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Geographical Voices
Essays by fourteen influential geographers provide timely examples of practical geographical scholarship and a useful antidote to ""ivory tower"" theories.
Becoming a Geographer
A collection of 23 essays that reflect the eclectic and provocative thinking of geographer Peter Gould. They discuss topics such as AIDS, game theory, development themes in Africa, …
Putting Health Into Place
Putting Health into Place draws together original works that collectively argue for a reinvention of medical geography. There is a growing interest worldwide in relationships …
Women, Religion, and Space
Contributors to this volume study women who practice or interact with the gender norms and spaces of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The book focuses on questions of how and why …
The Global Crisis in Foreign Aid
This assessment of the crisis and transition in the foreign aid regime provides a view from inside the policy process and a perspective on the changing priorities of donors and …
Imagined Country
This volume explores the relationship between society and the physical world through representation - the artistic re-creation of the physical world - which reflects …
New Worlds, New Geographies
In this text, John Rennie Short connects global change, urban transformation and scholarly integrity. He elucidates the struggles of governments and individuals to situate …
Placing Autobiography in Geography
This work comprises a collection of autobiographical essays by geographers. The contributors use autobiography as a tool to document the history of geography, as a method of data …
From Abbotts To Zurich
Sangerfield: The town was established in 1795 on land originally owned by Jebediah Sanger who, wanting to have a new settlement named after him, promised a cask of rum for the …
The Politics of Landscapes in Singapore
This book shows how power relations that define and challenge the concept of ""nation"" are played out in and through landscapes. Has the era of globalization neutralized the …