Geopiracy - Oaxaca, Militant Empiricism, and Geographical Thought

Informationen zum Autor Joel Wainwright is a human geographer who teaches political economy and social theory at Ohio State University. He has published 32 research articles and book chapters on diverse topics. His first book, entitled Decolonizing Development: Colonial Power and the Maya, won the Blaut award in 2010 and has been assigned and taught at more than ten research universities. Klappentext Geopiracy is a study of the 'Bowman expeditions'-a project through which geographers, with funding from the US Army, are mapping the 'human terrain' of foreign lands. Wainwright offers a critique of human geography today that draws on contemporary social theory to raise unsettling questions about the nature of geography's disciplinary formation. Zusammenfassung Geopiracy is a study of the 'Bowman expeditions'—a project through which geographers, with funding from the US Army, are mapping the 'human terrain' of foreign lands. Wainwright offers a critique of human geography today that draws on contemporary social theory to raise unsettling questions about the nature of geography's disciplinary formation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Letters from Oaxaca Geographers Respond: I Geographers Respond: II Geography Counterinsurgent From Geopiracy to Planetarity Eight Theses on Geopiracy

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Letters from Oaxaca Geographers Respond: I Geographers Respond: II Geography Counterinsurgent From Geopiracy to Planetarity Eight Theses on Geopiracy

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• Authors: J. Wainwright, Joel Wainwright, Wainwright Joel
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2012
• EAN: 9781137301734
• ISBN: 978-1-137-30173-4
• No. of pages: 108
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; C, Geography, Europe, European Politics, Political Science, International Relations, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Geography, general, Human Geography, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Europe—Politics and government, expedition;formation;funding;geography;Human geography