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1 online resource (449 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Social and Cultural Geography |
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Routledge library editions. Social and cultural geography.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Copyright Page; Foreword; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Epigraph; Introduction: humanism and historical materialism in contemporary social geography; Section I: Issues; 1 The social and economic imperatives of restructuring: a geographic perspective; 2 Restructuring the relations of work and life: women as environmental actors, feminism as geographic analysis; 3 Theory, hypothesis, explanation and action: the example of urban planning; 4 Synthesis in human geography: a demonstration of historical materialism |
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Section II: Methods5 Quantitative techniques and humanistic -historical materialist perspectives; 6 Theory and measurement in historical materialism; 7 Structure and agency in economic geography and theories of economic value; 8 Responsive methods, geographical imagination and the study of landscapes; 9 A critique of dialectical landscape; Section III: Directions; 10 Historical considerations of humanism, historical materialism and geography; 11 On the dialogue between humanism and historical materialism in geography; 12 Fragmentation, coherence, and limits to theory in human geography |
| Summary |
This book highlights the increasingly important contribution of geographical theory to the understanding of social change, values, economic & political organization and ethical imperatives. As a cohesive collection of chapters from well-known geographers in Britain and North America, it reflects the aims of the contributors in striving to bridge the gap between the historical-materialist and humanist interpretations of human geography. The book deals with both the contemporary issues outlined above and the situation in which they emerge: industrial restructuring, planning, women's issues, s |
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| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Human geography -- Methodology.
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Human geography -- Philosophy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
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Human geography -- Methodology
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Human geography -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mackenzie, Suzanne
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| ISBN |
9781317907039 |
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1317907035 |
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