Spatial Histories of Radical Geography

TREVOR J. BARNES is Professor of Geography and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia. ERIC SHEPPARD is Professor of Geography and the Alexander von Humboldt Chair at UCLA, and Regents Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota.

'How do you change the intellectual landscape of an entire discipline? This book answers the question, tracing the many shoots, leaves and branches of radical geography from the late 1960s onwards. It should inspire a new generation of faculty and students to believe that the smallest beginnings can, in time, build to transformative movements.'Noel Castree, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester, UK and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow, University of Wollongong, Australia 'This is an enormous gift to the discipline – a richly detailed history of radical geography. Instead of being relegated to a mere chapter in geography history texts, we can finally get a sense of how radical geography developed across different places, how it challenged mainstream geography and the difficulties it faced. Most importantly, however, it helps us understand the present.'Laura Pulido, Professor and Department Head of Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon, USA

• List of Figures ixNotes on Contributors xiSeries Editors’ Preface xviiPreface xixAcknowledgments xxiIntroduction 1Trevor J. Barnes and Eric SheppardPart I Radical Geography within North America 371 Issues of “Race” and Early Radical Geography: Our Invisible Proponents 39Audrey Kobayashi2 Myths, Cults, Memories, and Revisions in Radical Geographic History: Revisiting the Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute 59Gwendolyn C. Warren, Cindi Katz, and Nik Heynen3 Radical Paradoxes: The Making of Antipode at Clark University 87Matthew T. Huber, Chris Knudson, and Renee Tapp4 A “Necessary Stop on the Circuit”: Radical Geography at Simon Fraser University 117Nicholas Blomley and Eugene McCann5 The Life and Times of the Union of Socialist Geographers 149Linda Peake6 Baltimore as Truth Spot: David Harvey, Johns Hopkins, and Urban Activism 183Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. Barnes7 Berkeley In‐Between: Radicalizing Economic Geography 211Jamie Peck and Trevor J. Barnes8 Radical Geography in the Midwest 247Mickey Lauria, Bryan Higgins, Mark Bouman, Kent Mathewson, Trevor J. Barnes, and Eric Sheppard9 Radical Geography Goes Francophone 273Juan‐Luis KleinPart II Radical Geography beyond North America 30110 Japan: The Yada Faction versus North American Radical Geography 303Fujio Mizuoka11 The Rise and Decline of Radical Geography in South Africa 315Brij Maharaj12 The Geographies of Critical Geography: The Development of Critical Geography in Mexico 329Veronica Crossa13 “Let’s here [sic] it for the Brits, You help us here”: North American Radical Geography and British Radical Geography Education 343Joanne Norcup14 “Can these words, commonly applied to the Anglo‐Saxon social sciences, fit the French?” Circulation, Translation, and Reception of Radical Geography in the French Academic Context 357Yann CalberacConclusion 371Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. BarnesIndex 389