Latin America, Search for Geographic Explanations
Author : Robert J. Tata
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,91 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Geography
ISBN :
Period and Place
Author : Alan R. H. Baker
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 1982-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 052124272X
Book Description
This 1982 volume of essays attempts to promote discussion about the purpose and practice of historical geography.
Routledge Library Editions: Social & Cultural Geography
Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 4310 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2022-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 131790737X
Book Description
Re-issuing books originally published between 1969 and 1990 this set of 15 volumes gives a 20 year perspective on the development of the discipline of social geography. The books emphasize the increasingly important contribution of geographical theory to the understanding of social change, values, economic and political organization and ethical imperatives. The volumes are authored by well-known international geographers and discuss the philosophy and sociology of geography as well as key themes such as the geography of health, crime, space. They also examine the cross-over of geography with other disciplines, such as literature and history.
Placing Latin America
Author : Edward L. Jackiewicz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 29,94 MB
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1442212446
Book Description
This comprehensive study offers a thematic approach to Latin America, focusing on the dynamic connections between people, places, and environments rather than on pre-defined notions about the region. The book’s well-rounded and accessible analysis includes discussions of borders and migration; transnationalism and globalization; urbanization and the material, environmental and social landscapes of cities; and the connections between economic development and political change. The authors also explore social and cultural themes such as the illegal drug trade, tourism, children, and cinema. Offering a nuanced and clear perspective, this book will be a valuable resource for all those interested in the politics, economy, and society of a rapidly globalizing continent. Contributions by: Fernando J. Bosco, J. Christopher Brown, James Craine, Altha J. Cravey, Giorgio Hadi Curti, James Hayes, Edward L. Jackiewicz, Thomas Klak, Mirek Lipinski, Regan M. Maas, Araceli Masterson-Algar, Kent Mathewson, Sarah A. Moore, Linda Quiquivix, Zia Salim, Kate Swanson, and Benjamin Timms.
The Power of Place (RLE Social & Cultural Geography)
Author : John A. Agnew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317907396
Book Description
Reflecting the revival of interest in a social theory that takes place and space seriously, this book focuses on geographical place in the practice of social science and history. There is significant interest among scholars from a range of disciplines in bringing together the geographical and sociological ‘imaginations’. The geographical imagination is a concrete and descriptive one, concerned with determining the nature of places, and classifying them and the links between them. The sociological imagination aspires to explanation of human activities in terms of abstract social processes. The chapters in this book focus on both the intellectual histories of the concept of place and on its empirical uses. They show that place is as important for understanding contemporary America as it is for 18th-century Sri Lanka. They also show how the concept can provide insight into ‘old’ problems such as the nature of social life in Renaissance Florence and Venice. The editors are leading exponents of the view of place as a concept that can ‘mediate’ the geographical and sociological imaginations.
Latin America
Author : Robert B. Kent
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 21,69 MB
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1462525520
Book Description
Popular among students for its engaging, accessible style, this text provides an authoritative overview of Latin America's human geography as well as its regional complexity. Extensively revised to reflect the region's ongoing evolution in the first decades of the 21st century, the second edition's alternating thematic and regional chapters trace Latin America's historical development while revealing the diversity of its people and places. Coverage encompasses cultural history, environment and physical geography, urban development, agriculture and land use, social and economic processes, and the contemporary patterns of the Latin American diaspora. Pedagogical features include vivid topical vignettes, end-of-chapter recommended readings and other resources, and 217 photographs, maps, and figures. New to This Edition *Discussions of climate change and its impacts, the demise of the Monroe doctrine, neoliberal agriculture, the growing influence of Chinese investment, and other new topics. *13 new vignettes highlighting current issues such as the thaw in United States-Cuba relations, drug violence in Mexico, aerial gondolas in the Andes, and the first Latin pope. *Annotated website and film recommendations for most chapters. *The latest development trends, population and economic data, and current events of local and global significance. *26 new photographs, maps, and figures.
Geographical Abstracts
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 10,11 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Geographical abstracts
ISBN :
Book Description
Subject index to various sections of Geo abstracts.
Forest, Field, and Fallow
Author : Antoinette M.G.A. WinklerPrins
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,61 MB
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3030424804
Book Description
This volume aims to present the essential work of geographer and historical ecologist William M. Denevan to explain the impact and influence his thinking had on the conceptual advancement not only in his own discipline, but in a range of related disciplines such as anthropology, archaeology, and environmental history. The book is organized around eight themes, demonstrating Denevan’s early and profound insights on topics that remain of current relevance today, and the scholarly impact his writing had on subsequent scholarship. The book is unique because it offers commentary from active scholars who address the impacts of Prof. Denevan's thinking and work on contemporary environmental and ecological issues, with a focus on several groundbreaking themes (e.g. historical demography, agricultural landforms, cultural plant geography, human environmental impacts, indigenous agro-ecology, tropical agriculture, livestock and landscape, and synthetic contributions). This book will be of interest to a range of scholars in geography, anthropology, archaeology, history, and ecology, as well as to environmental managers and practitioners, especially those working for non-profit organizations and government organizations tasked with finding ways to adapt to global environmental change.
Studies In Spanish-American Population History
Author : David J Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000313441
Book Description
Six of the ten essays in this collection (Lombardi, Villamarin, Chance, Greenow, Robinson, and Cook) were originally presented at a Special Session during the 43rd International Congress of Americanists, held in Vancouver during August, 1979. Jointly organized by David J. Robinson and Juan Villamarin, the session was designed to bring together a group of individuals who had been working on the changing population of colonial Spanish America from various disciplinary perspectives, to facilitate an exchange of information and ideas, and to promote the further investigation of significant research questions. The paper of Brian Evans was presented at the same Congress, in another session, but given its purpose and content it was thought to provide an ideal complement to several papers in the present collection.
Publicación
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Geography
ISBN :
