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Record Nr.

UNINA9910676633503321

Titolo

Spatial histories of radical geography : North America and beyond / / edited by Trevor J. Barnes, Eric Sheppard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2019

ISBN

1-119-40476-2

1-119-40478-9

1-119-40477-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 pages)

Classificazione

SCI030000

Disciplina

910.01

Soggetti

Applied human geography

Social justice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note:  List of Figures Notes on Contributors Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgement Introduction Trevor J. Barnes and Eric Sheppard Part I Radical geography within North America 1. Issues of 'Race' and Early Radical Geography: Our invisible proponents Audrey Kobayashi 2. Myths, Cults, Memories, and Revisions in Radical Geographic History: Revisiting the Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute Gwendolyn C. Warren, Cindi Katz, and Nik Heynen 3. Radical Paradoxes: The making of Antipode at Clark University Matthew T. Huber, Chris Knudson, and Renee Tapp 4. A 'necessary stop on the circuit': Radical geography at Simon Fraser University Nik Blomley and Eugene McCann 5. The Life and Times of the Union of Socialist Geographers Linda Peake 6. Baltimore as Truth Spot: David Harvey, Johns Hopkins and urban activism Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. Barnes 7. Berkeley in-between: Radicalizing economic geography Jamie Peck and Trevor J. Barnes 8. Radical Geography in the Upper Midwest Mickey Lauria, Bryan Higgins, Mark Bouman, Kent Mathewson, Trevor J. Barnes and Eric Sheppard 9. Radical geography goes Francophone Juan-Luis Klein Part II Radical geography beyond North America 10. Japan: The Yada faction versus North American radical geography Fujio Mizuoka 11. The Rise and Decline of Radical Geography in South Africa Brij Maharaj 12. The Geographies of Critical



Geography: The development of critical geography in Mexico Veronica Crossa 13. 'Let's here [sic] it for the Brits, You help us here': North American radical geography and British radical geography education Joanne Norcup 14. 'Can these words, commonly applied to the Anglo-Saxon social sciences, fit the French?' Circulation, translation and reception of radical geography in the French academic context Yann Calberac Conclusion Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. Barnes Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"A wide-ranging and knowledgeable guide to the history of radical geography in North America and beyond. Includes contributions from an international group of scholars. Focuses on the centrality of place, spatial circulation and geographical scale in understanding the rise of radical geography and its spread - A celebration of radical geography from its early beginnings in the 1950s through to the 1980s, and after. Draws on oral histories by leaders in the field and private and public archives Contains a wealth of never-before published historical material"--