Geografi

Seeing from above: the aerial view in visual culture

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"The view from above, or the "birds-eye" view, has become so ingrained in contemporary visual culture that it is now hard to imagine our world without it. It has risen to pre-eminence as a way of seeing, but important questions about its effects and meanings remain unexplored. M…

Geographies of modernism: literatures, cultures, spaces

by Brooker, Peter, Thacker, Andrew

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This volume explores the interface between modernism and geography in a range of writers, texts and artists across the 20th century.

Homelands: a geography of culture and place across America

fromCreating the North American landscape

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What does it mean to be from somewhere? If most people in the USA are "from somewhere else" what is an American homeland? In answering these questions, the contributors to this discussion offer a geographical vision of territory and the formation of discrete communities in the U…

GeoHumanities: art, history, text at the edge of place

by Dear, M. J., (Michael J.)

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In the past decade, there has been a convergence of transdisciplinary thought characterized by geography's engagement with the humanities, and the humanities' integration of place and the tools of geography into its studies. GeoHumanities maps this emerging intellectual terrain …

GeoHumanities: art, history, text at the edge of place

by Dear, M. J., (Michael J.)

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GeoHumanities maps this emerging intellectual terrain with thirty cutting edge contributions from internationally renowned scholars, architects, artists, activists, and scientists. This book explores the humanities' rapidly expanding engagement with geography, and the multi-meth…

Go: On the Geographies of Gunnar Olsson

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Since the early 1960s, Swedish geographer Gunnar Olsson has made substantial contributions to his own discipline. This book presents a comprehensive introduction to, and overview of, the entire range of Olsson's geography from the early days of spatial science to his contemporar…

The geography of religion: faith, place, and space

by Stump, Roger W.

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"The only book of its kind, this balanced and accessibly written text explores the geographical study of religion. Roger W. Stump provides a full and impartial discussion of religious doctrines, beliefs, events, and practices. Illustrating religious concepts with both traditiona…

Exploration

by Weaver, Stewart A.

fromVery short introduction

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This clear, succinct, and elegant contribution to the 'Very Short Introductions' series surveys the history of global exploration and assesses the motives, for good and ill, of those who undertook it. Stewart Weaver traces the history of exploration from the first explorers (inc…

The geography of transport systems

by Rodrigue, Jean-Paul, Comtois, Claude, Slack, Brian

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Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems co…