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Key Concepts in Historical Geography
- John Morrissey - National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- David Nally - University of Cambridge, UK
- Ulf Strohmayer - National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- Yvonne Whelan - University of Bristol, UK
February 2014 | 328 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Edited by Dr Rob Kitchen, Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) at the National University of Ireland, the Key Concepts in Human Geography series is an innovative set of companion texts for undergraduate students of the Human Geography sub-disciplines. Organized around 20 short essays, they provide a cutting edge introduction to the central concepts that define contemporary research in their field.
All books in the series are authored by internationally recognized academics and include an introductory chapter and extensive pedagogic features in the form of a glossary, figures, diagrams and further reading.
Morrissey et al have produced a detailed yet expansive guide to an area in which students have been poorly served in the past. Key Concepts in Historical Geography brings alive the human geographies of the past, and demonstrates their relevancy for understanding key aspects of the contemporary world.
This new and innovative includes entries on:
All books in the series are authored by internationally recognized academics and include an introductory chapter and extensive pedagogic features in the form of a glossary, figures, diagrams and further reading.
Morrissey et al have produced a detailed yet expansive guide to an area in which students have been poorly served in the past. Key Concepts in Historical Geography brings alive the human geographies of the past, and demonstrates their relevancy for understanding key aspects of the contemporary world.
This new and innovative includes entries on:
- Colonial and Postcolonial geographies
- Globalization
- Space
- Power
Introduction
Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies
Imperialism and Empire
Colonialism and Anti-Colonialism
Development
Nation-Building and Geopolitics
Territory and Place
Identity and the Nation
Imaginative Geographies and Geopolitics
Historical Hierarchies
Class, Hegemony and Resistance
Race
Gender
The Built Environment
Nature and the Environment
Making Sense of Urban Settlement
Geographies of Urban Morphology
Place and Meaning
Landscape and Iconography
Conceptualising Heritage
Performance, Spectacle and Power
Modernity and Modernisation
Capitalism and Industrialisation
Cultures of Science and Technology
Modernity and Democracy
Beyond the Border
Globalisation
Governmentality
Nature-Culture
The Production of Historical Geographical Knowledge
Historical Geographical Traditions
Illustrative Geographies
Evidence and Representation
landscape architecture crosses arts & sciences, research in geography is a very useful contextual area and students are recommended to explore this text as a supplementary volume.
Art & Design, Gloucestershire University
April 4, 2016
Useful guide to a range of key concepts. will be ordering for library and adding to reading lists
School Of Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University
August 14, 2015
useful for trainees who are new to studying historical geography - they have found this to be a supportive and informative text.
Faculty of Education, Birmingham City University
June 25, 2015
This book is a wonderful theoretical introduction in order to get an overview of the historical roots of the spatial conflicts at all levels and also to track and understand the forms of evolution of those conflicts.
Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
June 18, 2015
Thank you for your great service!
Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection (IFFF), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
August 27, 2014
