Spatial Histories of Radical Geography

'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

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.

List of Figures ix Notes on Contributors xi Series Editors Preface xvii Preface xix Acknowledgments xxi Introduction 1 Trevor J. Barnes and Eric Sheppard Part I Radical Geography within North America 37 1 Issues of Race and Early Radical Geography: Our Invisible Proponents 39 Audrey Kobayashi 2 Myths, Cults, Memories, and Revisions in Radical Geographic History: Revisiting the Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute 59 Gwendolyn C. Warren, Cindi Katz, and Nik Heynen 3 Radical Paradoxes: The Making of Antipode at Clark University 87 Matthew T. Huber, Chris Knudson, and Renee Tapp 4 A Necessary Stop on the Circuit: Radical Geography at Simon Fraser University 117 Nicholas Blomley and Eugene McCann 5 The Life and Times of the Union of Socialist Geographers 149 Linda Peake 6 Baltimore as Truth Spot: David Harvey, Johns Hopkins, and Urban Activism 183 Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. Barnes 7 Berkeley InBetween: Radicalizing Economic Geography 211 Jamie Peck and Trevor J. Barnes 8 Radical Geography in the Midwest 247 Mickey Lauria, Bryan Higgins, Mark Bouman, Kent Mathewson, Trevor J. Barnes, and Eric Sheppard 9 Radical Geography Goes Francophone 273 JuanLuis Klein Part II Radical Geography beyond North America 301 10 Japan: The Yada Faction versus North American Radical Geography 303 Fujio Mizuoka 11 The Rise and Decline of Radical Geography in South Africa 315 Brij Maharaj 12 The Geographies of Critical Geography: The Development of Critical Geography in Mexico 329 Veronica Crossa 13 Lets here [sic] it for the Brits, You help us here: North American Radical Geography and British Radical Geography Education 343 Joanne Norcup 14 Can these words, commonly applied to the AngloSaxon social sciences, fit the French? Circulation, Translation, and Reception of Radical Geography in the French Academic Context 357 Yann Calberac Conclusion 371 Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. Barnes Index 389