Place : a short introduction / Tim Cresswell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cresswell, Tim, author.

Series:

Short introductions to geography.

Short Introductions to Geography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographical perception.

Human geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Massachusetts : Blackwell Publishing, 2004.

Summary:

This text introduces students of human geography to the fundamental concept of place, marrying everyday uses of the term with the complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it. A short introduction to one of the most fundamental concepts in human geography Marries everyday uses of the term "place" with the more complex theoretical debates that have grown up around it Makes the debates intelligible to students, using familiar stories as a way into more abstract ideas Excerpts and discusses key papers on place by Doreen Massey and David Harvey Considers empirical examples of ways in which the concept of place has been used in research Teaching and learning aids include an annotated bibliography, lists of key readings and texts, a survey of web resources, suggested pedagogical resources and possible student projects.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

List of Figures

Series Editors' Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction: Defining Place

Space and Place

Place and Landscape

Place as a Way of Understanding

The Remainder of the Book

2 The Genealogy of Place

Regional Geography

Discovering Place: Humanistic Geography

Place as Home?

Radical Human Geography and the Politics of Place

Place as `Being-in-the-World' versus Place as Social Construct

Place, Practice and Process

Place, Openness and Change

The End of Place?

Conclusions: Versions of Place

3 Reading `A Global Sense of Place'

Historial Context

Harvey on Place

A Global Sense of Place

Beyond Reactionary and Progressive Senses of Place

Conclusions

4 Working with Place

Creating Places

In Place/Out-of-Place: Anachorism

5 Place Resources

Key Books on Place

Key Papers on Place

Introductory Texts on Place

Other Books and Papers on Place

Other Approaches to Place: Ecology, Planning, Architecture

Key Journals

Web Resources

Student Projects and Exercises

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-72546-8

1-118-72544-1

OCLC:

851315966