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Critical geography
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Spatial Histories of Radical Geography by Eric Sheppard (Editor); Trevor J. Barnes (Editor)ISBN: 9781119404712
Publication Date: 2019-08-05
Spatial Histories of Radical Geography is a wide-ranging and knowledgeable guide to the history of radical geography in North America and beyond. This book includes contributions from an international group of scholars and focuses on the centrality of place, spatial circulation and geographical scale in understanding the rise of radical geography and its spread. Contributors celebrate radical geography from its early beginnings in the 1950s through to the 1980s, and after.
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City of Well-Being: A Radical Guide to Planning by Hugh BartonISBN: 9780415639323
Publication Date: 2016-12-22
City of Well-Being provides a radical and holistic introduction to the science and art of town planning. It starts from the premise that the purpose of planning is the health, well-being and sustainable quality of life of people. Drawing on current and historic examples it offers inspiration, information and an integrated perspective which challenges all professions and that affect the urban environment.
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Space Invaders: Radical Geographies of Protest by Paul RoutledgeISBN: 9780745336299
Publication Date: 2017-07-20
Space Invaders argues for the importance of a radical geographic perspective in enabling us to make sense of protests and social movements around the world. Paul Routledge takes a primarily auto-ethnographical perspective, drawing upon his extensive experience over the past thirty years working with various forms of protest in Europe, Asia and Latin America, to provide an account of how a radical geographical imagination can inform our understanding and the prosecution of protest.
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Making Workers: Radical Geographies of Education by Katharyne MitchellISBN: 9780745399850
Publication Date: 2017-12-20
Katharyne Mitchell argues that schools are spaces in which neoliberal practices are brought to bear on the lives of children. Mitchell looks at the formation of student identity and allegiance as well as spaces of resistance. She investigates the transition to educational narratives emphasising flexibility and strategic global entrepreneurialism and examines the role of education in a broader political project of producing new generations of economically insecure but compliant workers.
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Spaces of Capital: Towards a Critical Geography by David HarveyISBN: 9781136759161
Publication Date: 2002-01-18
David Harvey is the most influential geographer of our era, possessing a reputation that extends across the social sciences and humanities. Spaces of Capital, a collection of seminal articles and new essays spanning three decades, demonstrates why his work has had-and continues to have-such a major impact.
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In Their Place: The Imagined Geographies of Poverty by Stephen CrossleyISBN: 9780745336831
Publication Date: 2017-08-20
In Their Place is a radical geography of the representation of impoverished communities in Britain. This book critiques how impoverished communities are represented by politicians, the media, academics and policy makers - and how our understanding of these neighbourhoods is, often misleadingly, shaped by these stories. In Their Place highlights how these spaces are represented and how these representations are deployed.
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Space, Place, and Sex: Geographies of Sexualities by Lynda Johnston; Robyn LonghurstISBN: 9780742567481
Publication Date: 2009-11-16
This book provides a critical geography of sex and sexuality from the body to the globe. Drawing on queer, feminist, gender, social, and cultural studies, Lynda Johnston and Robyn Longhurst highlight the complex nature of sex and sexuality and how they are connected to both virtual and physical spaces and places. Their aim is to enrich our understanding of sexual identities and practices - whether they be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, asexual, queer, or heterosexual.
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