Geographical Thought: A Contextual History of Ideas
Contents: 1. The first foundations: developments up to the eighteenth century. 2. Geography in the nineteenth century: the age of Humboldt, 1790-1859. 3. Geography after Humboldt and Ritter: developments in Germany. 4. Geography after Humboldt and Ritter: developments outside Germany. 5. Developments in geography since World War II: from areal to spatial analysis. 6. Behavioural persuasion in geography and the rise of humanistic geography. 7. The call for social relevance in research: reorientation to political economy. 8. The regional concept and regional geography. 9. The historical explanation in geography. 10. Impact of evolutionary biology on geographical thought: organization and ecosystem as geographical models. 11. Geography and environmentalism. 12. Place, space and locality: the current focus in human geography. 13. The geography of gender. 14. Modern versus post-modern geographies. 15. Progress since World War II: continuity, change, rapprochement, and convergence. 16. Nature, method, basic ideas and conceptual structure of geography. 17. The problem of dualities and how it was resolved. 18. Nature and role of geography as a social science: geographical vs. Sociological imagination. 19. Time vis-à-vis space: the pattern-process perspective in geographic research. 20. New directions in the twenty-first century human geography.
The book charts out the history of Geographical Thought from early times to the present day in a single compact volume. Its main focus is on the modern period-beginning with Humboldt and Ritter-more specifically on conceptual developments since the Second World War.
New to the Second Edition:
The second edition is thoroughly revised and incorporates five new chapters dealing with:
• Nature, Method, Basic Ideas and Conceptual Structure of Geography
• The Problem of Dualities and How it was Resolved
• Nature and Role of Geography as a Social Science—Geographical vs. Sociological Imagination
• Time vis-à-vis Space—The Pattern-Process Perspective in Geographic Research
• New Directions in the Twenty-First Century Human Geography
