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English
Wiley-Blackwell
05 August 2016
This volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion offers an indispensable overview to the field, representing both historical and contemporary perspectives.

Edited and written by the world's leading authorities in the discipline Divided into three major sections: Foundations (the history of human geography from Ancient Greece to the late nineteenth century); The Classics (the roots of modern human geography); Contemporary Approaches (current issues and themes in human geography) Each contemporary issue is examined by two contributors offering distinctive perspectives on the same theme
Edited by:   , ,
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 244mm,  Width: 170mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   934g
ISBN:   9781119250432
ISBN 10:   1119250439
Series:   Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
Pages:   624
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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).

Reviews for The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography

""Social Geography succeeds in providing useful and accessible supplementary reading for those interested in social geography."" (Choice, 1 November 2011) ""There is a small set of materials that I consider essential reading for all my graduate students who call themselves human geographers; this collection has now become one of them."" (""The AAG Review of Books,"" 10 January 2014) ""Social Geography succeeds in providing useful and accessible supplementary reading for those interested in social geography."" (Choice, 1 November 2011)


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