Book Series in Geography

Key Ideas in Geography

New & Published Titles:

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Migration

By Michael Samers

In the context of global security concerns, humanitarian crises and skill shortages migration and immigration have become central to economic, political and social debates at…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77666-0 (Routledge)

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Mobility

By Peter Adey

As everything from immigration, airport security and road tolling become headline news, the need to understand mobility has never been more pertinent. Yet ‘mobility’ remains…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43400-3 (Routledge)

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Landscape

By John Wylie

Landscape is a stimulating introduction to and contemporary understanding of one of the most important concepts within human geography. A series of different influential readings…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34144-8 (Routledge)

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City

By Phil Hubbard

City provides an accessible yet critical introduction to one of the key concepts in human geography. Always at the heart of discussions in social theory,…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33100-5 (Routledge)

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Home

By Alison Blunt, Robyn Dowling

‘Home’ is a significant geographical and social concept. It is not only a three-dimensional structure, a shelter, but it is also a matrix of social…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33275-0 (Routledge)

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Nature

By Noel Castree

Exploring the shifting ways in which geographers have studied nature, this book emphasizes the relationships and differences between human geography, physical geography and resource and…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33905-6 (Routledge)

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Series Details:

Sarah Holloway, Loughborough University, UK and Gill Valentine, Sheffield University, UK

The Key Ideas in Geography series will provide strong, original, and accessible texts on important spatial concepts for academics and students working in the fields of geography, sociology and anthropology, as well as the interdisciplinary fields of urban and rural studies, development and cultural studies. Each text will locate a key idea within its traditions of thought, provide grounds for understanding its various usages and meanings, and offer critical discussion of the contribution of relevant authors and thinkers.

Forthcoming Titles:

Rural
By Michael Woods
To be published October 14th 2010

Scale
By Andrew Herod
To be published August 27th 2010