Human Geography

A History for the Twenty-First Century

Georges Benko, Ulf Strohmayer, Georges Benko, Ulf Strohmayer

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780367474812
• eBook ISBN:
  9781134671090
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Historiography
• Index: Social Sciences

'Human Geography' examines the major trends, debates, research and conceptual evolution of human geography during the twentieth century. Considering each of the subject's primary subfields in turn, it addresses developments in both continental European and Anglo-American geography, providing a cutting-edge evaluation of each.



Written clearly and accessibly by leading researchers, the book combines historical astuteness with personal insights and draws on a range of theoretical positions. A central theme of the book is the relative decline of the traditional subdisciplines towards the end of the twentieth century, and the continuing movement towards interdisciplinarity in which the various strands of human geography are seen as inextricably linked.



This stimulating and exciting new book provides a unique insight into the study of geography during the twentieth century, and is essential reading for anyone studying the history and philosophy of the subject.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Geographical visions: the evolution of human geographic thought in the twentieth century
• Chapter 2: Cultural geography: place and landscape between continuity and change
• Chapter 3: Economic geography: tradition and turbulence
• Chapter 4: Historical geography: locating time in the spaces of modernity
• Chapter 5: Political geography: spaces between war and peace
• Chapter 6: Social geography: looking for society in its spaces
• Conclusion: Or an introduction to human geography in the 21st century
• Bibliography
• Index