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Geographers

Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 36

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Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017

Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 36 focuses on 20th-century Britain and 19th- and 20th-century France. Six essays on individual geographers are complemented by a group article which describes the building of a French school of geography. From Britain, the life of Sir Peter Hall, one...
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The Common Worlds of Children and Animals

Relational Ethics for Entangled Lives

by Affrica Taylor, Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018

The lives and futures of children and animals are linked to environmental challenges associated with the Anthropocene and the acceleration of human-caused extinctions. This book sparks a fascinating interdisciplinary conversation about child–animal relations, calling for a radical shift in how we...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017

“Digital culture” reflects the ways in which the ubiquity and increasing use of digital devices and infrastructures is changing the arenas of human experience, creating new cultural realities. Whereas much of the existing literature on digital culture addresses the topic through a sociological,...
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Geographies of Violence

Killing Space, Killing Time

by Marcus A Doel
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017

We experience violence all our lives, from that very first scream of birth. It has been industrialized and domesticated. Our culture has not become totally accustomed to violence, but accustomed enough. Perhaps more than enough.   Geographies of Violence is a critical human geography of...
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by Gábor Mezősi, Timea Kiss
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016

This book presents the most comprehensive and detailed overview of the physical environment of Hungary. The book makes a specific effort to connect regional geography with natural forcing and influencing factors. The first section discusses general characteristics relating to the physical geography...
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Geographies of Mobility

Recent Advances in Theory and Method

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Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2018

This book seeks to bring together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of human mobility within the discipline of geography. With five thematic sections – conceptualizing and analyzing mobility, inequalities of mobility, politics of mobility, decentering...
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by Tobias Boos
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017

This book explores the concept of cyberplace as a mode of inhabiting the contemporary world. As a result, it suggests that, for many communities, unlocking cyberspace and inhabiting cyberplaces is now an integral part of their coming-to-the-globalised-world.  Boos reviews in the detail the...
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Natural Heritage

At the Interface of Nature and Culture

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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013

It has become more and more accepted that nature conservation is not possible without taking into account human activities. Thus an integrated approach to both the natural and cultural heritage is being encouraged and developed. Gathering a number of distinguished authors with diverse backgrounds...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2005

Migration, Globalisation and Human Security looks at a range of security and human security issues related to the displacement of civilian populations and shows how the tenuous existence of migrants can lead to a myriad of human security threats. Providing major theoretical analyses of recent migration...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015

In recent years, animals have entered the focus of the social and cultural sciences, resulting in the emergence of the new field of human–animal studies. This book investigates the relationships between humans and animals, paying particular attention to the role of affect, space, and animal subjectivity...
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Prisoners of Geography

Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

by Tim Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015

In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers—“fans of geography, history, and politics (and maps) will be enthralled” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram). Maps have a mysterious hold...
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The Anarchist Roots of Geography

Toward Spatial Emancipation

by Simon Springer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016

The Anarchist Roots of Geography sets the stage for a radical politics of possibility and freedom through a discussion of the insurrectionary geographies that suffuse our daily experiences. By embracing anarchist geographies as kaleidoscopic spatialities that allow for nonhierarchical connections between...
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Statistical Methods for Geography

A Student’s Guide

by Peter A Rogerson
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014

How do beginning students of statistics for geography learn to fully understand the key concepts and apply the principal techniques? This text, now in its Fourth Edition, provides exactly that resource. Accessibly written, and focussed on student learning, it’s a statistics 101 that includes definitions,...
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by Helen Harris
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018

Exam board: OCR Level: A-level Subject: Geography First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2017 Target success in OCR AS/A-level Geography with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create...
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