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Place

An Introduction
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Place by Tim Cresswell offers a comprehensive introduction to the concept of place, essential for students of human geography and related fields. This thoroughly revised edition explores everyday meanings of place alongside complex theoretical discussions. It traces the evolution of the concept from the 1950s to its role in cultural geography and politics, enriched with familiar stories from news, popular culture, and daily life. A new chapter expands the discussion to ecological theory, art, philosophy, and social theory, making it a broad and accessible text.
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Ideal for students and scholars of human geography, cultural studies, and social theory seeking a foundational yet updated understanding of the concept of place. Also suitable for readers interested in how place intersects with politics, art, and ecology.

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Thoroughly revised and updated, this text introduces students of human geography and allied disciplines to the fundamental concept of place, combining discussion about everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it.

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Place, thoroughly revised and updated, introduces students of human geography and allied disciplines to the fundamental concept of place. It combines discussion about everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it.

This new edition includes a variety of improvements:

  • A thoroughly revised and updated edition of this highly successful short introduction to place.
  • Features a new chapter on the use of place in non-geographical arenas, such as in ecological theory, art theory and practice, philosophy, and social theory.
  • Combines discussion about everyday uses of the term place with the more complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it.
  • Uses familiar stories drawn from the news, popular culture, and everyday life as a way to explain abstract ideas and debates.
  • Traces the development of the concept from the 1950s through its subsequent appropriation by cultural geographers, and the linking of place to politics.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470655627

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 November 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 147.0mm

Height: 226.0mm

Weight: 374g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Tim Cresswell is Professor of History and International Affairs at Northeastern University, Boston. His books include Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)and On the Move: Mobility in the Modern Western World (2006). He has also co-edited four collections, including Geographies of Mobilities: Practices, Spaces, Subjects (with Peter Merriman, 2012).

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