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Informationen zum Autor John A. Agnew is Professor of Geography at UCLA, and a former president of the Association of American Geographers (2008-9). He was awarded the Distinguished Scholarship Award by the Association of American Geographers in 2006, and in 2007 was awarded the UCLA Award in Distinguished Teaching. Recently published books include Globalization and Sovereignty (Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2009), The Geography of the World Economy Fifth Edition (Hodder 2008) and with Michael Shin, Berlusconi's Italy: Mapping Contemporary Italian Politics (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008). He is particularly well known for his work in the field of geopolitics, and has written extensively (and to critical acclaim) on political and economic geography. David Livingstone is Professor of Geography & Intellectual History at Queen's University, Belfast, and is Vice-President (Research) of the Royal Geographical Society. He has written countless articles for leading academic journals, and numerous books over the last twenty years, the most recent of which is Adam's Ancestors: Race, Religion and the Politics of Human Origins (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008). He was appointed an OBE for his services to Geography and History in 2002. Klappentext Broad in scope and edited by two massive names in geography, this is a critical exploration of how the field has emerged and fared over the course of its modern institutionalization. Zusammenfassung Broad in scope and edited by two massive names in geography! this is a critical exploration of how the field has emerged and fared over the course of its modern institutionalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - John A. Agnew and David N. Livingstone PART ONE: ORIENTATIONS Geography¿s Geneologies - Robert J. Mayhew Geography¿s Narratives and Intellectual History - Charles W. J. Withers PART TWO: GEOGRAPHY¿S VENUES The Field - Keith Richards Museums - Simon Naylor and Jude Hill Laboratory/Observatory - Scott Kirsch Archive - Miles Ogborn Botanical Gardens and Zoos - Nuala C. Johnson Learned Societies - Michael Heffernan Geography Information Systems Laboratory - Michael F. Goodchild Art Studio - Stephen Daniels The Weather Station and the Meteorological Office - Keith Richards Centre of Circulation - Heike Jöns Remote Sensing - Yongwei Sheng Spaces of Hegemony? Circuits of Value, Finance Capital and Places of Financial Knowledge - Roger Lee The Mission - Georgina Endfield Battlefield - Gerard Toal/Gearóid Ó Tuathail Making Mathematical Models Perform in Geographical Space(s) - Stuart N. Lane Subaltern Space - Daniel Clayton Public Sphere - Mustafa Dikec The Role of Geography and Geographers in Policy and Government Departments - Tim Unwin PART THREE: CRITICAL CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES Nature and Society - Noel Castree Landscape - John Wylie Space and Place - John Agnew Time - Mike Crang Region and Regionalism - J. Nicholas Entrikin Map - Anne Godlewska and Jason Grek Martin Environmental Determinism - David N. Livingstone Spatial Analysis - Trevor J. Barnes Dynamics and Complexity - Christopher J. Keylock Social Class - Eric Sheppard and James Glassman Race/Ethnicity - Caroline Bressey Gender - Joanne Sharp The Idea of Evolution in Geographical Thought - Neil Roberts Ecosystem - George P. Malanson Landform - Nick Spedding The Cycle of Erosion: Changing Times, Changing Science - Antony R. Orme Glaciation and Ice Ages - Bryan Mark Rivers and Drainage Basins - Nick Clifford Environmental Change - Andrew Goudie Global Climate Change - Glen M. Macdonald The City - Phil Hubbard Urban-Rural - Paul Cloke Mobility - Tim Cresswell Conservation and Environmental...
