Approaches to human geography

Approaches to Human Geography is the essential student primer on theory and practice in Human Geography. It is a systematic review of the key ideas broken down into three sections - philosophies, people and practices, providing a clear explanation of the debates informing post-war geography, explaining how those ideas work in practice. Avoiding jargon - while attentive to the rigor and complexity of the ideas that underlie geographic knowledge the text is written for students who have not met philosophical or theoretical approaches before. This is a beginning guide to geographic research and.

Ways of knowing and ways of doing geographic research / Stuart Aitken and Gill Valentine -- Positivistic geographies and spatial science / Rob Kitchin -- Humanism and democratic place-making / J. Nicholas Entrikin and John H. Tepple -- Feminist geographies of difference, relation, and construction / Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones III -- Marx and the spirit of Marx / George Henderson and Eric Sheppard -- Philosophical bases of behavioral research in geography / Reginald G. Golledge -- Structuration theory: agency, structure and everyday life / Isabel Dyck and Robin A. Kearns -- Realism as a basis for knowing the world / Andrew Sayer -- Post modern geographies and the ruins of modernity / David B. Clarke -- Poststructuralist thories / Paul Harrison -- Actor-network theory, networks, and relational approaches in human geography / Fernando J. Bosco -- Post colonialism: space, textuality, and power / Clive Barnett -- Institutions and cultures / Gerard Rushton -- Places and contexts / David Ley -- Memories and desires / David Harvey -- Experiences and emotions / Robin A. Kearns -- Personal and political / Vera Chouinard -- Difference and place / Linda McDowell -- Local and global …