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Geography, history and concepts : a student's guide (Record no. 193237)
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| fixed length control field | 191130s2009##################000#0#eng## |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781412946506 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 910.01 HOL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Holt-Jensen, Arild |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Geography, history and concepts : a student's guide |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Arild Holt-Jensen |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 4th ed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Thousand Oaks, CA |
| Name of publisher | SAGE Publications |
| Year of publication | 2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xv, 264 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | What is Geography? Introduction Exploration and the cosmographic tradition A science of synthesis A modeloriented approach Local responses to global processes; deviations from the models in focus An organizational plan of geography A new synthesis? Homo geographicus Specialization and pluralism The Foundation of Geography Geography in the ancient world Middle Ages and the Renaissance Varenius The philosopher, Immanuel Kant The 'classical' period From cosmography to an institutionalized discipline Darwinism The social anarchists Geomorphology and physiography provide academic respect Environmental determinism and possibilism The French school of regional geography Landscapes and regions Regional studies in Britain Geography 1950S-1980S; 30 Years of Progress Changing job market The development of applied geography A discipline ripe for change The growth of 'spatial science' Critics of the spatial science school The achievements of spatial science Paradigms and Revolutions Kuhn's paradigms Critics of Kuhn Induction, deduction and abduction Changing paradigms in geography? An idiographic or nomothetic science? Absolute and relative space What kind of revolution? A 'critical' revolution? Rerolution or evolution? Positivism and its Critics Positivism and critical theory The development of positivism Principles in positivism Criticisms of positivism Dialectics, Hegel and Marx; breaking down binaries Science as a force transforming society Practical consequences for research Geography and empiricism The positivism of spatial science Humanistic approaches Behavioural and welfare geography Structuralism New Trends and Ideas Developed in the Last Decades Structuration theory Realism Agency, structures and actor-network theory Post-structuralism Post-modernism Gender and feminist geography New tools in geographical research; satellite photos and GIS To unite a vernacular and an academic definition of geography Conclusions References and Bibliography Author and Personality Index Glossary and Subject Index |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Geography |
| Topical Term | Geography--Methodology |
| Topical Term | Geography--Philosophy |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 13.10.2020 | 910.01 HOL | 160492 | 13.10.2020 | English Books |