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David Harvey: A Critical Reader

ISBN: 978-0-631-23509-5

February 2006

Wiley-Blackwell

336 pages

Description
This book critically interrogates the work of David Harvey, one of the world's most influential geographers, and one of its best known Marxists.
  • Considers the entire range of Harvey's oeuvre, from the nature of urbanism to environmental issues.
  • Written by contributors from across the human sciences, operating with a range of critical theories.
  • Focuses on key themes in Harvey's work.
  • Contains a consolidated bibliography of Harvey's writings.
About the Author
Noel Castree is a Professor in the School of Environment and Development at Manchester University. His previous publications include Nature: The Adventures of an Idea (2005), Spaces of Work (2004), Social Nature (Blackwell Publishing, 2001) and Remaking Reality (1998).

Derek Gregory is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia. His previous publications include The Colonial Present (Blackwell Publishing, 2004) and Geographical Imaginations (Blackwell Publishing, 1995).

Features

  • A critical examination of the work of David Harvey, one of the world’s most influential geographers, and one of its best known Marxists.

  • Considers the entire range of Harvey’s oeuvre, from the nature of urbanism to environmental issues.

  • Written by contributors from across the human sciences, operating with a range of critical theories.

  • Focuses on key themes in Harvey’s work.

  • Contains a consolidated bibliography of Harvey’s writings.