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Key Concepts in Historical Geography
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Key Concepts in Historical Geography



March 2014 | 328 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Edited by Dr Rob Kitchen, Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) at the National University of Ireland, the Key Concepts in Human Geography series is an innovative set of companion texts for undergraduate students of the Human Geography sub-disciplines. Organized around 20 short essays, they provide a cutting edge introduction to the central concepts that define contemporary research in their field.

All books in the series are authored by internationally recognized academics and include an introductory chapter and extensive pedagogic features in the form of a glossary, figures, diagrams and further reading.


Morrissey et al have produced a detailed yet expansive guide to an area in which students have been poorly served in the past. Key Concepts in Historical Geography brings alive the human geographies of the past, and demonstrates their relevancy for understanding key aspects of the contemporary world.

This new and innovative includes entries on:
  • Colonial and Postcolonial geographies
  • Globalization
  • Space
  • Power
Intended Audience: Key Concepts in Historical Geography is an excellent text for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students of Historical Geography.

 
Introduction
Historical Geographies in the Present

 
 
Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies
 
Imperialism and Empire
 
Colonialism and Anti-Colonialism
 
Development
 
Nation-Building and Geopolitics
 
Territory and Place
 
Identity and the Nation
 
Imaginative Geographies and Geopolitics
 
Historical Hierarchies
 
Class, Hegemony and Resistance
 
Race
 
Gender
 
The Built Environment
 
Nature and the Environment
 
Making Sense of Urban Settlement
 
Geographies of Urban Morphology
 
Place and Meaning
 
Landscape and Iconography
 
Conceptualising Heritage
 
Performance, Spectacle and Power
 
Modernity and Modernisation
 
Capitalism and Industrialisation
 
Cultures of Science and Technology
 
Modernity and Democracy
 
Beyond the Border
 
Globalisation
 
Governmentality
 
Nature-Culture
 
The Production of Historical Geographical Knowledge
 
Historical Geographical Traditions
 
Illustrative Geographies
 
Evidence and Representation

useful for trainees who are new to studying historical geography - they have found this to be a supportive and informative text.

Ms Kate Glanville
Faculty of Education, Birmingham City University
June 25, 2015

This book is a wonderful theoretical introduction in order to get an overview of the historical roots of the spatial conflicts at all levels and also to track and understand the forms of evolution of those conflicts.

Mr Ahmad Izzo
Institute of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
June 18, 2015

Thank you for your great service!

Mr Wolfgang Gruber
Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection (IFFF), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
August 27, 2014
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Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter One: Imperialism and Empire