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Horizons in Human Geography Derek Gregory

Horizons in Human Geography par Derek Gregory

Horizons in Human Geography Derek Gregory


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Résumé

This study contains 20 specially commissioned essays which attempt to present a critical challenge to the philosophical positivism of the "New Geography". The work attempts to shed light on the relationship between human agency and social and spatial structures.

Horizons in Human Geography Résumé

Horizons in Human Geography Derek Gregory

Horizons in Human Geography brings together 20 specially commissioned essays which range over the full breadth of its subject matter presenting a critical challenge to the philosophical positivism of the New Geography. The book reflects a new theoretical pluralism in the subject but one primarily oriented to understanding the relationship between human agency and social and spatial structures.

Sommaire

Preface - Introduction: Making Geography - D.Gregory and R.Walford - ART 1 BEYOND THE QUANTITATIVE REVOLUTION - Introduction - Geography and Information Technology - M.J.Clark - Mathematical Models and Geographical Theory - A.Wilson - Philosophy, Ideology and Geography - R.J.Johnston - Differentiation and Post-Modern Human Geography - D.Gregory - -ART_2 PEOPLE AND PLACES, SOCIETIES AND SPACES - Introduction - The Geography of Everyday Life - J.Eyles - Geography is Everywhere: Culture and Symbolism in Human Landscapes - D.Cosgrove - Women, Gender and the Organization of Space - L.McDowell - Social Relations and the Geography of Material Life - R.Lee - PART 3 EXPLORATIONS IN THE CITY - Introduction - Development and Diversity in Urban Geography - K.Bassett and J.Short - Dismantling the Barriers: Past and Present in Urban Britain - R.Dennis - The Rain on the Roof: A Geography of the Urban Environment - I.Douglas - PART 4 LANDSCAPES OF PRODUCTION - Introduction - Spatial Divisions of Labour in Britain - D.Massey and R.Meegan - Agrarian Transformation in the Third World - J.Harriss and B.Harriss - Battleships and Cruisers: The New Geography of Multinational Corporations - N.Thrift and M.Taylor - PART_5 REGIONAL GEOGRAPHIES AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES - Introduction - The Error of Developmentalism in Human Geography - P.Taylor - Privilege and Place in Soviet Society - G.Smith - Debt, The Nation State and Theories of the World Economy - S.Corbridge - PART_6 POLITICISING THE ENVIRONMENT - Introduction - Natural Resources, Economy and Society - J.Rees - Politics, Practice and the New Index

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GOR004477938
9780333396124
033339612X
Horizons in Human Geography Derek Gregory
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
Palgrave Macmillan
1989-03-15
444
N/A
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