Making Geography Matter: The Past and Present of a Changing Discipline (1)

By: Noel Castree and Trevor Barnes and Jennifer Salmond

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Synopsis: What is the purpose of Geography? What do geographers study and why? How do they seek to shape the world they interrogate?This book addresses these questions by examining the lives and works of individual geographers, both past and present. Like all disciplines, Geography is no more nor less than the collective endeavours of researchers and teachers operating in specific contexts. The contexts both shape, and are shaped by, these individuals. This book’s biographical and autobiographical chapters transport readers to the times and places where geographers have sought to make Geography matter. The result is a more vivid, grounded understanding of the discipline than the many high-level surveys of geographic thought paradigms currently written for university students.This book’s accessible essays each conclude with a study task. Making Geography Matter is aimed at university students and their teachers who wish to understand the goals, history and evolving practice of Geography. It provides an alternative perspective – both concrete and engaging – to the many student-focussed texts that map out numerous ‘isms and ologies’.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 416 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040144336
Related ISBNs:: 9781032380506, 9781003343240, 9781032380513, 9781040144275
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 02/28/25
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Noel Castree, Trevor Barnes and Jennifer Salmond
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Noel Castree
Edited by:: Trevor Barnes
Edited by:: Jennifer Salmond