Geography Inside Out

Taking sharp aim at complacent geography scholars, this irreverent hook turns the world of academic geography upside down. The author, a foremost figure in the field, joins forces with his alter ego, the incorrigible Korski, to draw fire from his own personal and professional experience. No one knows better than they the stuffy censorship and skewed logic that inform the geography establishment and stifle the valiant geographer -- and they tell all.With an unsparing eye, Geography Inside Out exposes a discipline soiled by cerebral litter and shamed by intellectual cowardice. Symanski shows no mercy for the pompous, the mediocre, or the hypocritical. And he reveals the devastating truth about a geographer blackballed for life for writing about prostitution and for his intellectual attack of a major figure within the discipline.

Info autore

Richard Symanski is professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California at Irvine. He is the author of several books, Blackhearts: Ecology in Outback Australia and Outback Rambling.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Symanski
• Editore: Syracuse University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.2002
• EAN: 9780815607328
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0732-8
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 161 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 540 g
• Serie: Space, Place and Society
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Viaggi > Guide turistiche > Mondo, Artide, Antartide