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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780646303321

Autore

Singh Rana P. B

Titolo

Uprooting geographic thoughts in India [[electronic resource] ] : toward ecology and culture in 21st century / / by Rana P.B. Singh ; with three essays by Oskar Spate, David Sopher, and A.B. Mukerji ; foreword by David Simon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009

Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 2009

ISBN

1-282-19161-6

9786612191619

1-4438-0794-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Collana

Planet earth & cultural understanding : a series

Altri autori (Persone)

SpateOskar

SopherDavid

MukerjiA. B

Disciplina

304.20954

Soggetti

Cultural geography - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

VIEWS ON THE BOOK; PLANET EARTH & CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Under the cultural turn and transformation the new intellectual discourses started in the 21st century to search the roots, have cross-cultural comparison and to see how the old traditions be used in the contemporary worldviews. This book is the first attempt dealing with roots of Indian geographical thoughts since its beginning in 1920. It emphasises identity of India and Indianness and consciousness among dweller geographers in India, development and status of geography and its recent trend...