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A Companion to Cultural Geography

ISBN: 978-0-470-99651-5

November 2007

Wiley-Blackwell

544 pages

Description
A Companion to Cultural Geography brings together original contributions from 35 distinguished international scholars to provide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential field of study.
  • Provides accessible overviews of key themes, debates and controversies from a variety of historical and theoretical vantage points
  • Charts significant changes in cultural geography in the twentieth century as well as the principal approaches that currently animate work in the field
  • A valuable resource not just for geographers but also those working in allied fields who wish to get a clear understanding of the contribution geography is making to cross-disciplinary debates
About the Author
James S. Duncan is Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Nuala C. Johnson is Reader at Queen's University, Belfast.

Richard H. Schein is Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky.

Features
  • An in-depth survey of the dynamic and influential field of cultural geography
  • Brings together original contributions from 35 distinguished international scholars whose work has helped to shape the field
  • Provides accessible overviews of key themes and debates from a variety of historical and theoretical vantage points as well as charting significant changes in cultural geography in the twentieth century
  • Charts significant changes in cultural geography in the twentieth century as well as the principal approaches that currently animate work in the field
  • A valuable resource not just for geographers but also those working in allied fields who wish to get a clear understanding of the contribution geography is making to cross-disciplinary debates