Human Geography

Human Geography

Society, Space, and Social Science

Derek Gregory, Ron Martin, and Graham Smith, editors

Table of Contents

$23.50 paper
ISBN: 0-8166-2619-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-2619-9

A broad examination of the relationship between human geography and the social sciences—suitable for college classrooms.

The pivotal role of critical theory in making sense of the world is the focus of this book, the fundamental premise of which is that human geography has much to contribute to the other social sciences. The editors have collected essays that show the cross-fertilization of ideas and concepts is central to the continuing process of renewing human geography, and adapting it to the current state of affairs. Among the issues the authors address:

the increase globalization of production, finance, and culture

the challenges facing the nation-state, and our understanding of political
community

the importance of environmentalism

the reshaping of places and their cultural and political identities in the wake of globalization and localism

As human geographers embrace a rapid and far-reaching reorientation, the writers in this collection engage with some of the central theoretical and methodological concerns of postpositivist human geography, including historical materialism, structuration theory, feminist theory, and postmodernism.

"Human Geography: Society, Space and Social Science is thought provoking and at the same time provides a readable account which should be accessible to most undergraduate students." —Environment and Planning

"Human Geography is a wonderful exposition on the complexities and diversities in contemporary human geography. I also found it to be one of those rare books that is sufficiently accessible and substantive to be relevant for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. As a primer on social theory and its application to contemporary trends in human geography, this book is as good as any out there. It's a very good purchase." —The Professional Geographer

Derek Gregory is professor of geography at the University of British Columbia and the author of several books including Social Relations and Spatial Structures (1985). Ron Martin, lecturer in economic geography at the University of Cambridge, is the author of five books including The Geography of De-industrialisation (1986). Graham Smith, lecturer at the University of Cambridge, is the author of three books including The Nationalities Question in the Soviet Union (1991).

290 pages | 6 x 9 | 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: Human Geography, Social Change, and Social Science

Part I The Core of Human Geography

Economic Theory and Human Geography
Political Theory and Human Geography
Social Theory and Human Geography

Part II Perspectives in Human Geography

The Environmental Challenge
The Transformation of Cultural Geography
Images, Myths, and Alternative Geographies of the Third World
Taking Aim at the Heart of the Region
Urban Geography in a Changing World
History, Geography, and the "Still Greater Mystery" of Historical Geography



Human Geography Society, Space, and Social Science Derek Gregory, Ron Martin, and Graham Smith, editors Table of Contents		$23.50 paper ISBN: 0-8166-2619-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-2619-9
A broad examination of the relationship between human geography and the social sciences—suitable for college classrooms. The pivotal role of critical theory in making sense of the world is the focus of this book, the fundamental premise of which is that human geography has much to contribute to the other social sciences. The editors have collected essays that show the cross-fertilization of ideas and concepts is central to the continuing process of renewing human geography, and adapting it to the current state of affairs. Among the issues the authors address: the increase globalization of production, finance, and culture the challenges facing the nation-state, and our understanding of political community the importance of environmentalism the reshaping of places and their cultural and political identities in the wake of globalization and localism As human geographers embrace a rapid and far-reaching reorientation, the writers in this collection engage with some of the central theoretical and methodological concerns of postpositivist human geography, including historical materialism, structuration theory, feminist theory, and postmodernism. "Human Geography: Society, Space and Social Science is thought provoking and at the same time provides a readable account which should be accessible to most undergraduate students." —Environment and Planning "Human Geography is a wonderful exposition on the complexities and diversities in contemporary human geography. I also found it to be one of those rare books that is sufficiently accessible and substantive to be relevant for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. As a primer on social theory and its application to contemporary trends in human geography, this book is as good as any out there. It's a very good purchase." —The Professional Geographer Derek Gregory is professor of geography at the University of British Columbia and the author of several books including Social Relations and Spatial Structures (1985). Ron Martin, lecturer in economic geography at the University of Cambridge, is the author of five books including The Geography of De-industrialisation (1986). Graham Smith, lecturer at the University of Cambridge, is the author of three books including The Nationalities Question in the Soviet Union (1991). 290 pages \| 6 x 9 \| 1994 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Human Geography, Social Change, and Social Science Part I The Core of Human Geography Economic Theory and Human Geography Political Theory and Human Geography Social Theory and Human Geography Part II Perspectives in Human Geography The Environmental Challenge The Transformation of Cultural Geography Images, Myths, and Alternative Geographies of the Third World Taking Aim at the Heart of the Region Urban Geography in a Changing World History, Geography, and the "Still Greater Mystery" of Historical Geography