Geography
History and Concepts
Fifth Edition
- Arild Holt-Jensen - University of Bergen, Norway
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April 2018 | 304 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
An accessible, definitive student introduction to geographical thought, this book takes a unique approach that encompasses environmental, historical and social perspectives. Now in its fifth edition, it includes new case studies, and revisions and updates throughout, with additional chapters expanding coverage of global subjects, poststructuralism, and the future of geography.
This text explores complex ideas in an intelligible and accessible style. Illustrated throughout with research examples and explanations in text boxes, questions for discussion at the end of each chapter and a concept glossary, this is the essential student companion to the discipline.
This text explores complex ideas in an intelligible and accessible style. Illustrated throughout with research examples and explanations in text boxes, questions for discussion at the end of each chapter and a concept glossary, this is the essential student companion to the discipline.
Chapter 1: What is Geography?
Chapter 2: The Roots of Geography
Chapter 3: From Cosmography to Institutionalized Discipline
Chapter 4: The Regional Tradition
Chapter 5: The Growth of Spatial Science
Chapter 6: Paradigms and Revolutions
Chapter 7: Positivsm and its Critics
Chapter 8: Alternatives to Spatial Science
Chapter 9: Post-structuralism and Beyond
Chapter 10: Geographical Tasks in a Globalizing World
Revisions for the 5th Edition:
- Addition of 4 chapters (previous edition only 6) to split up bulky chapters
- Chapters 9 & 10 are revitalised with addition of new co-author Pauline Couper.
- New topics of poststructuralism and Geographical Tasks in a Globalizing World (looking at the future of geography)