Book description
This volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the
discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion
offers an indispensable overview to the field, representing both
historical and contemporary perspectives.
- Edited and written by the world's leading authorities in the discipline
- Divided into three major sections: Foundations (the history of
human geography from Ancient Greece to the late nineteenth
century); The Classics (the roots of modern human geography);
Contemporary Approaches (current issues and themes in human geography)
- Each contemporary issue is examined by two contributors offering
distinctive perspectives on the same theme
John A. Agnew is Distinguished Professor of
Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has taught
at a number of universities including Syracuse University, the
University of Chicago, and the University of Siena. He has authored or
co-authored numerous books including
Berlusconi's Italy: Mapping
Contemporary Italian Politics (2008) and
Globalization and
Sovereignty (2009). He was co-editor of the Blackwell
Companion
to Political Geography (2003).
James S. Duncan is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College,
Cambridge. He has written extensively on Culture Theory and landscape
interpretation in contemporary America and nineteenth century Sri
Lanka. Recent publications include Landscapes of Privilege: The
Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb (2004, with
Nancy Duncan) and In the Shadows of the Tropics: Climate,
Race and Biopower in Nineteenth Century Ceylon (2007).
