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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826527203321

Autore

Bonnett Alastair <1964->

Titolo

What is geography? / / Alastair Bonnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks. Calif., : SAGE Publications, 2008

ISBN

1-4739-0264-9

9786612262920

1-4462-1300-5

1-282-26292-0

1-84920-649-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 158 p.) : ill., maps

Disciplina

910

Soggetti

Geography - Philosophy

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 (p. [140]-152) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 To Know the World: Order and Power; 2 To Know the World: People and Nature; 3 Geographical Obsessions: Urbanisation and Mobility; 4 Doing Geography; 5 Institutionalising Geography; What is Geography?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offering readers an accessible account of the ideas and concepts constituting geography, 'What is Geography?' demonstrates why these themes - such as the environment and geopolitics - are of fundamental importance.