Questioning Geography Fundamental Debates [Paperback]

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• 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 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“…