Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography

This volume provides an up-to-date, authoritative synthesis of the discipline of human geography. Unparalleled in scope, the companion offers an indispensable overview to the field, representing both historical and contemporary perspectives.

Edited and written by the world's leading authorities in the discipline
Divided into three major sections: Foundations (the history of human geography from Ancient Greece to the late nineteenth century); The Classics (the roots of modern human geography); Contemporary Approaches (current issues and themes in human geography)
Each contemporary issue is examined by two contributors offering distinctive perspectives on the same theme

1. Introduction (John Agnew and James S. Duncan).
Part I.

2. Where Geography Came From (Peter Burke).

3. Explorers, Cartographer, Chorographers (Robert Mayhew).

4. Colonising, Settling and Origins of academic geography (Dan Clayton).

Part II.

5. German Precursors, French Challengers (Vincent Berdoulay).

6. Creating Human Geography in the English Speaking World (Ron Johnson).

7. Landscape Versus Region (Nicolas Howe & Kent Mathewson).

8. From Region to Space (Trevor Barnes & Anssi Paasi).

Part III.

9. Nature Part 1 (Noel Castree).

10. Nature Part 2 (Jamie Lorimer).

11. Landscape Part 1 (D. Mitchell & C. Breitbach).

12. Landscape Part 2 (M. Rose & J. Wylie).

13. Place Part 1 (Tim Cresswell).

14. Place Part 2 (Steve Hoelscher).

15. Territory Part 1 (Stuart Elden).

16. Territor Part 2 (Jacques Levy).

17. Globalization Part 1 (Richard Florida).

18. Globalization Part 2 (Emily Gilbert).

19. World Cities Part 1 (Carolyn Cartier).

20. World Cities Part 2 (Paul Knox).

21. Governance Part 1 (Wendy Larner).

22. Governance Part 2 (Steve Legg).

23. Mobility Part 1 (David Ley).

24. Mobility Part 2 (George Revill).

25. Networks and Scale Part 1(Andy Jonas).

26. Networks and Scale Part 2 (John Paul Jones, Sallie Marston, Keith Woodward).

27. Class Part 1 (Andy Herod).

28. Class Part 2 (Clive Barnett).

29. Race Part 1(Kay Anderson).

30. Race Part 2 (Arun Saldanha).

31. Sexuality Part 1 (Natalie Oswin).

32. Sexuality Part 2 (Mary Thomas).

33. Gender Part 1 (Michael Landzelius).

34. Gender Part 2 (Jo Sharp).

35. Geopolitics Part 1 (Phil Kelly).

36. Geopolitics Part 2 (Merje Kuus).

37. Segregation Part 1 (Larry Bourne and A,R. Walks).

38. Segregation Part 2 (Steve Herbert).

39. Development Part 1 (Glyn Williams).

40. Development Part 2 (Wendy Wolford).


John Agnew is Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has taught at a number of universities including Syracuse University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Siena. He has authored or co-authored numerous books including Berlusconi's Italy: Mapping Contemporary Italian Politics (2008) and Globalization and Sovereignty (2009). He was co-editor of the Blackwell Companion to Political Geography (2003).

James Duncan is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has written extensively on Culture Theory and landscape interpretation in contemporary America and nineteenth century Sri Lanka. Recent publications include Landscapes of Privilege: The Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb (2004, with Nancy Duncan) and In the Shadows of the Tropics: Climate, Race and Biopower in Nineteenth Century Ceylon (2007).