Häftad, Engelska, 2014
Place
An Introduction
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Thoroughly revised and updated, this text introduces students of human geography and allied disciplines to the fundamental concept of place, combining discussion about everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it. A thoroughly revised and updated edition of this highly successful short introduction to placeFeatures a new chapter on the use of place in non-geographical arenas, such as in ecological theory, art theory and practice, philosophy, and social theoryCombines discussion about everyday uses of the term 'place' with the more complex theoretical debates that have grown up around itUses familiar stories drawn from the news, popular culture, and everyday life as a way to explain abstract ideas and debatesTraces the development of the concept from the 1950s through its subsequent appropriation by cultural geographers, and the linking of place to politics
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- Utgivningsdatum: 2014-11-21
- Mått: 210 x 10 x 150 mm
- Vikt: 380 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 240
- Upplaga: 2
- Förlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- ISBN: 9780470655627
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Tim Cresswell is Professor of History and International Affairs at Northeastern University, Boston. His books include Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)and On the Move: Mobility in the Modern Western World (2006). He has also co-edited four collections, including Geographies of Mobilities: Practices, Spaces, Subjects (with Peter Merriman, 2012).
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