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What Is Geography?

  • ISBN-13: 9781538160787
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By Alastair Bonnett
  • Price: AUD $158.00
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  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 29/06/2023
  • Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 152 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Human geography [RGC]
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What is geography? Geography is a fundamental fascination with, and a crucial method for, understanding the way the world works. This text offers readers a short and highly accessible account of the ideas and concepts constituting geography. Drawing out the key themes that define the subject, What s Geography? demonstrates how and why these themes-like environment and geopolitics-are of fundamental importance. Including discussion of both the human and the natural realms, the text looks at key themes such as environment, space, and place-as well as geography's methods and the history of the discipline. Introductory but not simplified, What Is Geography? provides students with the ability to understand the history and context of the subject without any prior knowledge. Designed as a key transitional text for students entering undergraduate courses, this book will be of interest to all readers interested in and intrigued by the "geographical imagination."
Alastair Bonnett is professor of geography at Newcastle University and a travel writer. His books have been translated into nineteen languages and include Unruly Places; Beyond the Map; The Geography of Nostalgia; and An Uncommon Atlas. His most recent books are The Age of Islands, Multiracism, and How to be Original. Alastair lives in Newcastle, UK.
Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Why What is Geography? Chapter 2: Order and Power: To Know the World I Introduction Ordering the World Modern Geography: The World of Trade and Nations Whose Geography? Conclusion Chapter 3: People and Nature: To Know the World II Introduction Our Environment Changes, Challenges, and Defenses The Systems of Nature Conclusion Chapter 4: Urbanization and Mobility Introduction Presenting the City Urban Critics Mobilities Conclusion Chapter 5: Doing Geography Introduction To Explore To Connect To Map To Engage Geography, Children and Freedom: A Plea Chapter 6: Institutionalizing Geography Introduction Specialist Institutions Geography's Popular Institutions Conclusion Chapter 7: Future Geographies Introduction Surviving and Thriving Diverse Geographies Digital and Virtual Geographies Astrogeography: Other Worlds, New Comparisons, and New Conflicts Conclusions: A Planet of Geographers Postscript: What is Geography? Notes Bibliography About the Author Index
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