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Horizons in Human Geography

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Derek Gregory

    1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  2. Rex Walford

    1. University of Cambridge, UK

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Part of the book series: Horizons in Geography (HOGE)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: Making Geography

    1. Introduction: Making Geography

      • Derek Gregory, Rex Walford
      Pages 1-8

  3. Beyond The Quantitative Revolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Geography and Information Technology: Blueprint for a Revolution?

      • Michael J. Clark
      Pages 14-28

    3. Mathematical Models and Geographical Theory

      • Alan Wilson
      Pages 29-47

    4. Philosophy, Ideology and Geography

      • R. J. Johnston
      Pages 48-66

    5. Areal Differentiation and Post-Modern Human Geography

      • Derek Gregory
      Pages 67-96

  4. People and Places, Societies and Spaces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. The Geography of Everyday Life

      • John Eyles
      Pages 102-117

    3. Geography is Everywhere: Culture and Symbolism in Human Landscapes

      • Denis Cosgrove
      Pages 118-135

    4. Women, Gender and the Organisation of Space

      • Linda McDowell
      Pages 136-151

    5. Social Relations and the Geography of Material Life

      • Roger Lee
      Pages 152-169

  5. Explorations in the City

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Development and Diversity in Urban Geography

      • Keith Bassett, John Short
      Pages 175-193

    3. Dismantling the Barriers: Past and Present in Urban Britain

      • Richard Dennis
      Pages 194-216

    4. The Rain on the Roof: A Geography of the Urban Environment

      • Ian Douglas
      Pages 217-238

  6. Landscapes of Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Spatial Divisions of Labour in Britain

      • Doreen Massey, Richard Meegan
      Pages 244-257

    3. Agrarian Transformation in the Third World

      • John Harriss, Barbara Harriss
      Pages 258-278

    4. Battleships and Cruisers: The New Geography of Multinational Corporations

      • Nigel Thrift, Michael Taylor
      Pages 279-297
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About this book

Horizons in Human Geography brings together 20 specially commissioned essays which range over the full breadth of its subject matter presenting a critical challenge to the philosophical positivism of the New Geography. The book reflects a new theoretical pluralism in the subject but one primarily oriented to understanding the relationship between human agency and social and spatial structures.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Derek Gregory

  • University of Cambridge, UK

    Rex Walford

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Horizons in Human Geography

  • Editors: Derek Gregory, Rex Walford

  • Series Title: Horizons in Geography

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19839-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 426

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Human Geography

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