Remaking Human Geography (RLE Social & Cultural Geography). (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Kobayashi, Audrey; Mackenzie, Suzanne
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Copyright Page; Foreword; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Epigraph; Introduction: humanism and historical materialism in contemporary social geography; Section I: Issues; 1 The social and economic imperatives of restructuring: a geographic perspective; 2 Restructuring the relations of work and life: women as environmental actors, feminism as geographic analysis; 3 Theory, hypothesis, explanation and action: the example of urban planning; 4 Synthesis in human geography: a demonstration of historical materialism. Section II: Methods5 Quantitative techniques and humanistic -historical materialist perspectives; 6 Theory and measurement in historical materialism; 7 Structure and agency in economic geography and theories of economic value; 8 Responsive methods, geographical imagination and the study of landscapes; 9 A critique of dialectical landscape; Section III: Directions; 10 Historical considerations of humanism, historical materialism and geography; 11 On the dialogue between humanism and historical materialism in geography; 12 Fragmentation, coherence, and limits to theory in human geography.
• Publisher Details: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (449 pages)
• Subjects: 304.2; Human geography -- Methodology; Human geography -- Philosophy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography; Human geography -- Methodology; Human geography -- Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317907039; 1317907035
• Notes: Note: BibliographyIndex.; Note: Print version record.
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