Human Geography A Very Short Introduction
Human Geography: A Very Short Introduction by EDITOR, published by Oxford University Press in 2025, is a concise exploration of the field of human geography, comprising 160 pages in English. This book addresses significant contemporary issues such as global economic inequality, forced migration, racial and gender justice, and the climate crisis, emphasizing the importance of spatial understanding in these contexts.
Readers will find an examination of how power systems are formed, challenged, and resisted throughout history. The book delves into seven defining spaces of the modern world, including the colony, the pipeline, and the border, while also offering a critical perspective on the discipline itself. This edition serves as an accessible entry point for those interested in the intersections of geography, sociology, and social science, providing insights into the complexities of human interactions with their environments.
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Human geography offers answers to some of the most important challenges of our time. To understand contemporary struggles over global economic inequality, forced migration, racial injustice, gender justice, and the climate crisis, we must grasp the ways in which these are fought over and through space.
Human Geography, A Very Short Introduction by Patricia Daley and Ian Klinke explains how the subject can aid a better knowledge of the modern world. It examines the formation of power systems and the ways in which they have been constructed, subverted, and resisted over time. This Very Short Introduction explores the topic through seven spaces that define the present: the colony, the pipeline, the border, the high rise, the workplace, the conservation area, and outer space. In addition, the authors take a critical view of the discipline and its history, but argue for its continuing vitality.
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