. 3. Division of Labour and Economic Power: A Reconceptualisation. 4. Markets and Other Modes of Coordination. 5. Markets: Key Theoretical Debates and Evaluations. 6. Ownership and Control. 7. Non-Capitalist Economic Systems Compared. 8. The Critique Applied: Explanations of Uneven Development. 9. Implications. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, the world''s leading spacial theorists provide new accounts of the central questions and issues in social-spacial theory with critical perspectives on the post-modern condition.Table of ContentsList of Plates. List of Figures. List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction: Modernity, Postmodernity and the Social Sciences (Georges Benko). Part I Reasons, Texts and Debates Around Postmodernism. Postmodern Bloodlines (Michael Dear). Social Theory, Postmodernism, and the Critique of Development (Richard Peet). Shelf Length Zero: The Disappearance of the Geographical Text (Michael Curry). Part II Writing Space, Forming Identities. Re-Presenting the Extended Moment of Danger: A Meditation on Hypermodernity, Identity and the Montage Form (Allan Pred). Identity, Space, and other Uncertainties (Wolfgang Natter and John Paul Jones). Belonging: Spaces of Meandering Desire (Ulf Strohmayer). Spatial Stress and Resistance: Social Meanings of Spatialization (Rob Shields). Lacan and Geography: the Production of Space Revisited (Derek Gregory). Part III Planning and the Postmodern . Panning in/for Postmodernity (Ed Soja). Warp, Woof and Regulation: A Tool for Social Science (Alain Lipietz). Institutional Reflexivity and the Rise of the Regional State (Phil Cooke). Part IV The Politics of Difference. Postmodern Becomings: From the Space of Form to the Space of Potentiality (Julie Kathy Gibson-Graham). Geopolitics and the Postmodern: Issues or Knowledge, Difference and North-South Relations (David Slater). Postmodern Space and Japanese Tradition (Augustin Berque). Imperfect Panopticism: Envisioning the Construction of Normal Lives (Matt Hannah). Imagining the Normad: Mobility and the Postmodern Primitive (Tim Cresswell). Conclusion. Forget the Delivery, or, What Post are We Talking about? (Ulf Strohmayer). Index

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Book Synopsis* The worlda s leading geographical theorists focus on the interactions of space, difference, culture and identity* A unique synthesis of social and spatial theory* Locks into current debates on gender, marginality and discourse, and brings a welcome perspective on realities of experience and everyday life. .Table of ContentsList of Plates. List of Figures. List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction: Modernity, Postmodernity and the Social Sciences (Georges Benko). Part I Reasons, Texts and Debates Around Postmodernism. Postmodern Bloodlines (Michael Dear). Social Theory, Postmodernism, and the Critique of Development (Richard Peet). Shelf Length Zero: The Disappearance of the Geographical Text (Michael Curry). Part II Writing Space, Forming Identities. Re-Presenting the Extended Moment of Danger: A Meditation on Hypermodernity, Identity and the Montage Form (Allan Pred). Identity, Space, and other Uncertainties (Wolfgang Natter and John Paul Jones). Belonging: Spaces of Meandering Desire (Ulf Strohmayer). Spatial Stress and Resistance: Social Meanings of Spatialization (Rob Shields). Lacan and Geography: the Production of Space Revisited (Derek Gregory). Part III Planning and the Postmodern . Panning in/for Postmodernity (Ed Soja). Warp, Woof and Regulation: A Tool for Social Science (Alain Lipietz). Institutional Reflexivity and the Rise of the Regional State (Phil Cooke). Part IV The Politics of Difference. Postmodern Becomings: From the Space of Form to the Space of Potentiality (Julie Kathy Gibson-Graham). Geopolitics and the Postmodern: Issues or Knowledge, Difference and North-South Relations (David Slater). Postmodern Space and Japanese Tradition (Augustin Berque). Imperfect Panopticism: Envisioning the Construction of Normal Lives (Matt Hannah). Imagining the Normad: Mobility and the Postmodern Primitive (Tim Cresswell). Conclusion. Forget the Delivery, or, What Post are We Talking about? (Ulf Strohmayer). Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a history of the European city from the early Middle Ages to the present. Tracing the city from the survival of urban life after the collapse of the Roman Empire to the effects of modern industrialization and transportation, Professor Benevolo''s book also provides a fascinating account of the relationship between urban life and cultural and intellectual life.Trade Review"Leonardo Benevolo has achieved a remarkable double: he now only produces a convincing synthesis of the history of Europe's cities since the early Middle Ages, but also avoids superficiality and false generalization . . . a most timely, distinguished and scholarly contribution to the literature on European urban history." The Geographical Journal "Leonardo Benevolo writes with energy and verve on the European city." The Times "Professor Benevolo's extensively illustrated book reflects the author's architectural expertise. He examines successfully the classical city, the medieval town and the drive for urban perfection in the Renaissance." History Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Emergence from the Ancient World. 2. The Creation of a New Urban System. 3. The Touching Up of the Urban Environment. 4. Confrontation with the World. 5. The Difficult Adjustment to the Laws of Perspective. 6. The Industrial City. 7. Europe in the Contemporary World.

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Book SynopsisThis volume makes use of recent information on China's population and related socio-economic development. It provides a multi-dimensional picture of China's changing population and its implications in the context of China's rapid transition towards a market economy.Trade Review"A wide-ranging and detailed collection." Times Higher Education Supplement "For students and those who want a single overall picture of Chinese population issues, this work provides a short, readable, and comprehensive guide. In short, this is an invaluable book." Population Studies "Perhaps the most comprehensive English-language review of China's population to date ... Of special value to students and researchers of China is the book's documentation of population policies, programmes, regulations and their changes, which are rarely available in the English language with such clarity. The contributors, looking 'from inside out', are clearly among the most qualified to review the administrative facets of China's population ... This book is timely, informative and comprehensive, and is an especially useful reference for non-Chinese readers to assess the latest patterns, views and issues of population in China." Progress in Human GeographyTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Trends and Geographic Differentials in Mortality: Hao Hongsheng. 3. Trends and Regional Differentials in Fertility Transition: Tu Ping. 4. Health and Health Care in Transition: Tang Shenglan. 5. Population Policy and Family Planning Programme: Xie Zhenmin. 6. Age and Sex Structures: Li Yongping & Peng Xizhe. 7. Population Aging and Old Age Security: Du Peng and Tu Ping. 8. Marriage Patterns: Zeng Yi. 9. Family Patterns: Guo Zhigang. 10. Education: Peng Xizhe. 11. Employment: Zuo Xuejin. 12. Female Population: Tan Lin and Peng Xizhe. 13. Urbanization: Zhong Fenggan. 14. Floating Population and Internal Migration in China: Sun Changmin. 15. International Migration Patterns: Ye Wenzhen. 16. Ethnic Population: Du Peng. 17. Population and Environment in China: Dai Xingyi. 18. Population of China: Prospects and Challenges: Zhai Zhenwu. 19. The Distribution of China's Population and Its Changes: Wang Guixin. 20. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Waves of Chinese Immigrants and their Children: Lui Ping-keung. Index.

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Book Synopsisaeo A truly international dialogue on the future of humankind. aeo An exceptionally distinguished group of contributors.Trade Review"The ten authors of this fascinating book, who include Dahrendorf, Hobsbawm, Giddens and Galtung, provide a range of visions of how our current social problems may work themselves out in the next century. Between them, they provide feats of disciplined imagination that never fail to stimulate and energise the mind, inspiring or horrifying us towards new actions for social development. No-one could come away from reading this book still believing that 'The future has been cancelled, owing to lack of interest'." John Toye, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex "For anyone concerned to understand the directions the world is heading in on the threshold of the 21st century this will prove a stimulating and worthwhile read." Mark Salter, New RoutesTable of Contents1. Economic Opportunity, Civil Society and Political Liberty: Ralf Dahrendorf (University of Oxford). 2. Palace Fundamentalism and Liberal Democracy: Oil, Arms and Irrationality during the Cold War: Fatima Mernissi (Institut Universitaire de la Recherche Scientifique, Morroco). 3. The Future of the State: Eric Hobsbawn (Birkbeck College,University of London). 4. The National Question in Africa: Internal Imperatives: Wole Soyinka. 5. Positive Aspects of Community and the Dangers of Fragmentation: Amitai Etzioni (George Washington University). 6. The Perils of Utopia: Communism, Perestroika and the Russian Intelligentsia: Tatyana Tolstaya (Skidmore College). 7. The Debate on Economic and Social Security in the Late Eighteenth Century: Lessons of a Road Not Taken: Emma Rothschild (King's College, Cambridge University). 8. Traditional Co-operatives in Modern Japan: Rethinking Alternatives to Cosmopolitanism and Nativism: Tetsuo Najita (University of Chicago). 9. Affluence, Poverty and the Idea of a Post-Scarcity Society: Anthony Giddens (King's College, Cambridge University). 10. On the Social Costs of Modernization: Social Disintegration, Atomie/Anomie and Social Development: Johan Galtung (University of Hawaii).

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Book SynopsisThis volume is both a comprehensive presentation of contemporary geography and an application of the distinctive framework of geography to more than a dozen of the critical problems facing contemporary civilization. It investigates problems that are seen throughout the world.Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. 1. Geographical Thought Through the Ages: Prof. Horacio Capel, Barcelona. 2. Geographical Perspectives: Dr. Peter Gould. 3. Geographical Theories: Reginald G. Golledge. 4. Geographical Methodology: Prof. Alan M. Hay, Sheffield. 5. Human Transformation of the Earth's Surface and the Use (and Misuse) of Natural Resources: Prof. Neil Roberts. 6. Climatic Changes and the Future of the Human Environment: Dr. Vladimir M. Kotlyakov. 7. Environmental Hazards, Natural Disasters and Societal Responses: Prof. Susan Cutter. 8. The Global Challenge of Migrations and Rising Population Densities: Dr. H. Ramachandran, Mussoorie. 9. Market Forces, Cultural Factors and Locational Processes: Prof. David M. Smith. 10. Modes of Production and Areal Differentiation: Prof. Milton Santos. 11. Transportation, Trade, Tourism and the World Economy System: Prof Gabriel Wachermann. 12. Spatial Financial Flows and the Growth of the Modern Industrial City: Dr. Nigel Thrift. 13. The Information Revolution and Future Global Geography: Prof. Vladimir Tikunov. 14. Exploration, Mapping and the Modernization of State Power: Dr. Marcelo Escolar. 15. Spatial Planning and National Development: Dr. Maurice Daly, Australia. 16. Core-periphery Relations in the Era of Globalization: Bertha Becker, Rio De Janeiro. 17. Multinational Corporations and the Possible Demise of the Nation-state: Prof. Peter Dicken. 18. Geography in the Age of Megacities: Yeu-man Yeung.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is both a comprehensive presentation of contemporary geography and an application of the distinctive framework of geography to more than a dozen of the critical problems facing contemporary civilization. It investigates problems that are seen throughout the world.Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. 1. Geographical Thought Through the Ages: Prof. Horacio Capel, Barcelona. 2. Geographical Perspectives: Dr. Peter Gould. 3. Geographical Theories: Reginald G. Golledge. 4. Geographical Methodology: Prof. Alan M. Hay, Sheffield. 5. Human Transformation of the Earth's Surface and the Use (and Misuse) of Natural Resources: Prof. Neil Roberts. 6. Climatic Changes and the Future of the Human Environment: Dr. Vladimir M. Kotlyakov. 7. Environmental Hazards, Natural Disasters and Societal Responses: Prof. Susan Cutter. 8. The Global Challenge of Migrations and Rising Population Densities: Dr. H. Ramachandran, Mussoorie. 9. Market Forces, Cultural Factors and Locational Processes: Prof. David M. Smith. 10. Modes of Production and Areal Differentiation: Prof. Milton Santos. 11. Transportation, Trade, Tourism and the World Economy System: Prof Gabriel Wachermann. 12. Spatial Financial Flows and the Growth of the Modern Industrial City: Dr. Nigel Thrift. 13. The Information Revolution and Future Global Geography: Prof. Vladimir Tikunov. 14. Exploration, Mapping and the Modernization of State Power: Dr. Marcelo Escolar. 15. Spatial Planning and National Development: Dr. Maurice Daly, Australia. 16. Core-periphery Relations in the Era of Globalization: Bertha Becker, Rio De Janeiro. 17. Multinational Corporations and the Possible Demise of the Nation-state: Prof. Peter Dicken. 18. Geography in the Age of Megacities: Yeu-man Yeung.

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Book Synopsis* Contemporary advanced societies. * Informed by extensive fieldwork, including interviews with mayors, judges, police officers, community leaders and grass--roots organizations.Trade Review"This book is extremely important for anyone interested in crime and violence in urban areas. The author situates urban violence and responses to it within the larger processes of globalization and of growth of inequalitites within and between societies. By using case studies of different cities in different countries--US, Britain, and Frnace--she examines the impact of global, national, and local policies and economic trends on various cities' responses to crime and violence." Choice "This is a well-documented and perceptive study." David Downes, London School of Economics, UK "... does a creditable job of demonstrating both historically and comparatively, how cities within the limits of distinct national traditions are actually extraordinarily diverse and yet extremely limited in the ways they manage social control." Canadian Journal of Sociology Online ‘This comprehensive cross-cultural study of urban tensions and insecurities in an era of globalization is a major contribution to the literature on changing western cities. Sophie Body-Gendrot’s original synthesis of a wide range of urban studies provides new insights on the dynamic changes in modern urban life." – William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Series Preface. Acknowledgements. Introductions: Tolerance and Suppression.. Part I: The Politics of Depacification. Economic Globalization and Urban Unrest. Law-Enforcement in the USA. Solidarity and Social Prevention in France.. Part II. The Politics of Reconciliation. Managing Polarization: New York and Chicago. Managing Polarization: Paris, Marseilles, and Lyons. Conclusion: The Social Control of Cities?. References. Index.

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Book Synopsis* Provides an new way of understanding cities. * Gives students a critical history of postmodernism and its consequences for cities and spaces. * Reveals the importance of space and place in our understanding of social process. * Looks ahead to the urban agenda for the twenty--first century.Trade Review"An instant classic that belongs in every college and research library in the English-speaking world." CHOICE "...a thoughtful, wide ranging, and ardent analysis of urbanisation at the end of the millenium." Mike Samers, University of Liverpool. "Michael Dear's book has surely achieved its objective: to be not only provocative, but also deeply engaging, its evocations and intellectual traces raising issues of the greatest importance for reflection and action by urban scholars and other citizens." ANNALS of the Association of American GeographersTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Taking Los Angeles Seriously. 2. Mapping the Postmodern. 3. Postmodern Bloodlines: From Lefebvre to Jameson. 4. The Premature Demise of Postmodern Urbanism. 5. Reading the Modern City: A Colonial History of Los Angeles 1781-1991. 6. Deconstructing Urban Planning. 7. Postmodern Urbanism. 8. A Tale of Two Cities 1. Tijuana. 9. Film, Architecture and Filmspace. 10. A Tale of Two Cities 2. Las Vegas. 11. From Sidewalk to Cyberspace (and Back to Earth Again). 12. The Personal Politics of Postmodernity. 13. The Power of Place. 14. The Geopolitics of Postmodernity. 15. Epistemological Politics. Epilogue: Beyond Postmodernism. A Beginner's Guide to Postmodernism. Index.

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Book SynopsisA Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective. * Indispensable companion for students of the City.Trade Review"...covers everything from the role of dance in shaping cities to race and class in South Africa to the application of military techniques to city planning." (The Observer, 19 June 2011) "Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson's Companion to the City is a wonderful compendium of some of the best writing on cities and urbanism. It covers a wide range of approaches encompassing the city in literature, planning, representations of the city, policy and analysis. It truly is a 'companion' and like all good companions has always something relevant to say whatever the reader's mood or whatever s/he is searching for." Professor Elizabeth Wilson, previously of University of North London "This is a first-class read, useful for architects and planners as well as for students of the city. A state-of-the-art book." Richard Sennett, London School of Economics and Political Science "This is a substantial, well illustrated volume in five parts [...] The editors have certainly succeeded in their aim to 'create a multidiscplinary approach to cities' in compiling their 'companion'." Stephen Royle, Queen's University BelfastTable of ContentsList of Contributors. List of Illustrations. Introduction. Part I: Imagining Cities:. 1 City Imaginaries: Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson. 2. Three Urban Discourses: John Rennie Short. 3. Putting Cities First: Re-mapping the Origins of Urbanism: Ed Soja. 4. Photourbanism: Planning the City from Above and from Below: Anthony Vidler. 5. The Immaterial City: Representation, Imagination and Media Technologies: James Donald. 6. Film, Representation and Naples: Lesley Caldwell. 7. The City as an Imperial Centre: Imagining London in two Caribbean Novels: Riad Akbur. 8. Sleepwalking the Modern City: Walter Benjamin and Sigmund Freud in the World of Dreams: Steve Pile. 9. Contested Images of the City. City as Locus of Status, Capitalist Accumulation and Community - Competing Cultures in Southeast Asian Societies: Patrick Guinness. Part II: The Economy and the City:. 10. City Economies: Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson. 11. The Economic Base of Contemporary Cities: Ash Amin. 12. Flexible Marxism and the Metropolis: Andy Merrifield. 13. Mono Centric and Poli Centric: New Urban Forms and Old Urban Paradigms: William A. V. Clark. 14. Ups and Downs in the Global City: London and New York at the Millennium: Susan S. Fainstein and Michael Harloe. 15. Analytic Borderlands: Economy and Culture in the Global City: Saskia Sassen. 16. Turbulence and Sedimentation in the Labour Markets of Late 20th Century Metropoles: Nick Buck and Ian Gordon. 17. Informational Cities: Bob Catterall. 18. Diaspora Chinese Capital and Asia Pacific Urban Development: Chung-Tong Wu. 19. Capitalizing on Havana: The Return of the Repressed in a Late Socialist Society: Charles Rutheiser. 20. Urban Transformation in the Capitals of the Baltic: Innovation Culture and Finance: Philip Cooke, Erik Terk, Raite Karnite, Giedrius Blagnys. Part III: Cities of Division and Difference:. 21. City Differences: Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson. 22. Postcolonialism, Representation and the City: Anthony King. 23. Cities of Polarisation and Marginalization: Peter Marcuse. 24. Citizenship, Multiculturalism and the European City: Alisdair Rogers. 25. Working out the Urban: Gender Relations and the City: Liz Bondi and Hazel Christie. 26. The Sexual Geography of the City: Frank Mort. 27. From the Other Side of the Tracks: Dual Cities, Third Spaces, and the Urban Uncanny in Contemporary Discourses of 'Race' and Class: Phil Cohen. 28. Gentrification, Post-Industrialism and Industrial and Occupational Restructuring in Global Cities: Chris Hamnett. 29. Worlds Apart and Together: Trial by Space in Istanbul: Kevin Robins and Asu Aksoy. 30. Value Conflicts, Identity Construction and Urban Change: Lily Kong. Part IV: Public Cultures and Everyday Space:. 31. City Publics: Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson. 32. The Social Constitution of the Public Realm: Richard Sennett. 33. City Life and the Senses: John Urry. 34. With Child to see Any Strange Thing: Everyday Life in the City: Nigel Thrift. 35. Walter Benjamin, Cosmopolitanism and the Narratives of City Spaces: Michael Keith. 36. "X Marks the Spot: Times Square Dead or Alive?: M. Christine Boyer. 37. Walking and Performing 'The City': A Melbourne Chronicle: Katherine Gibson and Ben Rossiter. 38. The Street Politics of Jackie Smith: John Paul Jones III. 39. Everyday Life in Bangkok: Annette Hamilton. 40. Streetchildren in Yogyakarta: Social/ Spatial Exclusion in the Public Spaces of the City: Harriot Beazley. 41. Cyberspace and the City: The Virtual City in Europe: Alessandro Aurigi and Steve Graham. Part V: Urban Politics and Urban Interventions:. 42. City Interventions: Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson. 43. Planning in Relational Space and Time: Responding to New Urban Realities: Patsy Healey. 44. The Social Construction of Urban Policy: Allan Cochrane. 45. Urban Planning in the Late Twentieth Century: Patrick Troy. 46. Varied Legacies of Modernism in Urban Planning: Alan Mabin. 47. The Environment of the City ... or the Urbanisation of Nature: Erik Swyngedouw and Maria Kaika. 48. Power and Urban Poltics Revisited: The Uses and Abuses of North American Urban Political Economy: Alan Harding. 49. Social Justice and the City: Equity, Cohesion and the Politics of Space: Fran Tonkiss. 50. Property Relations and Planning in European Urban Development: Michael Edwards. 51. The Politics of Universal Provision of Public Housing: Chua Beng-Huat. 52. Reintegrating the Apartheid City? Urban Policy and Urban Restructuring in Durban: Alison Todes. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis extensive review of urban policy explores the interaction of urban policy with changing perspectives on urban life and social welfare. An extensive review of urban policy since the 1960s. Examines a broad range of issues, such as race, economic regeneration and competitiveness, managing dangerous places, community and managerialism. The theme-based structure provides a new and innovative approach to the subject. Written in a clear, accessible style with pedagogic features to appeal to students from a range of disciplines. Trade Review"An immensely enjoyable book, bringing a valuable historical perspective to bear and written in a critical but lucid style... it will challenge and enlighten its readers." Paul Burton, University of BristolTable of Contents1. What is Urban Policy?. 2. Exploring the Roots: ‘Race’, Disorder, and Poverty. 3. Managerialism and the City. 4. The Meaning(s) of Community. 5. Managing Disorderly Places. 6. Competitiveness, the Market and Urban Entrepreneurialism. 7. Taking the Cultural Turn. 8. Neo-liberalism and the Globalisation of Urban Policy. 9. Reshaping Welfare, Re-imagining Urban Policy. References. Index

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Book SynopsisPresents studies of Americanization and American imperialism to assess how far the twentieth century can be seen as the American Century. This book provides a critical evaluation of the extent of the diffusion and adoption of the American way of life and the very concept of America itself.Trade Review"[A] lively and insightful collection of essays ... by and large readable and succinct, suggesting a strong editorial hand. They are accessible to non-specialists and will prove useful in the classroom." Progress in Human GeographyTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. . Part I: Introductions: American Destiny?. 1. Locating the American Century: A World-systems Analysis (Peter J. Taylor). 2. Locating the American Century: Themes for a Post-colonial Perspective (David Slater) . Part II: Economic Capacities: American Know-how? . 3. Global Shift - the Role of United States Transnational Corporations (Peter Dicken). 4. The Dynamics of US Managerialism and American Corporations (Michael Taylor). 5. Overseas Investment by US Service Enterprises (P.W. Daniels). 6. The Rise and Decline of US International Monetary Hegemony (Mark Holmes and Eric Pentecost). 7. The 'New' Developmentalism: Political Liberalism and the Washington Consensus (Kate Manzo) . Part III: Political Capacities: The Arsenal of Democracy? . 8. Inaugurating the American Century: 'New World' Perspectives on the 'Old' in the Early Twentieth Century (Michael Heffernan). 9.European Integration and American Power: Reflex, Resistance and Reconfiguration (Michael Smith). 10. The United States, the 'Triumph of Democracy' and the 'End of History' (R.J. Johnston). 11. Taking the Cold War to the Third World (Klaus Dodds). 12. US Influence in the Making of the Contemporary Amazon Heartland (Berta K. Becker and Roberto S. Bartholo, Jr). 13. American Power and the Portuguese Empire (James Sidaway). 14. The Reality of American Idealism (Gillian Youngs). 15. Contradictions of a Lone Superpower (David Campbell). Part IV: Cultural Capacities: The American Dream?. 16. Occult Hollywood: Unfolding the Americanization of World Cinema (Marcus A. Doel). 17. Global Disney (Alan Bryman). 18. 'The Kind Of Beat Which is Currently Popular': American Popular Music in Britain (Tim Cresswell and Brian Hoskin). 19. American Philanthropy as Cultural Power (Morag Bell). 20. Between North and South: Travelling Feminisms and Homeless Women (Claudia de Lima Costa). 21. Americanization of the World (Pablo Gonzalez Casanova). Part V: Conclusion: American Centuries?. 22. Multiple Themes, One America; One Theme, Multiple Americas (David Slater and Peter J. Taylor. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking collection brings together for the first time diverse geographical work on the social construction of nature. Eleven leading contributors not only discuss social nature, but look at the concrete ways in which it is made and the political implications of its construction. Brings together for the first time diverse geographical work on the social construction of nature. Eleven leading contributors not only discuss social nature, but look at the concrete ways in which it is made and the political implications of its construction. Uses international case studies to illustrate the theoretical positions. A helpful introduction by the editors sets the chapters in context. Enables teachers and students to explore the ways in which social nature is evident and to engage with the direct implications of this for human lives, ecologies and politics. Trade Review"Nature as a concept, it is often said, is elusive, complex, promiscuous and yet familiar. Social Nature is a superb introduction to nature's complexity from the vantage point of the very best of critical geography. An excellent introduction to the epistemological thickets which have grown up around, and which threaten to strangle, our understanding of Nature as artifice and artifact." Michael Watts "No other single volume summarizes and critically reviews the geographical research on social nature." ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Socializing Nature: Theory, Practice, and Politics: Noel Castree (University of Manchester). 2. Being Constructive About Nature?: David Demeritt (Kings College, London). 3. Nature, Poststructuralism, and Politics: Bruce Braun (University of Minnesota) and Joel Wainwright (University of Minnesota). 4. The Nature of 'Race': Kay Anderson (Durham University). 5. Postcolonialism and the Production of Nature: Derek Gregory (University of British Columbia). 6. Gendered Natures: Feminism, Politics, and Social Nature: Jane Moeckli (University of Iowa) and Bruce Braun (University of Minnesota). 7. Social Nature and Environmental Policy in the South: Views from Verandah and Veld: Piers Blaikie (University of East Anglia). 8. Political Ecology: A Critical Agenda for Change?: Ray Bryant (King's College, London). 9. Natural Disasters?: Mark Pelling (University of Liverpool). 10. Marxism, Capitalism, and the Production of Nature: Noel Castree (University of Manchester). 11. Dissolving Dualisms: Actor-networks and the Reimagination of Nature: Noel Castree (University of Manchester) and Tom MacMillan (University of Manchester). 12. Solid Rock and Shifting Sands: The Moral Paradox of saving a Socially Constructed Nature: James Proctor (University of California, Santa Barbara). Index.

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Book SynopsisPresents a set of readings that throw light on the relationship between people and the environment. This book introduces the concept of environmental discourses - explanations of the world around us - to help readers understand why human-environmental relationships take on the forms that they do.Trade Review"The companion Reader provides a convenient collection of some important readings in environmental history and many readings from classic expressions of environmental discourses." Local EnvironmentTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. 1. Native Americans and the Environment Introduction. A Spider's Web (1961). Black Elk. Ties That Bind (1990). Annie L. Booth and Harvey M. Jacobs. How Can One Sell the Air?: A Manifesto for the Earth (ca. 1855). Chief Seattle. The Cycle of Life. (1990) Audrey Shenandoah. An Iroquois Perspective (1980). Oren Lyons. 2. Colonial Encounters. Introduction. A Certaine Indian (1621). William Bradford. The Indians Grew Very Inquisitive (1647). John Winthrop. Before They Got Thick (ca. early nineteenth century). Percy Bigmouth. Give Us Good Goods (1743). Anonymous. The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492 (1992). William M. Denevan. The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest (1975). Francis Jennings. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England (1983). William Cronon. The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 (1972). Alfred W. Crosby, Jr. 3. Territorial Expansion. Introduction. Moving West (1797). Daniel Boone. The 1785 Ordnance. The Oregon Trail (1849). Francis Parkman, Jr. Letters Home (1863-5). Gro Svendsen. The Garden of the World and American Agrarianism (1950). Henry Nash Smith. American Railways (1903). Edwin Pratt. From Report of the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States (1878). John Wesley Powell. The Significance of the Frontier in American History (1894). Frederick Jackson Turner. 4. An American Environment. Introduction. The American Wilderness (1982). Roderick Nash. From The Pioneers (1823). James Fenimore Cooper. William Cooper's Town (1995). Alan Taylor. Essays on American Scenery (1835) Thomas Cole. 5. The Early Environmental Movement. Introduction. Walking (1862). Henry David Thorea. Man and Nature (1864). George Perkins Marsh. National Park Legislation, 1864. National Park Legislation, 1872. National Parks: The American Experience (1987) Alfred Runte. A Voice for Wilderness (1901) John Muir. National Park Service Legislation, 1916. 6. The Progressive Movement and the Environment. Introduction. The Conservation Movement and the Progressive Tradition (1959) Samuel Hays. Conservation, Protection, Reclamation, and Irrigation (1901) Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation (1997). H. W. Brands. The Birth of Conservation (1997). Gifford Pinchot. Efficiency, Equity, and Esthetics: Shifting Themes in American Conservation (1978). Clayton Koppes. 7. Environmental Thinkers. Introduction. Thinking Like a Mountain (1949). Aldo Leopold. The Obligation to Endure (1962). Rachel Carson. The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth (1966). Kenneth E. Boulding. . 8. The Regulatory Revolution. Introduction. Message to Congress (1970). Richard Nixon. A Fierce Green Fire (1993). Philip Shabecoff. Environmental Policy Since the 1970s (1994). Michael Kraft and Norman Vig. Environmental Policy in the Courts (1994). Lettie Wenne. The Environmental Impact Statement and the Rhetoric of Democracy (1992). Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline Palmer. 9. The Greening of the United States. Introduction. Twenty Years of Environmental Mobilization (1992). Cameron Mitchell, Angel Mertig, and Riley Dunlap. New York Days (1991) David R. Brower. Environmental Values in American Culture (1995). Willett Kempton, James Boster, and Jennifer Hartley . 10. Debates on the Environment. Introduction. Environmental Overkill (1993). Dixy Ree Ray. Ecorealism (1995). Gregg Easterbroo. Green and Competitive (1995). Michael Porter and Class van der Linde. 11. Radical Environmental Discourses. Introduction. Deep Ecology (1985). Bill Devall and George Sessions. Confessions of an Eco-Warrior (1991). Dave Foreman. Social Ecology (1990). Murray Bookchin. Rhetoric and Action in Ecotopian Discourse (1992). Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline Palmer . 12. Gendered Environmental Discourses. Introduction. Ecofeminism (1992). Carolyn Merchant. Ecofeminism and Bioregionalism (1987-8). Judith Plan. Masculinity and Ecology (1991). Sam Keen. 13. Environmental Justice. Introduction. Toxic Struggles (1993). Lois Gibbs. Anatomy of Environmental Racism (1993). Robert D. Bullard. Principles of Environmental Justice (1991). 14. A New Ecological Order?. Introduction. Evironmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics (1989). Robert C. Paehlke. The Third Eden (1991). Stanwyn Shetler. Toward a Healing of Self and World (1992). Joanna Macy. The Dream of the Earth (1988). Thomas Berry . Confessions of a Developer (1992) Wallace Kaufman. The Hoop of the World (1961). Black Elk. Readings: A Full Citation. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis Reader recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. The editors have brought together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Through these, and their connecting narratives, the editors engage what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography''s recent history. Recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. Brings together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Engages with what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography''s recent history. Eraces the shift in human geography from a plethora of pre-postmodern paradigms to the emergence of a postmodern consciousness. Outlines an agenda for a postmodern human geographical theory and practice that sympatheticTrade Review"A postmodern perspective on the development of the geographical imagination over the last thirty years. Dear and Flusty provide a timely and provocative account of the significance of space in contemporary social theory." -- Professor Kevin Robins, Goldsmiths College, University of LondonTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: How to Map a Radical Break. Part I: Fit the First: Excavating the Postmodern:. 1. 1965-83: Pre-Postmodern Geographies:. Locational Analysis in Human Geography: Peter Haggett. Explanation in Geography: David Harvey. Behavioral Models in Geography: KevinR. Cox and Reginald G. Golledge. The Development of Radical Geography in the United States: Richard Peet. Social Justice and the City: David Harvey. Social Geography and Social Action: David Ley. Alternatives to a Positive Economic Geography: Leslie J. King. Eggs in Bird: Gunnar Olsson. Ideology, Science and Human Geography: Derek Gregory. On the Determination of Social Action in Space and Time: Nigel J. Thrift. Towards an Understanding of the Gender Division of Urban Space: Linda McDowell. 2. 1984-89: Postmodern Geographies:. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman: Harlan Ellison. The Production of Space: Henri Lefebvre. Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism: Fredric Jameson. Taking Los Angeles Apart: Some Fragements of a Critical Human Geography: Edward W. Soja. Postmodernism and Planning: Michael J. Dear. The Condition of Postmodernity: David Harvey. 3. 1990-2000: The Altered Spaces of Postmodernity:. Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson. Anti-Essentialism and Overdetermination: Julie Graham. (Post) Colonial Spaces: Jane M. Jacobs. Zoöpolis: Jennifer Wolch. The Geographical Foundations and Social Regulation of Flexible Production Complexes: Michael Storper and Allen J. Scott. Postmoern Urbanism: Michael J. Dear and Steven Flusty. Toward an Economy of Electronic Representation and the Virtual Sign: John Pickles. Critical Geopolitics: The Politics of Writing Global Space: Gearóid O' Tuathail. Part II: Fit the Second: Geographies from the Inside Out:. 4. The Representation of Space:. The Storyteller with Nike Airs: Kieya Forte-Escamilla. Sounding out of the City: Music and the Sensuous Production of Space: Sarah Cohen. Deconstructing the Map: J. B. Harley. From Berlin to Bunker Hill: Urban Space, Late Modernity, and Film Noir in Fritz Lang's M: Edward Dimendberg. 5. Emplaced Bodies, Embodied Selves:. East, West Stories: Salman Rushdie. Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge: Gillian Rose. From Landmarks to Spaces: Mapping the Territory of a Bisexual Genealogy: Clare Hemmings. Thrashing Downtown: Play as Resistance to the Spatial and Representational Regulation of Los Angeles: Steven Flusty. Elvis in Zanzibar: Ahmed Gurnah. 6. From the Politics of Urban Place to a Politics of Global Displacement:. Unlikely Stories, Mostly: Alasdair Gray. Can there be a Postmodernism of Resistance in the Urban Landscape?: David Ley and Caroline Mills. The Spaces that Difference Makes: Some Notes on the Geographical Margins of the New Cultural Politics: Edward W. Soja and Barbara Hooper. Materialities, Spatialities, Globalities: John Law and Kevin Hetherington. Exterminating Angels: Morality, Violence and Technology in the Gulf War: Asu Aksoy and Kevin Robins. Old Antonio Tells Marcos Another Story: Subcommandante Insurgente Marcos. 7. The Spaces of Representations:. Pioneers of the Human Adventure: François Boucq. A Ramble through the Margins of the Cityscape: The Postmodern as the Return of Nature: Kevin Donnelly. La Practique Sauvage: Race, Place, and the Human-Animal Divide: Glen Elder, Jennifer Wolch, and Jody Emel. Window Shopping: Cinema and the Postmodern: Anne Friedberg. Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet: Sherry Turkle. Inconclusion: A Conversation: Michael. J. Dear, Steven Flusty, and Django Sibley. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis Reader recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. The editors have brought together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Through these, and their connecting narratives, the editors engage what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography''s recent history. Recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. Brings together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Engages with what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography''s recent history. Eraces the shift in human geography from a plethora of pre-postmodern paradigms to the emergence of a postmodern consciousness. Outlines an agenda for a postmodern human geographical theory and practice that sympatheticTrade Review"A postmodern perspective on the development of the geographical imagination over the last thirty years. Dear and Flusty provide a timely and provocative account of the significance of space in contemporary social theory." -- Professor Kevin Robins, Goldsmiths College, University of LondonTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: How to Map a Radical Break. Part I: Fit the First: Excavating the Postmodern:. 1. 1965-83: Pre-Postmodern Geographies:. Locational Analysis in Human Geography: Peter Haggett. Explanation in Geography: David Harvey. Behavioral Models in Geography: KevinR. Cox and Reginald G. Golledge. The Development of Radical Geography in the United States: Richard Peet. Social Justice and the City: David Harvey. Social Geography and Social Action: David Ley. Alternatives to a Positive Economic Geography: Leslie J. King. Eggs in Bird: Gunnar Olsson. Ideology, Science and Human Geography: Derek Gregory. On the Determination of Social Action in Space and Time: Nigel J. Thrift. Towards an Understanding of the Gender Division of Urban Space: Linda McDowell. 2. 1984-89: Postmodern Geographies:. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman: Harlan Ellison. The Production of Space: Henri Lefebvre. Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism: Fredric Jameson. Taking Los Angeles Apart: Some Fragements of a Critical Human Geography: Edward W. Soja. Postmodernism and Planning: Michael J. Dear. The Condition of Postmodernity: David Harvey. 3. 1990-2000: The Altered Spaces of Postmodernity:. Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson. Anti-Essentialism and Overdetermination: Julie Graham. (Post) Colonial Spaces: Jane M. Jacobs. Zoöpolis: Jennifer Wolch. The Geographical Foundations and Social Regulation of Flexible Production Complexes: Michael Storper and Allen J. Scott. Postmoern Urbanism: Michael J. Dear and Steven Flusty. Toward an Economy of Electronic Representation and the Virtual Sign: John Pickles. Critical Geopolitics: The Politics of Writing Global Space: Gearóid O' Tuathail. Part II: Fit the Second: Geographies from the Inside Out:. 4. The Representation of Space:. The Storyteller with Nike Airs: Kieya Forte-Escamilla. Sounding out of the City: Music and the Sensuous Production of Space: Sarah Cohen. Deconstructing the Map: J. B. Harley. From Berlin to Bunker Hill: Urban Space, Late Modernity, and Film Noir in Fritz Lang's M: Edward Dimendberg. 5. Emplaced Bodies, Embodied Selves:. East, West Stories: Salman Rushdie. Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge: Gillian Rose. From Landmarks to Spaces: Mapping the Territory of a Bisexual Genealogy: Clare Hemmings. Thrashing Downtown: Play as Resistance to the Spatial and Representational Regulation of Los Angeles: Steven Flusty. Elvis in Zanzibar: Ahmed Gurnah. 6. From the Politics of Urban Place to a Politics of Global Displacement:. Unlikely Stories, Mostly: Alasdair Gray. Can there be a Postmodernism of Resistance in the Urban Landscape?: David Ley and Caroline Mills. The Spaces that Difference Makes: Some Notes on the Geographical Margins of the New Cultural Politics: Edward W. Soja and Barbara Hooper. Materialities, Spatialities, Globalities: John Law and Kevin Hetherington. Exterminating Angels: Morality, Violence and Technology in the Gulf War: Asu Aksoy and Kevin Robins. Old Antonio Tells Marcos Another Story: Subcommandante Insurgente Marcos. 7. The Spaces of Representations:. Pioneers of the Human Adventure: François Boucq. A Ramble through the Margins of the Cityscape: The Postmodern as the Return of Nature: Kevin Donnelly. La Practique Sauvage: Race, Place, and the Human-Animal Divide: Glen Elder, Jennifer Wolch, and Jody Emel. Window Shopping: Cinema and the Postmodern: Anne Friedberg. Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet: Sherry Turkle. Inconclusion: A Conversation: Michael. J. Dear, Steven Flusty, and Django Sibley. Index.

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Book Synopsis* This is the first text to define and sustain the significance of law in relation to geography. * Brings together a range of readings which have, until now, been scattered in different publications, many not easily available.Trade Review"The Reader in Law and Geography combines the talents of diverse professionals focused upon issues of enormous importance" Professor Gordon L. Clark, University of Oxford "The mutual inscription of law in space and of space in law, for so long invisible, emerges in this volume with the utmost clarity and cogency" Professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos, University of Coimbra, PortugalTable of ContentsList of contributors viii Foreword xGordon L. Clark Preface: Where is law? xiiiDavid Delaney, Richard T. Ford, and Nicholas Blomley Acknowledgments xxiii Part I Legal Places 1 Part II National Legalities 151 Part III Globalization and Law 251 Index 319

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Book SynopsisA feminist geography text devoted to methodology, it provides a framework for students wishing to undertake gendered work in the discipline. It encourages readers to take on, think about, and do feminist research in geography and offers suggestions for going about it. It also features pedagogical material, developed with students in the classroom.Trade Review"Feminist Geography in Practice offers a fast-paced field guide to feminist research in Geography…. One of the key contributions of this book is that it develops and demonstrates the understanding that feminist research always takes place at the intersection of the personal, the political, and the academic…. This is a timely textbook that represents the maturing of a field. It will be invaluable for courses in research methodology and in feminist geography, and it should be mandatory reading for students and practitioners who are undertaking – or want to undertake – research that is explicitly feminist." – Professor Joni Seager, The University of VermontTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. List of Figures and Tables. Notes on Contributors. 1. Taking on, Thinking about, and Doing Feminist Research in Geography. (Pamela Moss). Part I: Taking on Feminist Research. Defining Feminism?: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Short 1. Being Feminist in Geography - Feminist Geography in the German-Speaking Academy: History of a Movement. (Elisabeth Baschlind). 2. Making Space for Personal Journeys. (Mary Gilmartin). 3. Feminist Epistemology in Geography. (Meghan Cope). 4. The Difference Feminism Makes: Researching Unemployed Women in an Australian Region. (Louise C. Johnson). Study Material for Taking on Feminist Research: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Part II: Thinking about Feminist Research. Delimiting Language?: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Short 2. Putting Feminist Geography into Practice - Gender, Place and Culture: Paradoxical Spaces?. (Liz Bondi). 5. Paradoxical Space: Geography, Men, and Duppy Feminism. (David Butz and Lawrence D. Berg). 6. Toward a More Fully Reflexive Feminist Geography. (Karen Falconer Al-Hindi and Hope Kawabata). 7. People Like Us: Negotiating Sameness and Difference in the Research Process. (Gill Valentine). Study Material for Thinking About Feminist Research: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Part III: Doing Feminist Research. Decentering Authority!: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Short 3. Doing Geography as a Feminist - Reconsidering Success and Failure in Feminist Research. (Maureen G. Reed). 8. Doing Feminist Fieldwork about Geography Fieldwork. (Karen Nairn). 9. Quantitative Methods and Feminist Geographic Research. (Mei-Po Kwan). 10. Borderlands in Feminist Ethnography. (Joan Marshall). 11. Negotiating Positionings: Exchanging Life Stories in Research Interviews. (Deirdre McKay). 12. Interviewing Elites: Cautionary Tales about Researching Women Magazines in Canada's Banking Industry. (Kim V. L. England). 13. Studying Immigrants in Focus Groups. (Geraldine Pratt). Study Material for Doing Feminist Research: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. 14. Further Notes on Feminist Research: Embodied Knowledge in Place. (Isabel Dyck). References. Index.

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Book SynopsisA resource for those studying geography at university, as well as for those thinking of applying in the future. Contributions from leading geographers from around the world provide a whole range of information about what today's geography is all about, how to study it and how to find out more.Trade Review'The second edition of The Student's Companion to Geography provides a comprehensive guide to the discipline throughout the English-speaking world. The authorship contains a welcome mix of old and young, and the style is refreshing throughout. The content is, of course, extremely wide ranging and will prove very helpful to anyone wishing to “get started” on some aspect of the subject. The coverage underlines the rich variety within the subject and proves without doubt that geography does matter!' Professor Tim Burt, University of Durham 'The Companion is a resource that will be of great value to geography students throughout their undergraduate careers in higher education. [It will] encourage readers to think about their discipline, to which this volume provides an excellent gateway.' Emeritus Professor Gregory, University of London Update from its first edition to include online resources and discussion of new trends in the field, this is a solid resource, with each essay well written and concise, that will prove valuable for geography students throughout their academic studies. C.A.Groves, Ball State UniversityTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction. Heather A. Viles and Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). Part I: Why Study Geography?. 1. Why Study Geography? Heather A. Viles and Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). 2. A Geographer's Eye...(Four Days in Newcastle): Stuart Franklin (University of Oxford). Part II: What Are Geographers Doing?. 3. Long-term Environmental Change: Quaternary Climate Oscillations and their Impacts on the Environment: Andrew S. Goudie (Oxford University). 4. Human Impacts on the Environment: Ian Simmons (University of Durham). 5. Growing on Trees: Evidence of Human-induced Global Warming: Robert L. Wilby (King's College, London). 6. Biodiversity: The Variety of Life: Richard Fields (University of Nottingham). 7. Geoarchaeology: Jamie C. Woodward (University of Leeds). 8. Fluvial Environments: Mark Patrick Taylor (Macquarie University). 9. Glacial and Mountain Environments: Glacial Retreat as an Agent of Landscape Change: Stephan Harrison (Coventry University). 10. Coastal Environments: Geomorphological Contributions to Coastal Management: Peter W. French (Royal Holloway, University of London). 11. Dryland Environments: Changing Perceptions of Dynamic Landscapes: David J. Nash (University of Brighton). 12. Environmental Modelling: Stuart Lane (University of Leeds). 13. Geocomputation: Rachael A. McDonnell (Hertford College, University of Oxford). 14. Strange Natures: Geography and the Study of Human-Environment Relationships: Noel Castree (Manchester University). 15. Environmental Science, Knowledge and Policy: Sally Eden (University of Hull). 16. Tourism, Environment and Sustainability: Everyday Worlds, Extra-ordinary Worlds: Tim Coles (University of Exeter). 17. Critical Geography and the Study of Development: Showers of Blessing? Ben Page (University of Oxford). 18. Globalization: Henry Wai-chung Yeung (National University of Singapore). 19. Historical Geography: Making the Modern World: Catherine Nash (Royal Holloway, University of London) and Miles Ogborn (Queen Mary, University of London). 20. New Political Geographies ‘Twixt Places and Flows: Peter J. Taylor (Loughborough University). 21. World on the Move: Migration and Transnational Communities: Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). 22. Urban Geography: The ‘Death' of the City? Loretta Lees (King's College, London). 23. Feminist Geographies: Intersections of Space and Gender: Claire Dwyer (University College, London). 24. Mapping Culture: Peter Jackson (University of Sheffield). 25. New Geographies of Disease: HIV/AIDS: Robin Kearns (University of Auckland). 26. Social Exclusion and Inequality: Chris Thomas (Reading Borough Council) and Stephen Williams (Staffordshire University). Part III: Studying Geography:. 27. Cartography and Visualization: Scott Orford (University of Cardiff), Danny Dorling (University of Leeds) and Richard Harris (Birkbeck College, London). 28. Spatial and Locational Modelling in Human Geography: Michael Batty (University College, London). 29. Modelling in Physical Geography: Susan M. Brooks (Birkbeck College, London). 30. GISystems, GIScience and Remote Sensing: Rachael A. McDonnell (Hertford College, Oxford University). 31. Getting the Best Out of Lectures and Classes: David B. Knight (University of Guelph). 32. Writing Essays and Related Assignments: Rachel Pain (University of Durham). 33. Making a Presentation: Chris Young (Canterbury Christ Church University College). 34. Coping With Exams: Dealing With the Cruel and Unusual: Iain Hay (Flinders University). 35. Research Design for Dissertations and Projects: Brian Hoskin, Wendy Gill and Sue Burkill (College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, UK). 36. Analysing Data: Allan Pentecost (King's College, London). 37. Approaches to Physical Geography Fieldwork: David L. Higgitt (University of Durham). 38. Fieldwork Abroad: Katie Willis (University of Liverpool). 39. Laboratory Work: Heather A. Viles (University of Oxford). 40. Questionnaire Surveys: Gary Bridge (University of Bristol). 41. The Art of Interviewing: Jacquelin Burgess (University College, London). 42. Doing Ethnography: Pamela Shurmer-Smith (University of Portsmouth). 43. Investigating Visual Images: John Morgan (University of Bristol). 44. Researching Historical Geography: Robert J. Mayhew (University of Wales, Aberystwyth). 45. Geographical Ethics: Reflections on the Moral and Ethical Issues Involved in Debate and Enquiry: Tim Unwin (Royal Holloway, University of London). Part IV: Geography in Context:. 46. A Brief History of Geography: David N. Livingstone (Queen's University of Belfast). 47. Geography and the Natural and Physical Sciences: Heather A. Viles (University of Oxford). 48. Geography and the Social Sciences: Gary Bridge (University of Bristol) and Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). 49. (Some) Spaces of Critical Geography: Lawrence D. Berg (Okanagan University College, British Columbia, Canada).. 50. A Chronology of Geography, 1859-1999: Alisdair Rogers and Heather A. Viles (University of Oxford). Part V: A Geographical Directory:. 51. A Geographical Directory: Heather A. Viles and Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). Part VI: Expanding Horizons:. 52. Opportunities for Study Abroad: The SOCRATES-ERASMUS Programme: Fiona O'Carroll and Joe Painter (University of Durham). 53. How to Fund Overseas Travel and Research: David J. Nash (University of Brighton). 54. Applying for UK Master's Courses: John Boardman (University of Oxford). 55. Postgraduate Studies in Australia: Hilary P. M. Winchester (Flinders University) and Stephen J. Gale (University of Sydney). 56. Postgraduate Studies in Canada: Christopher Keylock, Mark Lawless and Robert Schindler (University of Leeds). 57. Postgraduate Studies in Hong Kong: George C.S. Lin (University of Hong Kong). 58. Postgraduate Studies in New Zealand: Wardlow Friesen (University of Auckland). 59. Postgraduate Studies in Singapore: Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Theresa Wong (National University of Singapore). 60. Postgraduate Studies in the United States: Michael C. Slattery (Texas Christian University). 61. Creating a Good CV: Pauline E. Kneale (University of Leeds). Index.

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Book SynopsisA resource for those studying geography at university, as well as for those thinking of applying in the future. Contributions from leading geographers from around the world provide a whole range of information about what today's geography is all about, how to study it and how to find out more.Trade Review'The second edition of The Student's Companion to Geography provides a comprehensive guide to the discipline throughout the English-speaking world. The authorship contains a welcome mix of old and young, and the style is refreshing throughout. The content is, of course, extremely wide ranging and will prove very helpful to anyone wishing to “get started” on some aspect of the subject. The coverage underlines the rich variety within the subject and proves without doubt that geography does matter!' Professor Tim Burt, University of Durham 'The Companion is a resource that will be of great value to geography students throughout their undergraduate careers in higher education. [It will] encourage readers to think about their discipline, to which this volume provides an excellent gateway.' Emeritus Professor Gregory, University of London Update from its first edition to include online resources and discussion of new trends in the field, this is a solid resource, with each essay well written and concise, that will prove valuable for geography students throughout their academic studies. C.A.Groves, Ball State UniversityTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction. Heather A. Viles and Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). Part I: Why Study Geography?. 1. Why Study Geography? Heather A. Viles and Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). 2. A Geographer's Eye...(Four Days in Newcastle): Stuart Franklin (University of Oxford). Part II: What Are Geographers Doing?. 3. Long-term Environmental Change: Quaternary Climate Oscillations and their Impacts on the Environment: Andrew S. Goudie (Oxford University). 4. Human Impacts on the Environment: Ian Simmons (University of Durham). 5. Growing on Trees: Evidence of Human-induced Global Warming: Robert L. Wilby (King's College, London). 6. Biodiversity: The Variety of Life: Richard Fields (University of Nottingham). 7. Geoarchaeology: Jamie C. Woodward (University of Leeds). 8. Fluvial Environments: Mark Patrick Taylor (Macquarie University). 9. Glacial and Mountain Environments: Glacial Retreat as an Agent of Landscape Change: Stephan Harrison (Coventry University). 10. Coastal Environments: Geomorphological Contributions to Coastal Management: Peter W. French (Royal Holloway, University of London). 11. Dryland Environments: Changing Perceptions of Dynamic Landscapes: David J. Nash (University of Brighton). 12. Environmental Modelling: Stuart Lane (University of Leeds). 13. Geocomputation: Rachael A. McDonnell (Hertford College, University of Oxford). 14. Strange Natures: Geography and the Study of Human-Environment Relationships: Noel Castree (Manchester University). 15. Environmental Science, Knowledge and Policy: Sally Eden (University of Hull). 16. Tourism, Environment and Sustainability: Everyday Worlds, Extra-ordinary Worlds: Tim Coles (University of Exeter). 17. Critical Geography and the Study of Development: Showers of Blessing? Ben Page (University of Oxford). 18. Globalization: Henry Wai-chung Yeung (National University of Singapore). 19. Historical Geography: Making the Modern World: Catherine Nash (Royal Holloway, University of London) and Miles Ogborn (Queen Mary, University of London). 20. New Political Geographies ‘Twixt Places and Flows: Peter J. Taylor (Loughborough University). 21. World on the Move: Migration and Transnational Communities: Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). 22. Urban Geography: The ‘Death' of the City? Loretta Lees (King's College, London). 23. Feminist Geographies: Intersections of Space and Gender: Claire Dwyer (University College, London). 24. Mapping Culture: Peter Jackson (University of Sheffield). 25. New Geographies of Disease: HIV/AIDS: Robin Kearns (University of Auckland). 26. Social Exclusion and Inequality: Chris Thomas (Reading Borough Council) and Stephen Williams (Staffordshire University). Part III: Studying Geography:. 27. Cartography and Visualization: Scott Orford (University of Cardiff), Danny Dorling (University of Leeds) and Richard Harris (Birkbeck College, London). 28. Spatial and Locational Modelling in Human Geography: Michael Batty (University College, London). 29. Modelling in Physical Geography: Susan M. Brooks (Birkbeck College, London). 30. GISystems, GIScience and Remote Sensing: Rachael A. McDonnell (Hertford College, Oxford University). 31. Getting the Best Out of Lectures and Classes: David B. Knight (University of Guelph). 32. Writing Essays and Related Assignments: Rachel Pain (University of Durham). 33. Making a Presentation: Chris Young (Canterbury Christ Church University College). 34. Coping With Exams: Dealing With the Cruel and Unusual: Iain Hay (Flinders University). 35. Research Design for Dissertations and Projects: Brian Hoskin, Wendy Gill and Sue Burkill (College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth, UK). 36. Analysing Data: Allan Pentecost (King's College, London). 37. Approaches to Physical Geography Fieldwork: David L. Higgitt (University of Durham). 38. Fieldwork Abroad: Katie Willis (University of Liverpool). 39. Laboratory Work: Heather A. Viles (University of Oxford). 40. Questionnaire Surveys: Gary Bridge (University of Bristol). 41. The Art of Interviewing: Jacquelin Burgess (University College, London). 42. Doing Ethnography: Pamela Shurmer-Smith (University of Portsmouth). 43. Investigating Visual Images: John Morgan (University of Bristol). 44. Researching Historical Geography: Robert J. Mayhew (University of Wales, Aberystwyth). 45. Geographical Ethics: Reflections on the Moral and Ethical Issues Involved in Debate and Enquiry: Tim Unwin (Royal Holloway, University of London). Part IV: Geography in Context:. 46. A Brief History of Geography: David N. Livingstone (Queen's University of Belfast). 47. Geography and the Natural and Physical Sciences: Heather A. Viles (University of Oxford). 48. Geography and the Social Sciences: Gary Bridge (University of Bristol) and Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). 49. (Some) Spaces of Critical Geography: Lawrence D. Berg (Okanagan University College, British Columbia, Canada).. 50. A Chronology of Geography, 1859-1999: Alisdair Rogers and Heather A. Viles (University of Oxford). Part V: A Geographical Directory:. 51. A Geographical Directory: Heather A. Viles and Alisdair Rogers (University of Oxford). Part VI: Expanding Horizons:. 52. Opportunities for Study Abroad: The SOCRATES-ERASMUS Programme: Fiona O'Carroll and Joe Painter (University of Durham). 53. How to Fund Overseas Travel and Research: David J. Nash (University of Brighton). 54. Applying for UK Master's Courses: John Boardman (University of Oxford). 55. Postgraduate Studies in Australia: Hilary P. M. Winchester (Flinders University) and Stephen J. Gale (University of Sydney). 56. Postgraduate Studies in Canada: Christopher Keylock, Mark Lawless and Robert Schindler (University of Leeds). 57. Postgraduate Studies in Hong Kong: George C.S. Lin (University of Hong Kong). 58. Postgraduate Studies in New Zealand: Wardlow Friesen (University of Auckland). 59. Postgraduate Studies in Singapore: Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Theresa Wong (National University of Singapore). 60. Postgraduate Studies in the United States: Michael C. Slattery (Texas Christian University). 61. Creating a Good CV: Pauline E. Kneale (University of Leeds). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe papers in this volume highlight in various ways the complex articulations of local processes and global forces in tropical forest struggles. Taken together, they show how social science research has come of age, moving beyond the crude ''tragedy of the commons'' and ''prisoner''s dilemma'' approaches of the 1970s and early 1980s.Table of Contents1. Forest Lives and Struggles: An Introduction (Martin Doornbos, Ashwani Saith and Ben White, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague). 2.Development Discourses and Peasant-Forest Relations: Natural Resource Utilization as Social Process (Anja Nygren, Department of Anthropology, University of Helsinki). 3. Fashioned Forest Paths, Occluded Histories? International Environmental Analysis in West African Locales (Melissa Leach, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex; and James Fairhead, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London). 4. State Sciences and Development Histories: Encoding Local Forestry Knowledge in Bengal (K. Sivaramakrishnan, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle). 5. The Changing Regime: Forest Property and Reformasi in Indonesia (John F. McCarthy, Asian Research Centre, Murdoch University, Western Australia). 6. Balancing Politics, Economics and Conservation: The Case of the Cameroon Forestry Law Reform (Francois Ekoko, UNDP/BDP/SEED, New York). 7. People in Between: Conversion and Conservation of Forest Lands in Thailand (Jin Sato, Institute of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo). 8. Resettlement, Opium and Labour Dependence: Akha-Tai Relations in Northern Laos (Paul T. Cohen, Department of Anthropology, Macquarie University, Sydney). 9.Environmentalists, Rubber Tappers and Empowerment: The Politics and Economics of Extractive Reserves (Katrina Brown, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich; and S'rgio Rosendo, University of East Anglia, Norwich). 10. Maintaining Centralized Control in Community-based Forestry: Policy Construction in the Philippines (Richard Gauld, Department of Geography, King's College London). 11. Unpacking the 'Joint' in Joint Forest Management (Nandini Sundar, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi). 12. Community Forestry and Tree Theft in Mexico: Resistance or Complicity in Conservation? (Dan Klooster, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York). 13. Remote Sensibilities: Discourses of Technology and the Making of Indonesia's Natural Disaster (Emily E. Harwell, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies). 14. From Timber to Tourism? Recommoditizing the Japanese Forest (John Knight, School of Anthropological Studies, Queen's University of Belfast). Notes on Contributors. Index.

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Book Synopsis* Integrates urban sociology and film studies literature to show what can be learnt about cities from film. * Provides an innovative and instructive contribution to urban studies. * Includes a wide range of case studies from around the world. .Trade Review"... a welcome addition to the reading-lists of graduate and undergraduate courses in film studies and urban studies/sociology...." (Urban Studies) "... recommended to those who are exploring the exciting reciprocity between the city and the cinema...." (Journal of Urban Technology) "... an exceptional reader that interrogates a range of issues linking cities, film, and globalization... intriguing, engaging, and informed...." (Annals of the Association of American Geographers) "Cinema and the City is an exceptional reader that interrogates a range of issues linking cities, film, and globalization. With essays of exceptionally high quality this is an intriguing, engaging and informed work that should be accessible to an array of disciplines and students."—Leo Zonn, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "Stitching together the complex and multiple intersections between film, cities, urban cultures and globalisation is no simple task, as any number of very good single-authored works will demonstrate. Despite these difficulties, Shiel and Fitzmaurice's excellent anthology rises to the occasion and, in the process, pushes film studies beyond its usual terrain of textual, audience and production analyses to relocate the subject matter within urban sociology [...] As the relationship between film and the city continue to develop as a focus of critical inquiry, Cinema and the City stands as one of the more accessible and innovative entry-points into the issues"—Shiel and Fitzmaurice, Urban StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. List of Contributors. Series Editors' Preface. Preface. 1. 'Cinema and the City in History and Theory'. (Mark Shiel). 2. 'Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context'. (Tony Fitzmaurice). Part I: Postmodern Mediations of the City: Los Angeles. 3. 'Bunker Hill. Hollywood's Dark Shadow'. (Mike Davis). 4. 'Film Mystery as Urban History. The Case of Chinatown'. (John Walton). 5. 'Return to Oz. The Hollywood Redevelopment Project, or Film History as Urban Renewal'. (Josh Stenger). Part II. Urban Identities, Production and Exhibition. 6. 'Shamrock. Houston's Green Promise'. (James Hay). 7. 'From Workshop to Backlot. The Greater Philadelphia Film Office'. (Paul Swann). 8. 'Cities: Real and Imagined'. Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. 9. 'Emigrating to New York in 3-D: Stereoscopic Vision in IMAX's Cinematic City'. (Mark Neumann). 10. 'Finding a Place at the Downtown Picture Palace: The Tampa Theater, Florida'. (Janna Jones). 11. 'Global Cities and the International Film Festival Economy'. (Julian Stringer). Part III: Cinema and the Postcolonial Metropolis. 12. 'Streetwalking in the Cinema of the City: Capital Flows through Saigon'. (J. Paul Narkunas). 13. 'Cityscape: The Capital Infrastructuring and Technologization of Manila'. (Rolando B. Tolentino). 14. 'The Politics of Dislocation: Airport Tales, The Castle'. (Justine Lloyd). 15. 'Representing the Apartheid City: South African Cinema in the 1950s and Jamie Uys's The Urgent Queue'. (Gary Baines). 16. 'The Visual Rhetoric of the Ambivalent City in Nigerian Video Films'. (Obododimma Oha). 17. 'MontrÚal Between Strangeness, Home and Flow'. (Bill Marshall). 18. '(Mis-) Representing the Irish Urban Landscape'. (Kevin Rockett). Part IV: Urban Reactions On-screen. Idealism and Defeat. 19. 'Postwar Urban Redevelopment, the British Film Industry and The Way We Live'. (Leo Enticknap). 20. 'Naked: Social Realism and the Urban Wasteland'. (Mike Mason). Escape and Invasion. 21. 'Jacques Tati's Play Time as New Babylon'. (Laurent Marie). 22. 'Poaching on Public Space: Urban Autonomous Zones in French Banlieue Films'. (Adrian Fielder). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides students with a series of critical insights into the economic, political, social, cultural and ecological dimensions of change at every geographical scale from the global to the local.Trade ReviewReviews of the previous edition: "A wonderfully rich and invigorating mapping of late modern geographies; essential reading for anyone striving to understand the complexity and diversity of the contemporary world at the end of the twentieth century - Geographies of Global Change is clearly written, rigorously argued, and gripping reading. It redefines what we mean by a "textbook" and sets new standards for teachers and students alike." John Pickles, Professor of Geography, University of Kentucky. "This book is a remarkably coherent collection and altogether a significant accomplishment. It is notable for the high standards achieved by the individual contributions and also for the contemporary relevances of the arguments marshalled. Accessible and informative, it should be indispensable reading for every geography major. Teachers will enjoy using it. Editors and authors alike are to congratulated on an impressive achievement." Kevin R Cox, Professor of Geography, The Ohio State University. "There is no better text for helping to grasp the breadth of issues implied by global change, and for getting a sense of what needs to be done." Neil Smith, Professor of Geography, Rutgers University. Second edition- "This is an excellent collection which more than maintains the high standards of the first edition... has been expanded and revised to take into account changes over the last six years, changes that are substantive in character, as well as changes in emphasis in the ongoing and broader debate about globalization. Always clear in its arguments, it takes the fertile theme of globalization in all its variety of expression, to demonstrate the many and nuanced ways in which geography matters. It will appeal particularly to undergraduates but it is a book from which we can all learn something." Kevin Cox, Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgement. 1. Geography/Globalization. (Peter J. Taylor, Michael J Watts, and R J Johnston). Part I: Geoeconomic Change. 2. A Hyperactive World. (Nigel Thrift). 3. Trading Worlds. (Peter Dicken). 4. From Farming to Agribusiness: Global Agri-food Networks. (Sarah Whatmore). 5. Transnational Corporations and Global Divisions of Labor. (Richard Wright). 6. Global Change in a World of Organized Labor. (Andrew Herod). 7. Trajectories of Development Theory: Capitalism, Socialism and Beyond. (David Slater). Part II: Geopolitical Change. 8. Democracy and Human Rights After the Cold War. (John Agnew). 9. The Renaissance of Nationalism. (Nuala C. Johnson). 10. Global Regulation and Trans-state Organization. (Susan M. Roberts). 11. The Rise of the Workfare State. (Joe Painter). 12. Post-Cold War Geopolitics: Contrasting Superpowers in a World of Global Dangers. (Gerard OTualhail). Part III: Geosocial Change. 13. Population Crisis: From Global to Local. (Elspeth Graham and Paul Boyle). 14. Global Change and Patterns of Death and Disease. (John Eyles). 15. Changing Women's Status in a Global Economy. (Susan Christopherson). 16. Stuck in Place: Children in the Globalization of Social Reproduction. (Cindi Katz). 17. Race and Globalization. (Ruth Wilson Gilmore). Part IV: Geocultural Change. 18. Consumption in the Globalizing World. (Peter Jackson). 19. Understanding Diversity: The Problem of/for “Theory”. (Linda McDowell). 20. Resisting and Reshaping Destructive Development: Social Movements and Globalizing Networks. (Paul Routledge). 21. World Cities and the Organization of Global Space. (Paul L. Knox). 22. The Emerging Geographies of Cyberspace. (Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge). Part V: Geoenvironmental Change. 23.The Earth Transformed: Trends, Trajectories, and Patterns. (William B. Meyer and B. L. Turner II). 24.The Earth as Input: Resources. (Jody Emel, Gavin Bridge, and Rob Krueger). 25.The Earth as Output: Pollution. (David K. C. Jones). 26.Sustainable Development? (W.M Adams). 27.Environmental Governance. (Simon Dalby). Part VI: Conclusion. 28. Remapping the World. What sort of map? What sort of world? (Peter J Taylor, Michael J Watts, and R J Johnston). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis text aims to provide a contemporary, multi-disciplinary analysis of how the study of urban society is likely to develop during the next millennium. Topics and theories investigated include the widespread influence of political economy perspectives and other non-Marxist approaches.Trade Review"Many anthologies on the city exist, but only a few contain both cutting-edge theoretical essays and rich empirical studies. The latter focus on cities outside the Western urban canon and will make Understanding the City even more attractive to urban scholars." Professor R. Beauregard, New School University Understanding the city is an engaging read for those grappling with new theoretical and conceptual questions about how cities function.....the essays in this book provide an excellent foundation for new levels of discourse on urban enviroments and city life." AreaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations viii List of Tables ix List of Contributors x Series Editors’ Preface xv Preface xvii Part I: Introduction 1 1 Understanding the City 3John Eade and Christopher Mele Part II: A Middle Ground? Difference, Social Justice, and the City 25 2 Rescripting Cities with Difference 27Ruth Fincher, Jane M. Jacobs, and Kay Anderson 3 The Public City 49Sophie Watson 4 Social Justice and the South African City 66David M. Smith 5 The Dangerous Others: Changing Views on Urban Risks and Violence in France and the United States 82Sophie Body-Gendrot Part III: The Global and Local, the Information Age, and American Metropolitan Development 107 6 Power in Place: Retheorizing the Local and the Global 109Michael Peter Smith 7 Depoliticizing Globalization: From Neo-Marxism to the Network Society of Manuel Castells 131Peter Marcuse 8 Urban Analysis as Merchandising: The “LA School” and the Understanding of Metropolitan Development 159Mark Gottdiener Part IV: Urban Research in Particular Regions of the Globe 181 9 State Socialism, Post-socialism, and their Urban Patterns: Theorizing the Central and Eastern European Experience 183Chris Pickvance 10 The China Difference: City Studies Under Socialism and Beyond 204Dorothy J. Solinger and Kam Wing Chan 11 Economic Miracles and Megacities: The Japanese Model and Urbanization in East and Southeast Asia 222J. S. Eades Part V: Urban Processes and City Contexts: India and the Middle East 245 12 Cities of the Past and Cities of the Future: Theorizing the Indian Metropolis of Bangalore 247Smriti Srinivas 13 The Syntax of Jerusalem: Urban Morphology, Culture, and Power 278Shlomo Hasson 14 Muslim Civil Society in Urban Public Spaces: Globalization, Discursive Shifts, and Social Movements 305Paul M. Lubeck and Bryana Britts Part VI: Urban Processes and City Contexts: The United States 337 15 The Bullriders of Silicon Alley: New Media Circuits of Innovation, Speculation, and Urban Development 339Michael Indergaard 16 Fear and Lusting in Las Vegas and New York: Sex, Political Economy, and Public Space 363Alexander J. Reichl 17 Efficacy or Legitimacy of Community Power? A Reassessment of Corporate Elites in Urban Studies 379Leonard Nevarez 18 Dream Factory Redux: Mass Culture, Symbolic Sites, and Redevelopment in Hollywood 397Jan Lin Index 419

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Book SynopsisThis cutting--edge, multi--disciplinary analysis looks ahead to the direction which urban studies is likely to take during the twenty--first century.Trade Review"Many anthologies on the city exist, but only a few contain both cutting-edge theoretical essays and rich empirical studies. The latter focus on cities outside the Western urban canon and will make Understanding the City even more attractive to urban scholars." Professor R. Beauregard, New School University Understanding the city is an engaging read for those grappling with new theoretical and conceptual questions about how cities function.....the essays in this book provide an excellent foundation for new levels of discourse on urban enviroments and city life." AreaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations viii List of Tables ix List of Contributors x Series Editors’ Preface xv Preface xvii Part I: Introduction 1 1 Understanding the City 3John Eade and Christopher Mele Part II: A Middle Ground? Difference, Social Justice, and the City 25 2 Rescripting Cities with Difference 27Ruth Fincher, Jane M. Jacobs, and Kay Anderson 3 The Public City 49Sophie Watson 4 Social Justice and the South African City 66David M. Smith 5 The Dangerous Others: Changing Views on Urban Risks and Violence in France and the United States 82Sophie Body-Gendrot Part III: The Global and Local, the Information Age, and American Metropolitan Development 107 6 Power in Place: Retheorizing the Local and the Global 109Michael Peter Smith 7 Depoliticizing Globalization: From Neo-Marxism to the Network Society of Manuel Castells 131Peter Marcuse 8 Urban Analysis as Merchandising: The “LA School” and the Understanding of Metropolitan Development 159Mark Gottdiener Part IV: Urban Research in Particular Regions of the Globe 181 9 State Socialism, Post-socialism, and their Urban Patterns: Theorizing the Central and Eastern European Experience 183Chris Pickvance 10 The China Difference: City Studies Under Socialism and Beyond 204Dorothy J. Solinger and Kam Wing Chan 11 Economic Miracles and Megacities: The Japanese Model and Urbanization in East and Southeast Asia 222J. S. Eades Part V: Urban Processes and City Contexts: India and the Middle East 245 12 Cities of the Past and Cities of the Future: Theorizing the Indian Metropolis of Bangalore 247Smriti Srinivas 13 The Syntax of Jerusalem: Urban Morphology, Culture, and Power 278Shlomo Hasson 14 Muslim Civil Society in Urban Public Spaces: Globalization, Discursive Shifts, and Social Movements 305Paul M. Lubeck and Bryana Britts Part VI: Urban Processes and City Contexts: The United States 337 15 The Bullriders of Silicon Alley: New Media Circuits of Innovation, Speculation, and Urban Development 339Michael Indergaard 16 Fear and Lusting in Las Vegas and New York: Sex, Political Economy, and Public Space 363Alexander J. Reichl 17 Efficacy or Legitimacy of Community Power? A Reassessment of Corporate Elites in Urban Studies 379Leonard Nevarez 18 Dream Factory Redux: Mass Culture, Symbolic Sites, and Redevelopment in Hollywood 397Jan Lin Index 419

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of this text provided a geographic perspective on how the production and consumption of tourism are reshaping human and physical environments. This edition builds on this, updating the material to reflect the changes that have taken place within tourism geography recently.Trade ReviewThis new edition is particularly valuable for its erudite and succinct discussion of theoretical developments in the study of tourism and leisure. The empirical examples are wide ranging and the book will be a key text for students from a wide range of disciplines who wish to understand the many social and environmental challenges arising from contemporary tourism and leisure activity. Professor Andrew Church, University of Brighton. "The many examples are wide ranging and hence it should provide a key text for students from a wide range of disciplines who wish to understand the many social challenges arising from contemporary tourism and leisure activity. [...] The text offers a vital contribution of the problems and issues facing modern tourism." International Journal of Environmental StudiesTable of ContentsList of Tables. List of Boxes. List of Figures. Preface to the Second Edition. Part I: An Approach to Tourism:. 1. Introduction. 2. The International Dimension. Part II: Access to Tourism Consumption:. 3. Social Access to Tourism and Leisure. 4. Tourist Motivation and Behaviour. Part III: The Production of Tourism Services:. 5. The Tourism and Leisure Industries. 6. Tourism and Entrepreneurship. 7. Tourism, Employment and Labour Markets. Part IV: Tourism Environments:. 8. Tourism and Leisure Environments. 9. Mass Tourism. 10. Urban Tourism. 11. Rural Tourism. 12. Tourism and the Environment: the Challenge of Sustainable Tourism. Bibliography. Recommended Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of this text provided a geographic perspective on how the production and consumption of tourism are reshaping human and physical environments. This edition builds on this, updating the material to reflect the changes that have taken place within tourism geography recently.Trade ReviewThis new edition is particularly valuable for its erudite and succinct discussion of theoretical developments in the study of tourism and leisure. The empirical examples are wide ranging and the book will be a key text for students from a wide range of disciplines who wish to understand the many social and environmental challenges arising from contemporary tourism and leisure activity. Professor Andrew Church, University of Brighton. "The many examples are wide ranging and hence it should provide a key text for students from a wide range of disciplines who wish to understand the many social challenges arising from contemporary tourism and leisure activity. [...] The text offers a vital contribution of the problems and issues facing modern tourism." International Journal of Environmental StudiesTable of ContentsList of Tables. List of Boxes. List of Figures. Preface to the Second Edition. Part I: An Approach to Tourism:. 1. Introduction. 2. The International Dimension. Part II: Access to Tourism Consumption:. 3. Social Access to Tourism and Leisure. 4. Tourist Motivation and Behaviour. Part III: The Production of Tourism Services:. 5. The Tourism and Leisure Industries. 6. Tourism and Entrepreneurship. 7. Tourism, Employment and Labour Markets. Part IV: Tourism Environments:. 8. Tourism and Leisure Environments. 9. Mass Tourism. 10. Urban Tourism. 11. Rural Tourism. 12. Tourism and the Environment: the Challenge of Sustainable Tourism. Bibliography. Recommended Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Transnational Capitalist Class provides theoretically informed empirical research to explain the process of globalization from the viewpoint of the corporations themselves. Through personal interviews with executives and managers from over eighty Fortune Global 500 corporations, Sklair demonstrates how globalization works from the perspective of those who control and oppose the major globalizing corporations and their allies in government and the media. Sklair''s unique approach brings a fresh perspective to what has become a key debate of our time.Trade Review"It will henceforth be difficult to theorize globalization without this rich storehouse of information about the global corporations and their role in the current world system." Fredric Jameson, Duke University "This is a pioneering and innovative study of an aspect of globalization that is rarely treated in any systematic way. Through a judicious mix of conceptual argument and empirical analysis, Leslie Sklair's stimulating and highly readable book lays bare the anatomy of the increasingly significant transnational capitalist class. Highly recommended." Peter Dicken, University of Manchester "This book provides a stocktaking of the drivers of globalization worldwide, emphasizing the coherence of the process but also its contradictions, particularly those associated with economic inequality and environmental stress." Journal of Australian Political Economy "The entire process of globalization is fraught with conflicts and new alliances between groups, be they based in corporations, government or social movements. In the end, Sklair does a superb job of depicting which group is dominant in this process and how it vigorously defends its interests from attacks against the culture-ideology of consumerism." International Sociology "In making his case, Sklair takes a strong position to critique TNC and he pulls no punches. For this reason, he has given us a very important standpoint, along with abundant evidence to sustain his position. But whatever one's position, this book will have a major place in the academic debates." Lauren Langman, Loyola University of Chicago, Theory and Society 31, 2002Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Preface and Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction:. Global System Theory. Four Propositions on the Transnational Capitalist Class. Structure of the Book. 2. Globalizing Class Theory:. Theorizing the Dominant Class. Structure and Dynamics of the Transnational Capitalist Class. Dominant Classes and Dominated Groups. 'National' Interest and the 'National' Economy. 3. Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy:. The Global Economy and the Fortune Global 500. Consumer Goods and Services. Financial Services. Heavy Industries. Infrastructure. Electronics. From 'National Companies with Units Abroad' to Globalizing Corporations. Global 500 Consumer Goods and Services Corporations. Global 500 Financial Services Corporations. Global 500 Heavy Industries Corporations. Global 500 Infrastructure Corporations. Global 500 Electronics Corporations. The Non-respondents. Conclusions. 4. Corporate Elites and the Transformation of Foreign Investment:. The Transformation of Foreign Investment. Global Brands. The Regulatory Climate. Phases of Foreign Investment. The Home Base and Foreign Investment: The Case of NAFTA. Disinvestment. Foreign Investment as a Globalizing Practice. 5. World Best Practice, Benchmarking and National Competitiveness:. World Best Practice, Benchmarking, and Globalization. Industry Benchmarking. Global Programme Benchmarking: Six Sigma and the Quest for Perfection. Politicians, Professionals and the 'Competitiveness of Nations'. World Best Practice as a Globalizing Practice. 6. Global Corporate Citizenship:. Regulating the Corporations: History and Theory. Employee Relations. Corporate Philanthropy and Community Development. Safety and Health of Consumers and Citizens. Corporate Citizenship as a Globalizing Practice: Deconstructing Shell. 7. The Transnational Capitalist Class and the Struggle for the Environment:. History and Theory of Corporate Environmentalism. Corporate Capture of the Environmental Movement or Constructive Dialogue: the Creation of a Sustainable Development Historical Bloc. Environmental Policies and Practices of Major Corporations. Procter and Gamble. Mitsubishi. Monsanto. Intel. Dow. RTZ (Rio Tinto). BHP. BP (BP Amoco). Sustainable Development as a Globalizing Ideology. 8. Global Vision and the Culture-Ideology of Consumerism:. Consumer-Oriented Global Visions for Humanity. Industry-Oriented Global Visions. Organization-Oriented Global Visions. The Visionary Executive. Global Vision as a Globalizing Practice. 9. Conclusion:. Appendix 1: Fortune Global 500 Corporations (and Subsidiaries) Interviewed, by Business Sector. Appendix 2: Other Corporations and Organizations Interviewed. References. General Index. Author Index.

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Book SynopsisThe issue of geographic scale has fundamentally shaped the intellectual agenda of critical human geography over the last decade and this text aims to provide a synthesis of the growing literature on the problem of scale.Trade Review"Anyone who has grown weary of the shallow and circular globalization debate, and the political fatalism that it breeds, should read this book. Pushing beyond the conception of globalization as a force of nature, the contributors to this volume ask a series of fresh and provocative questions about geographical scale, its social relations, and its political construction. But rather than simply asking the scale question, Power, Politics, and Geography explores the answers. It is the best collection yet on the theory and praxis of geographical scale.“ Jamie Peck, Professor of Geography and Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison This exciting book levers open a space for a politics that regards space as a living thing rather than a dead backdrop. In doing so, it challenges a whole series of preconceptions about what politics is or might be, and begins to formulate means of eating away at the foundations of concepts like globalization that so often are used by the powerful to peddle one world fits all solutions.” Professor Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol "The book sets out to be an intervention in, and make a contribution to, a growing literature on questions of scale, rescaling, and politics of scale [...] this book is a welcome addition to what remains a very fertile and promising debate" Erik Swyngedouw, Environment and Planning “Herod and Wright’s book is well organized and coherent … [Geographies of Power: Placing Scale] provides a useful overview of the new conceptualizations of geographical scale that are being developed by radical geographers.” American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Placing Scale: An Introduction. (Andrew Herod and Melissa W. Wright). Part I: Theorizing Scale. Introduction: Theorizing Scale. (Andrew Herod and Melissa W. Wright). 1. Beyond Global vs. Local: Economic Politics Outside the Binary Frame. (J. K. Gibson-Graham). 2. The Urban as an Object of Study in Global Cities Literatures: Representational Practices and Conceptions of Place and Scale. (Eugene J. McCann). 3. “Globalization,” the “Regulation Approach,” and the Politics of Scale. (Kevin Cox). 4. Retheorizing the Scale of Globalization: Topologies, Actor-Networks, and Cosmopolitanism. (Alan Latham). Part II: Rhetoric of Scale. Introduction: Rhetoric of Scale. (Andrew Herod and Melissa W. Wright). 5. “Adventure Travel for the Mind’’: Analyzing the United States Virtual Trade Mission’s Promotion of Globalization through Discourse and Corporate Media Strategies. (Ken Hillis, Michael Petit, and Altha J. Cravey). 6. Popular Culture, Academic Discourse, and the Incongruities of Scale. (Andrew Kirby). 7. Maintaining National Identity at the Border: Scale, Masculinity, and the Policing of Immigration in Southern California. (Susan P. Mains). Part III: Scales of Praxis. Introduction: Scales of Praxis. (Andrew Herod and Melissa W. Wright). 8. Contested Landscapes of Labor: Rival Unionism in the Farm Implements Industry. (Jeff Crump). 9. The Politics of Environmental Justice as the Politics of Scale: St. James Parish, Louisiana and the Shintech Siting Controversy. (Hilda Kurtz). 10. Networks, Governance, and the Politics of Scale: Inter-Urban Networks and the European Union. (Helga Leitner, Claire Pavlik, and Eric Sheppard). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection brings together some of the most authoritative voices in contemporary debates in geography: Michael Dear, Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Cindy Katz, Don Mitchell, Gunnar Olsson, Neil Smith and Edward Soja to address the question of ''praxis'' within broader discussions of the postmodern in geography.Trade Review"A fine collection documenting the twists and turns of the debates on postmodernism in geography and urban studies. False god or saviour? You will find both views here. You will also find many fascinating intellectual moments - and not a little controversy." Professor Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol "This impressive anthology brings together the warring factions of American geographical theory - Marxism versus Postmodernism. Key figures of the Italian geographical tradition contribute a bold initiative to move geographical debates into line with current scientific standards. Their work, rarely available in English, is a 'must read' for those concerned with the representation of global flows and with cartographic practice." Professor Rob Shields, Carleton University "What is perhaps genuinely new about the book is its introduction of a number of Italian geographers' 'takes' on the topic, including Giuseppe Dematteis, Franco Farinelli, Vincenzo Guarrasi and Claudio Minca." Eric Laurier, University of Glasgow, Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 26Table of ContentsPreface. (Claudio Minca). 1. The Post Modern Turn. (Michael Dear). Part I: Cities. 2. Exploring the Postmetropolis. (Edward W. Soja). 3. Postmodern Geographical Praxis? Postmodern Impulse and the War against Homeless People in the "Post-Justice" City. (Don Mitchell). 4. Hiding the Target: Social Reproduction in the Privatized Urban Environment. (Cindi Katz). Part II: Scales. 5. Shifting Cities. (Giuseppe Dematteis). 6. Adventures of a Barong: A Worm's-Eye View of Global Formation. (Steven Flusty). 7. Rescaling Politics: Geography, Globalism and the New Urbanism. (Neil Smith). Part III: Mappings. 8. Millenial Geographics. (Denis Cosgrove and Luciana De Lima Martins). 9. Postmodern Temptations. (Claudio Minca). 10. Paradoxes of Modern and Postmodern Geography: Heterotopia of Landscape and Cartographic Logic. (Vincenzo Guarrasi). 11. Mapping the Global, or the Metaquantum Economics of Myth. (Franco Farinelli) 12. Washed in a Washing Machine™. (Gunnar Olsson). Afterword. (Edward W. Soja). Index.

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Book SynopsisUrbanization and urban development are the focus of this account which introduces readers to the changes now taking place in Chinese cities. Its approach links the visible changes in urban life to changes in the larger political economy of China.Trade Review"A valuable and timely addition to the expanding Chinese city studies." Kam Wing Chan, University of Washington "During the past two decades urban China has undergone a remarkable transformation as the old system of central planning has given way to domestic and international market forces. A once-distinctive model of urbanism is being replaced by something entirely new. Logan and his collaborators provide a highly disciplined, coherent, state of the art examination of these changes through detailed studies of migration, housing reform, community change and other vital topics." Andrew Walder, Stanford University "This book is a timely and valuable contribution to our understanding of changing China and the urban developmental process." Yehua Dennis Wei, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. Part I: Introduction to the New Chinese City:. 1. Three Challenges for the Chinese City: Globalization, Migration and Market Reform: John R Logan (University of Albany). 2. The Present Situation and Prospective Development of the Shanghai Urban Community: Duo Wu (East China Normal University) and Taibin Li (Shanghai Young Administrative Cadres College). 3. The Development of the Chinese Metropolis in the Period of Transition: Xiaopei Yan (Zhongshan University), Li Jia (Zhongshan University), Jianping Li (Zhongshan University) and Jizhuan Weng (Zhongshan University). Part II: Globalization and Urban Development:. 4. The Prospect of International Cities in China: Yixing Zhou (Peking University). 5. An Entrepreneurial City in Action: Emerging Strategies for (Inter-) Urban Competition in Hong Kong: Ngai-Ling Sum (University of Lancaster). 6. The Hong Kong/Pearl River Delta Urban Region: An Emerging Transnational Mode of Regulation or Just Muddling Through?: Alan Smart (University of Calgary). 7. The State, Capital, and Urban Restructuring in Post-Reform Shanghai: Zhengji Fu (King's College London). 8. The Transformation of Suzhou: The Case of the Collaboration between the China and Singapore Governments and Transnational Corporations (1992-1999): Alexius Pereira (National University of Singapore). Part III: Market Reform and the New Processes fo Urban Development:. 9. Market Transition and the Commodification of Housing in Urban China: Min Zhou (University of California at Los Angeles) and John R Logan (University of Albany). 10. Real Estate Development and the Transformation of Urban Space in Chinese Transitional Economy: With Special Reference to Shanghai: Fulong Wu (University of Southampton). 11. Social Research and the Localization of Chinese Urban Planning Practice: Some Ideas from Quanzhou, Fujian: Daniel B Abramson (University of British Colombia), Michael Leaf (University of British Colombia) and Tan Ying (formerly Tsinghua University). Part IV: Urban Impacts of Migration:. 12. Migrant Enclaves in Chinese Large Cities: Fan Jie (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking Normal University) and Wolfgang Taubmann (University of Bremen). 13. Social Polarization and Segregation in Beijing: Chaolin Gu (Nanjing University) and Haiyong Liu (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). 14. Temporary Migrants in Shanghai: Housing and Settlement Patterns: Weiping Wu (Virginia Commonwealth University). Part V: Urbanization of the Countryside:. 15. Return Migrant Entrepreneurs and Economic Diversification in Two Counties in South Jiangxi, China: Rachel Murphy (University of Cambridge). 16. Region-Based Urbanization in Post-Reform China: Spatial Restructuring in the Pearl River Delta: George C S Lin (The University of Hong Kong). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisUrbanization and urban development are the focus of this account which introduces readers to the changes now taking place in Chinese cities. Its approach links the visible changes in urban life to changes in the larger political economy of China.Trade Review"A valuable and timely addition to the expanding Chinese city studies." Kam Wing Chan, University of Washington "During the past two decades urban China has undergone a remarkable transformation as the old system of central planning has given way to domestic and international market forces. A once-distinctive model of urbanism is being replaced by something entirely new. Logan and his collaborators provide a highly disciplined, coherent, state of the art examination of these changes through detailed studies of migration, housing reform, community change and other vital topics." Andrew Walder, Stanford University "This book is a timely and valuable contribution to our understanding of changing China and the urban developmental process." Yehua Dennis Wei, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. Part I: Introduction to the New Chinese City:. 1. Three Challenges for the Chinese City: Globalization, Migration and Market Reform: John R Logan (University of Albany). 2. The Present Situation and Prospective Development of the Shanghai Urban Community: Duo Wu (East China Normal University) and Taibin Li (Shanghai Young Administrative Cadres College). 3. The Development of the Chinese Metropolis in the Period of Transition: Xiaopei Yan (Zhongshan University), Li Jia (Zhongshan University), Jianping Li (Zhongshan University) and Jizhuan Weng (Zhongshan University). Part II: Globalization and Urban Development:. 4. The Prospect of International Cities in China: Yixing Zhou (Peking University). 5. An Entrepreneurial City in Action: Emerging Strategies for (Inter-) Urban Competition in Hong Kong: Ngai-Ling Sum (University of Lancaster). 6. The Hong Kong/Pearl River Delta Urban Region: An Emerging Transnational Mode of Regulation or Just Muddling Through?: Alan Smart (University of Calgary). 7. The State, Capital, and Urban Restructuring in Post-Reform Shanghai: Zhengji Fu (King's College London). 8. The Transformation of Suzhou: The Case of the Collaboration between the China and Singapore Governments and Transnational Corporations (1992-1999): Alexius Pereira (National University of Singapore). Part III: Market Reform and the New Processes fo Urban Development:. 9. Market Transition and the Commodification of Housing in Urban China: Min Zhou (University of California at Los Angeles) and John R Logan (University of Albany). 10. Real Estate Development and the Transformation of Urban Space in Chinese Transitional Economy: With Special Reference to Shanghai: Fulong Wu (University of Southampton). 11. Social Research and the Localization of Chinese Urban Planning Practice: Some Ideas from Quanzhou, Fujian: Daniel B Abramson (University of British Colombia), Michael Leaf (University of British Colombia) and Tan Ying (formerly Tsinghua University). Part IV: Urban Impacts of Migration:. 12. Migrant Enclaves in Chinese Large Cities: Fan Jie (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking Normal University) and Wolfgang Taubmann (University of Bremen). 13. Social Polarization and Segregation in Beijing: Chaolin Gu (Nanjing University) and Haiyong Liu (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). 14. Temporary Migrants in Shanghai: Housing and Settlement Patterns: Weiping Wu (Virginia Commonwealth University). Part V: Urbanization of the Countryside:. 15. Return Migrant Entrepreneurs and Economic Diversification in Two Counties in South Jiangxi, China: Rachel Murphy (University of Cambridge). 16. Region-Based Urbanization in Post-Reform China: Spatial Restructuring in the Pearl River Delta: George C S Lin (The University of Hong Kong). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking, interdisciplinary volume brings together diverse analyses of state space in historical and contemporary capitalism. The first volume to present an accessible yet challenging overview of the changing geographies of state power under capitalism. A unique, interdisciplinary collection of contributions by major theorists and analysts of state spatial restructuring in the current era. Investigates some of the new political spaces that are emerging under contemporary conditions of globalization''. Explores state restructuring on multiple spatial scales, and from a range of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives. Covers a range of topical issues in contemporary geographical political economy. Contains case study material on Western Europe, North America and East Asia, as well as parts of Africa and South America. Trade Review"This useful and interesting reader addresses an emergent research agenda on the production and transformation of state space" Johanna Kantola, Univeristy of BristolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: State Space in Question: Neil Brenner, Bob Jessop, Martin Jones, Gordon MacLeod (New York University; Lancaster University; University of Wales Aberystwyth; University of Durham). Part I: Theoretical Foundations:. 1 Exploration, Cartography and the Modernization of State Power: Marcelo Escolar (Director of the Institute de Geografía). 2 The Autonomous Power of the State: Michael Mann (University of Virginia). 3 The Nation: Nicos Poulantzas. 4 Space and the State: Henri Lefebrve. 5 The State as Container: Territoriality in the Modern World System: Peter J. Taylor (University of Newcastle). Part II: Remaking State Territorialities:. 6 The State of Globalization: Towards a Theory of State Transformation: Martin Shaw (University of Sussex). 7 The Rise of East Asia and the Withering Away of the Interstate System: Giovanni Arrighi (The Johns Hopkins University). 8 The Struggle over European Order: Transnational Class Agency in the Making of 'Embedded Neo-Liberalism'': Bastian Van Apeldoorn. 9 The Imagined Economy: Mapping Transformations in the Contemporary State: Angus Cameron and Ronen Palan (University of Leicester; University of Sussex). 10 Debordering the World of States Towards a Multi-Level System in Europe and a Multi-Polity System in North America? Insights from Border Regions: Joachim K. Blatter (University of Konstanz). 11 Re-articulating Spatial Scale and Temporal Horizons of Trans-border Spaces: Ngai-Ling Sum (University of Lancashire). Part III: Reshaping Political Spaces:. 12 Remaking Scale: Competition and Cooperation in Prenational and Postnational Europe: Neil Smith (Graduate Center and Hunter College). 13 The National and the Regional: Their Autonomy vis-à-vis the Capitalist World Crisis: Alain Lipietz. 14 The Invention of Regions: political restructuring and territorial government in Western Europe: Michael Keating. 15 Globalization Makes States: Local Governance in the Age of the World City: Roger Keil. 16 Cities and Citizenship: James Holston and Arjun Appadurai (University of California, San Diego: University of Chicago). 17 Citizenship, Territoriality and the Gendered Construction of Difference: Nira Yuval-Davis. 18 Shadows and Sovereigns: Caroline Nordstrom. Subject Index. Name Index.

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Cultural Geography brings together original contributions from 35 distinguished international scholars to provide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential field of study.Trade Review"Finally, a text that brings the major contributions of the ‘new cultural geography’ and its relationship to cultural studies into rich relief. A Companion to Cultural Geography comprises a series of outstanding essays on contemporary cultural geographies of nature, identity, landscape, and power. Each of the essays engages with broader debates in cultural studies and social theory, and with the role of theory, methodology and practice in contemporary human geography. This Companion will be invaluable to students, teachers, and researchers alike." John Pickles, UNC Chapel Hill "A Companion to Cultural Geography provides excellent company for a range of journeys that cultural geographers may be planning to embark upon... This is a book that academics cultural geographers will want to have on their bookshelves, and on the shelves of their libraries, as a resource for themselves and their senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, because these companions will speed many an academic journey." Cultural GeographiesTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii List of Figures and Tables xiii 1 Introduction 1James S. Duncan, Nuala C. Johnson, and Richard H. Schein Part I Introducing Cultural Geographies 9 2 Cultural Traditions 11Richard H. Schein 3 Cultural Turns 24Heidi Scott 4 A Critique of the Cultural Turn 38Clive Barnett Part II Theoretical Intersections 49 5 Historical Materialism and Marxism 51Don Mitchell 6 Feminisms 66Joanne Sharp 7 Poststructuralism 79Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones III 8 Psychoanalytic Approaches 108Paul Kingsbury 9 Performance and Performativity: A Geography of Unknown Lands 121Nigel Thrift Part III Nature/Culture 137 10 Cultures of Science 139David N. Livingstone 11 Nature and Culture: On the Career of a False Problem 151Bruce Braun 12 Cultural Ecology 180Paul Robbins 13 Environmental History 194Gerry Kearns 14 Ethics and the Human Environment 209Jonathan M. Smith Part IV Culture And Identity 221 15 Nationalism 223John Agnew 16 Critical ‘Race’ Approaches to Cultural Geography 238Audrey Kobayashi 17 Social Class 250Nancy Duncan and Stephen Legg 18 Sexuality 265Richard Phillips 19 The Body 279Michael Landzelius 20 Consumption 298James Kneale and Claire Dwyer 21 Public Memory 316Nuala C. Johnson Part V Landscapes 329 22 Economic Landscapes 331Susan Roberts 23 Political Landscapes 347Karen E. Till 24 Religious Landscapes 365Lily Kong 25 Landscapes of Home 382James S. Duncan and David Lambert 26 Landscapes of Childhood and Youth 404Elizabeth A. Gagen 27 Landscape in Film 420Robert Shannan Peckham 28 Landscape and Art 430Stephen Daniels Part VI Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 447 29 Imperial Geographies 449Daniel Clayton 30 Postcolonial Geographies 469James R. Ryan 31 Diaspora 485Carl Dahlman 32 Transnationalism 499Cheryl McEwan Index 513

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first contemporary book to compare and integrate the various ways geographers think about and use scale across the spectrum of the discipline and includes state-of-the-art contributions by authoritative human geographers, physical geographers and GIS specialists. Provides a state of the art survey of how geographers think about scale. Brings together recent interest in scale in human and physical geography, as well as geographic information science Places competing concepts of scale side by side in order to compare them. The introduction and conclusion, by the editors, explores the common ground. Trade Review"…engages incisively with what consideration of scale can offer to a wide range of crucial social, physical, and cartographic issues – from environmental monitoring to urban development – and provides an essential starting point in terms of the uses and meanings of the concept." John Agnew, University of California Los Angeles "This volume is both timely and welcome. As society faces a new world order that reflects the increasing tension and simultaneity between local and global forces, it is essential to lay the foundations toward a comprehensive ‘theory of scale’. This volume, through its integration and contemplation of disparate ideas drawn from the spectrum of geographical perspectives, is a crucial first step toward that grand agenda." Bernie Bauer, University of Southern California "This is a fascinating book...it covers an intimidating array of subjects but shows how one aspect - scale - can affect all of them in surprisingly similar ways. The depth and breadth of coverage makes the text an invaluable one." Dr Paul Ganderton, Teaching Ecology News. "This book is important reading for all geographers based on its catholic content and because it provides a lens into our diverse discipline. Few edited collections contain such consistently strong chapters. Scale and Geographic Enquiry is recommended for all geographers, especially graduate students and their instructors." The Geographical JournalTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction: Scale And Geographic Inquiry: Robert B. Mcmaster And Eric Sheppard (University Of Minnesota, University Of Minnesota). 1. Fractals And Scale In Environmental Assessment And Monitoring: Nina Siu-Ngan Lam (Louisiana State University). 2. Population And Environment Interactions: Spatial Considerations In Landscape Characterization And Modeling: Stephen J. Walsh, Kelley A. Crews-Meyer, Thomas W. Crawford, William F. Welsh (University Of North Carolina, University Of Texas, Gettysburg College, University Of North Carolina). 3 Crossing The Divide: Linking Global And Local Scales In Human-Environment Systems: William E. Easterling And Colin Polsky (Penn State University, Harvard University). 4. Independence, Contingency, And Scale Linkage In Physical Geography: Jonathan D. Phillips (University Of Kentucky). 5. Embedded Scales In Biogeography: Susy S. Ziegler, Gary M. Pereira, Dwight A. Brown (All At University Of Minnesota). 6. Scaled Geographies: Nature, Place, And The Contested Politics Of Scale: Erik Swyndegouw (University Of Oxford). 7. Scales Of Cybergeography: Michael F. Goodchild (University Of California). 8. A Long Way From Home: Domesticating The Social Production Of Scale: Sallie Marston (University Of Arizona). 9. Scale Bending And The Fate Of The National: Neil Smith (City University Of New York). 10. Is There A Europe Of Cities? Peter Taylor (Loughborough University). 11. The Politics Of Scale And Networks Of Spatial Connectivity: Transnational Interurban Networks And Rescaling Of Political Governance In Europe: Helga Leitner (University Of Minnesota). 12. Scale And Geographic Inquiry: Contrasts, Intersections, And Boundaries: Robert B. Mcmaster And Eric Sheppard (University Of Minnesota, University Of Minnesota). Index.

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