Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography

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).

• List of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors x1 Introduction 1John A. Agnew and James S. DuncanPart I Foundations 92 Where Geography Came From 11Peter Burke for David Lowenthal3 Cosmographers, Explorers, Cartographers, Chorographers: Defining, Inscribing and Practicing Early Modern Geography, c.1450–1850 23Robert J. Mayhew4 Colonizing, Settling and the Origins of Academic Geography 50Daniel ClaytonPart II The Classics 715 German Precursors and French Challengers 73Vincent Berdoulay6 Creating Human Geography in the English-Speaking World 89Ron Johnston7 Landscape Versus Region – Part I 114Nicolas Howe8 Landscape Versus Region – Part II 130Kent Mathewson9 From Region to Space – Part I 146Trevor J. Barnes10 From Region to Space – Part II 161Anssi PaasiPart III Contemporary Approaches 17711 Nature – Part I 179Noel Castree12 Nature – Part II 197Jamie Lorimer13 Landscape – Part I 209Don Mitchell and Carrie Breitbach14 Landscape – Part II 221Mitch Rose and John W. Wylie15 Place – Part I 235Tim Cresswell16 Place – Part II 245Steven Hoelscher17 Territory – Part I 260Stuart Elden18 Territory – Part II 271Jacques Lévy19 Globalization – Part I 283Richard Florida20 Globalization – Part II 298Emily Gilbert21 World Cities – Part I 313Carolyn Cartier22 World Cities – Part II 325Paul L. Knox23 Governance – Part I 336Wendy Larner24 Governance – Part II 347Stephen Legg25 Mobility – Part I 361David Ley26 Mobility – Part II 373George Revill27 Scale and Networks – Part I 387Andrew E.G. Jonas28 Scales and Networks – Part II 404John Paul Jones III, Sallie A. Marston, and Keith Woodward29 Class – Part I 415Andrew Herod30 Class – Part II 426Clive Barnett31 Race – Part I 440Kay Anderson32 Race – Part II 453Arun Saldanha33 Sexuality – Part I 465Natalie Oswin34 Sexuality – Part II 475Mary E. Thomas35 Gender – Part I 486Michael Landzelius36 Gender – Part II 501Joanne P. Sharp37 Geopolitics – Part I 512Phil Kelly38 Geopolitics – Part II 523Merje Kuus39 Segregation – Part I 534Larry S. Bourne and R. Alan Walks40 Segregation – Part II 547Steve Herbert41 Development – Part I 559Glyn Williams42 Development – Part II 575Wendy WolfordIndex 588