Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction (Critical Introductions to Geography) by Tim Cresswell

Tim Cresswell . Unknown Year . English

This engaging and accessible introduction to geographic thought explores the major thinkers and key theoretical developments in the field of human geography. Covers the complete range of the development of theoretical knowledge of the field, from ancient geography to contemporary non-representational theory Presents theories in an accessible manner through the author's engaging writing style Examines the influence of Darwin and Marx, the emergence of anarchist geographies, the impact of feminism, and myriad other important bodies of thought Stresses the importance of geographic thought and its relevance to our understanding of what it is to be human, and to the people, places, and cultures of the world in which we live

Categories: Contemporary Fiction

About the Author

Tim Cresswell is Ogilvie Professor of Geography at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests center on the role of geographical ways of thinking in the constitution of social and cultural life both historically and in the present day western world. He is the author of five books including, most recently Maxwell Street" Writing and Thinking Place (University of Chicago Press, 2019), Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction (Blackwell, 2013) and On the Move: Mobility in the Modern Western World (Routledge, 2006). He has also co-edited four volumes on place and mobility including Geographies of Mobilities: Practices, Spaces, Subjects (Ashgate, 2011) Cresswell is also a poet and he explores similar themes in his debut collection Soil (Penned in the Margins, 2013). Prior to arriving at Edinburgh, Cresswell worked at Trinity College, Connecticut, the Department of History at Northeastern University in Boston (2013-2016), the Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London (2006-2013), University of Wales, Aberystwyth (1999-2006) and University of Wales, Lampeter (1993-1999). He is a managing editor of the journal GeoHumanities.

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