Place : an introduction / Tim Cresswell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cresswell, Tim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography.

Geographical perception.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Oxford, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Place is one of the most fundamental concepts in human geography as well as the broad field of the humanities and social science. This highly successful short introduction provides a fundamental overview for students, combining discussion about everyday uses of the term with the more complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it. Now in its second edition, the text has been significantly revised and updated while preserving its valuable brevity. Place traces the development of the concept from its origins in Greek philosophy through the work of humanistic geographers in the 1970s to its subsequent appropriation by cultural geographers, and the linking of place to politics. It makes these debates accessible to students by drawing on global examples from the news, popular culture, and everyday life as a way of explaining more abstract ideas. The second edition retains discussion of classic issues and debates, but it has been developed to reflect recent issues and research, and to ensure its continued relevance. The new edition also includes additional sections on the use of place in non-geographical arenas, such as ecological theory, art theory and practice, philosophy, and social theory. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Defining place 1

Space and Place 15

Place and Landscape 17

Place as a Way of understanding 18

The Remainder of the Book 18

2 The Genealogy of Place 23

The Emergence of place in Western thought 25

Describing places in Regional Geography 30

Discovering place: Humanistic Geography 33

Place as Home? 39

Radical Human Geography and the Politics of Place 41

Place as "Being-in-the-World" versus Place as Social Construct 46

Assembling Place 51

Conclusions: Versions of Place 54

3 Place in a Mobile World 62

Place, Practice, and Process 62

Place, Openness, and Changes 71

The End of Place? 75

Place, Identity, and Mobility 81

Conclusion 84

4 Reading "A Global Sense of Place" 88

Historical Context 88

Harvey on Place 90

"A Global Sense of Place" 98

Beyond Reactionary and Progressive senses of place 109

Conclusions 113

5 Working with Place - Creating Places 115

Creating Place in a Mobile World 116

Place and Memory 119

Place and Architecture 128

A Nice Place to Live 135

Regions and Nations as Places 141

Digital Place 144

Place and Art 150

Conclusions 160

6 Working with Place - Anachorism 165

Sexuality Out-of-Place 167

The Homeless - People without Place 173

Animals Out-of-Place 186

Conclusions 190

7 Place Resources 194

Key Books on Place 194

Introductory Texts on Place 203

Key Papers on Place 203

Other Books and Papers on Place 204

Key Journals 209

Web Resources 211

Student Projects and Essays 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Cresswell, Tim. Place : an introduction.

ISBN:

9781118574157

OCLC:

882553757

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.