Description
Book SynopsisThis volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion offers an indispensable overview to the field, representing both historical and contemporary perspectives.
- Edited and written by the world''s leading authorities in the discipline
- Divided into three major sections: Foundations (the history of human geography from Ancient Greece to the late nineteenth century); The Classics (the roots of modern human geography); Contemporary Approaches (current issues and themes in human geography)
- Each contemporary issue is examined by two contributors offering distinctive perspectives on the same theme
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii
Notes on Contributors x
1 Introduction 1
John A. Agnew and James S. Duncan
Part I Foundations 9
2 Where Geography Came From 11
Peter Burke for David Lowenthal
3 Cosmographers, Explorers, Cartographers, Chorographers: Defining, Inscribing and Practicing Early Modern Geography, c.1450–1850 23
Robert J. Mayhew
4 Colonizing, Settling and the Origins of Academic Geography 50
Daniel Clayton
Part II The Classics 71
5 German Precursors and French Challengers 73
Vincent Berdoulay
6 Creating Human Geography in the English-Speaking World 89
Ron Johnston
7 Landscape Versus Region – Part I 114
Nicolas Howe
8 Landscape Versus Region – Part II 130
Kent Mathewson
9 From Region to Space – Part I 146
Trevor J. Barnes
10 From Region to Space – Part II 161
Anssi Paasi
Part III Contemporary Approaches 177
11 Nature – Part I 179
Noel Castree
12 Nature – Part II 197
Jamie Lorimer
13 Landscape – Part I 209
Don Mitchell and Carrie Breitbach
14 Landscape – Part II 221
Mitch Rose and John W. Wylie
15 Place – Part I 235
Tim Cresswell
16 Place – Part II 245
Steven Hoelscher
17 Territory – Part I 260
Stuart Elden
18 Territory – Part II 271
Jacques Lévy
19 Globalization – Part I 283
Richard Florida
20 Globalization – Part II 298
Emily Gilbert
21 World Cities – Part I 313
Carolyn Cartier
22 World Cities – Part II 325
Paul L. Knox
23 Governance – Part I 336
Wendy Larner
24 Governance – Part II 347
Stephen Legg
25 Mobility – Part I 361
David Ley
26 Mobility – Part II 373
George Revill
27 Scale and Networks – Part I 387
Andrew E.G. Jonas
28 Scales and Networks – Part II 404
John Paul Jones III, Sallie A. Marston, and Keith Woodward
29 Class – Part I 415
Andrew Herod
30 Class – Part II 426
Clive Barnett
31 Race – Part I 440
Kay Anderson
32 Race – Part II 453
Arun Saldanha
33 Sexuality – Part I 465
Natalie Oswin
34 Sexuality – Part II 475
Mary E. Thomas
35 Gender – Part I 486
Michael Landzelius
36 Gender – Part II 501
Joanne P. Sharp
37 Geopolitics – Part I 512
Phil Kelly
38 Geopolitics – Part II 523
Merje Kuus
39 Segregation – Part I 534
Larry S. Bourne and R. Alan Walks
40 Segregation – Part II 547
Steve Herbert
41 Development – Part I 559
Glyn Williams
42 Development – Part II 575
Wendy Wolford
Index 588
