Questioning Geography introduces students to the fundamental debates that animate geography today.
- Each of the chapters focuses on a key issue that has divided or galvanised geographers in their work.
- Covers both human and physical geography.
- Includes essay questions and suggestions for further reading.
- Demonstrates to students the distinctiveness and vitality of modern geography.
List of Contributors.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Questioning Geography. (Douglas Sherman, Alisdair Rogers and Noel Castree).
Part I: The ‘Nature’ of Geography.
1. Geography-Coming Apart at the Seams? (Ron Johnston).
2. A Divided Discipline? Heather Viles.
3. What Difference Does Difference Make to Geography? (Katherine McKittrick and Linda Peake).
Part II: Approaches in Geography.
5. Is Geography a Science? (Noel Castree).
6. Beyond Science? Human Geography, Interpretation and Critique. (Maureen Hickey and Vicky Lawson).
Part III: Key Debates in Geography.
8. General/Particular. (Tim Burt).
9. Representation/Reality. (Matthew Hannah).
10. Meta-Theory/Many Theories. (Michael Curry).
Part IV: The Practice of Geography.
11. Cartography and Visualization. (Scott Orford).
12. Models, Modelling and Geography. (David Demeritt and John Wainwright).
13.Ethnography and Fieldwork. (Steve Herbert, Jacqueline Galll“…