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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830495803321

Autore

Woodward Rachel

Titolo

Military geographies [[electronic resource] /] / Rachel Woodward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-281-31943-0

9786611319434

1-4443-9987-X

0-470-77479-7

0-470-77773-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

RGS-IBG book series

Disciplina

355.47

Soggetti

Military geography

Militarism

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

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Military Geography, Militarism's Geographies; Chapter 2 Military Space; Chapter 3 Military Economic Geographies; Chapter 4 Militarized Environments; Chapter 5 Military Landscapes; Chapter 6 Challenging Military Geographies; Chapter 7 The Study of Military Geographies; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Military Geographies is about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism.A book about how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism.Sets a new agenda for the study of military geography with its critical analysis of the ways in which military control over space is legitimized.Explores the ways in which militarism and military activities control development, the use of space and our