“An essential synopsis of essential readings that every human geographer must read. It is highly recommended for those just embarking on their careers as well as those who need a reminder of how and why geography moved from the margins of social thought to its very core.” —Barney Warf, Florida State University “Key Texts in Human Geography will surely become a ‘key text’ itself. Read any chapter and you will want to compare it with another. Before you realize, an afternoon is gone and then you are tracking down the originals…” —James D. Sidaway, School of Geography, University of Plymouth A unique resource for students, Key Texts in Human Geography provides concise but rigorous overviews of the key texts that have formed post-war human geography. The text has been designed as a student-friendly guide that will: explain the text in relation to the geographical debates at the time of writing discuss the text's main arguments and sources of evidence review the initial reception, subsequent evaluation, and continued influence of each key texts contribution to how geographers understand space and place Intended Audience: Written in a clear and accessible way, by acknowledged scholars of the texts, an essential resources for undergraduates, Key Texts in Human Geography will be widely used and highly cited in courses on methods and approaches in geography.

Geographical Imaginations (1994): Derek Gregory

Geographical Imaginations (1994): Derek Gregory

Geographical imaginations (1994): Derek Gregory
JohnPickles

All I seek to do is make a series of incisions into the conventional historiography of geography and show that its strategic episodes can be made to speak to many other histories. (Gregory, 1994: 14)

Introduction

From his first book, Ideology, Science and Human Geography (1979), Gregory has been one of the most erudite voices arguing for the importance of critical theory in geography, shaping its form and interpreting its wider possibilities for geographers and non-geographers alike. Through Regional Transformation and Industrial Revolution (1982) and Social Relations and Spatial Structures (Gregory and Urry, 1985) to Geographical Imaginations (1994), and subsequently through The Colonial Present (2004), and, with Allan Pred, Violent Geographies (2006), Gregory has charted a complex and ...

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