The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography

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

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

Autorentext

John Agnew is Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has taught at a number of universities including Syracuse University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Siena. He has authored or co-authored numerous books including Berlusconi's Italy: Mapping Contemporary Italian Politics (2008) and Globalization and Sovereignty (2009). He is co-editor of the Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography (2015). James Duncan is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has written extensively on Culture Theory and landscape interpretation in contemporary America and nineteenth century Sri Lanka. Recent publications include Landscapes of Privilege: The Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb (2004, with Nancy Duncan) and In the Shadows of the Tropics: Climate, Race and Biopower in Nineteenth Century Ceylon (2007).

Zusammenfassung
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography is an indispensable overview of the field. Unparalleled in scope and offering both historical and contemporary perspectives, this volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors x 1 Introduction 1 John A. Agnew and James S. Duncan Part I Foundations 9 2 Where Geography Came From 11 Peter Burke for David Lowenthal 3 Cosmographers, Explorers, Cartographers, Chorographers: Defining, Inscribing and Practicing Early Modern Geography, c.1450-1850 23 Robert J. Mayhew 4 Colonizing, Settling and the Origins of Academic Geography 50 Daniel Clayton Part II The Classics 71 5 German Precursors and French Challengers 73 Vincent Berdoulay 6 Creating Human Geography in the English-Speaking World 89 Ron Johnston 7 Landscape Versus Region - Part I 114 Nicolas Howe 8 Landscape Versus Region - Part II 130 Kent Mathewson 9 From Region to Space - Part I 146 Trevor J. Barnes 10 From Region to Space - Part II 161 Anssi Paasi Part III Contemporary Approaches 177 11 Nature - Part I 179 Noel Castree 12 Nature - Part II 197 Jamie Lorimer 13 Landscape - Part I 209 Don Mitchell and Carrie Breitbach 14 Landscape - Part II 221 Mitch Rose and John W. Wylie 15 Place - Part I 235 Tim Cresswell 16 Place - Part II 245 Steven Hoelscher 17 Territory - Part I 260 Stuart Elden 18 Territory - Part II 271 Jacques Lévy 19 Globalization - Part I 283 Richard Florida 20 Globalization - Part II 298 Emily Gilbert 21 World Cities - Part I 313 Carolyn Cartier 22 World Cities - Part II 325 Paul L. Knox 23 Governance - Part I 336 Wendy Larner 24 Governance - Part II 347 Stephen Legg 25 Mobility - Part I 361 David Ley 26 Mobility - Part II 373 George Revill 27 Scale and Networks - Part I 387 Andrew E.G. Jonas 28 Scales and Networks - Part II 404 John Paul Jones III, Sallie A. Marston, and Keith Woodward 29 Class - Part I 415 Andrew Herod 30 Class - Part II 426 Clive Barnett 31 Race - Part I 440 Kay Anderson 32 Race - Part II 453 Arun Saldanha 33 Sexuality - Part I 465 Natalie Oswin 34 Sexuality - Part II 475 Mary E. Thomas 35 Gender - Part I 486 Michael Landzelius 36 Gender - Part II 501 Joanne P. Sharp 37 Geopolitics - Part I 512 Phil Kelly 38 Geopolitics - Part II 523 Merje Kuus 39 Segregation - Part I 534 Larry S. Bourne and R. Alan Walks 40 Segregation - Part II 547 Steve Herbert 41 Development - Part I 559 Glyn Williams 42 Development - Part II 575 Wendy Wolford Index 588